Alwalton
Sign in to saveAlwalton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Alwalton lies approximately west of Peterborough city centre. Alwalton is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. The village runs onto the Peterborough suburb of Orton Northgate, with which the administrative boundary runs along the A605 road, the northern side of the road being in Alwalton and the southern side in Orton Northgate. Alwalton overlooks the southern bank of the River Nene and is close to the line of Ermine Street or the
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Place details
- Locality
- Peterborough
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Alwalton
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL141960
- UK place.population
- 317
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.post_town
- Peterborough
- UK place.postcode_area
- PE
- UK place.postcode_district
- PE7
- UK place.shire_county
- Cambridgeshire
- UK place.shire_district
- Huntingdonshire
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Andrew, Alwalton (geograph 2466116).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Huntingdonshire
- Population
- +300
- Official website
- www.alwaltonpc.btck.co.uk
- Image
- Alwalton weir on the Nene - geograph.org.uk - 1318874.jpg
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Domesday Book
- Governance
- Demography
- Population
- Landmarks
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Alwalton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Alwalton lies approximately west of Peterborough city centre. Alwalton is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. The village runs onto the Peterborough suburb of Orton Northgate, with which the administrative boundary runs along the A605 road, the northern side of the road being in Alwalton and the southern side in Orton Northgate. Alwalton overlooks the southern bank of the River Nene and is close to the line of Ermine Street or the A1 road, west of which lies the neighbouring village of Chesterton.
==Domesday Book== Alwalton was listed in the Domesday Book in the hundred of Norman Cross in Huntingdonshire; the name of the settlement was written as Alwoltune. In 1086 there was just one manor at Alwalton; the annual rent paid to the lord of the manor in 1066 had been £7 and the rent was the same in 1086.