Thornhaugh
Sign in to saveThornhaugh is a civil parish and village in the city of Peterborough unitary authority, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. For electoral purposes the parish forms part of the Glinton and Wittering ward and is in the North West Cambridgeshire constituency. It was formerly in the Soke of Peterborough (and later Huntingdon and Peterborough).
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Place details
- Locality
- Thornhaugh
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Thornhaugh
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Sacrewell Watermill, Thornhaugh - geograph.org.uk - 952763.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Sacrewell Watermill, Thornhaugh
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.post_town
- Peterborough
- UK place.postcode_area
- PE
- UK place.postcode_district
- PE8
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cambridgeshire
- UK place.unitary_england
- Peterborough
- UK place.hide_services
- Yes
- UK place.population
- 182
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- City of Peterborough
- Population
- +182
- Image
- Sacrewell Watermill, Thornhaugh - geograph.org.uk - 952763.jpg
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- Debbie Harry
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Article
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- St Andrew's Church
- Sacrewell
- Bedford Purlieus
- See also
- References
- External links
Thornhaugh is a civil parish and village in the city of Peterborough unitary authority, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. For electoral purposes the parish forms part of the Glinton and Wittering ward and is in the North West Cambridgeshire constituency. It was formerly in the Soke of Peterborough (and later Huntingdon and Peterborough).
Thornhaugh (or Thornhaw) is derived from Old English and means a thorn enclosed low-lying meadow beside a stream. There is evidence of a settlement here as far back as the 12th century, but probably has earlier origins. Although the village of Thornhaugh itself is quite small, the parish is one of the largest in the county of Cambridgeshire at . The parish is crossed by the A1 and A47 roads.