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Alwalton
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Also known as Alwalton, Cambridgeshire

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

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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
St Andrew's Church, Alwalton
UK place.constituency_westminster
North West Cambridgeshire

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Population
300
Image
Alwalton weir on the Nene - geograph.org.uk - 1318874.jpg
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Commons category
Alwalton
OS grid reference
TL141960
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8 sections
Contents
  • Domesday Book
  • Governance
  • Demography
  • Population
  • Landmarks
  • Notable people
  • References
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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.

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