Wyton, Cambridgeshire

Signpost in Houghton & Wyton

Wyton
Wyton  Wyton shown within Cambridgeshire
OS grid reference	TL271722
Shire county	Cambridgeshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Cambridgeshire

Coordinates: 52°20′N 0°08′W / 52.33°N 0.13°W / 52.33; -0.13

Wyton is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. ^[1] It lies approximately 2 miles (3 km) east of Huntingdon. Wyton is connected to the village of Houghton, so much so that the two settlements are rarely regarded as separate. Wyton is in the civil parish of Houghton and Wyton, which is situated within Huntingdonshire, a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.

Wyton lies about a mile south of RAF Wyton.

Government

Wyton is part of the civil parish of Houghton and Wyton, which has a parish council. The parish council is elected by the residents of the parish who have registered on the electoral roll; the parish council is the lowest tier of government in England. A parish council is responsible for providing and maintaining a variety of local services including allotments and a cemetery; grass cutting and tree planting within public open spaces such as a village green or playing fields. The parish council reviews all planning applications that might affect the parish and makes recommendations to Huntingdonshire District Council, which is the local planning authority for the parish. The parish council also represents the views of the parish on issues such as local transport, policing and the environment. The parish council raises its own tax to pay for these services, known as the parish precept, which is collected as part of the Council Tax. The parish council has nine councillors and meets approximately every two weeks through the year.^[2]

Wyton was in the historic and administrative county of Huntingdonshire until 1965. From 1965, the village was part of the new administrative county of Huntingdon and Peterborough. Then in 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, Wyton became a part of the county of Cambridgeshire. Wyton is a part of the district ward of The Hemingfords for Huntingdonshire District Council^[3] and is represented on the district council by two councillors.^[4] For Cambridgeshire County Council Wyton is part of the electoral division of The Hemingfords and Fen Stanton ^[3] and is represented on the county council by one councillor.^[5]

At Westminster, Wyton is in the parliamentary constituency of Huntingdon,^[3] and is represented in the House of Commons by Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative). Jonathan Djanogly has represented the constituency since 2001. The previous member of parliament was John Major (Conservative) who represented the constituency between 1983 and 2001. For the European Parliament Wyton is in the East of England (European Parliament constituency).

Demography

Population

In the period 1801 to 1901 the population of the separate parishes of Houghton and Wyton was recorded every ten years by the UK census. During this time the population was in the range of 467 (the lowest was in 1901) and 818 (the highest was in 1871).^[6]

From 1901, a census was taken every ten years with the exception of 1941 (due to the Second World War).

All population census figures from report Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011 by Cambridgeshire Insight.^[6]

The separate parishes of Houghton and Wyton were combined into a single parish between 1931 and 1951.

In 2011, the parish covered an area of 1,623 acres (657 hectares)^[6] and so the population density of Houghton and Wyton in 2011 was 716.5 persons per square mile (276.6 per square kilometre).

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