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Swavesey
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Swavesey is a village lying on the Prime Meridian of the world in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 2,463. The village is situated 9 miles to the north west of Cambridge and 3 miles south east of St Ives.
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Place details
- Locality
- Cambridge
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,463
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Swavesey
- UK place.static_image_name
- UK Swavesey.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 220px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Village sign
- UK place.population
- 2,480
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001 census) 2,463 (2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- South Cambridgeshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Cambridgeshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Cambridgeshire
- UK place.post_town
- CAMBRIDGE
- UK place.postcode_district
- CB24
- UK place.postcode_area
- CB
- UK place.dial_code
- 01954
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL364684
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Swavesey is a village lying on the Prime Meridian of the world in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 2,463. The village is situated 9 miles to the north west of Cambridge and 3 miles south east of St Ives.
Listed as Suauesye in the Domesday Book of 1086, the name Swavesey means "landing place (or island) of a man named Swaef".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Swavesey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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