Whittlesey
Whittlesey (also Whittlesea) is a market town and civil parish in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England. Whittlesey is east of Peterborough. In 2021 the built-up area had a population of 13,823. The population of the parish was 17,667 at the 2021 Census.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Butter Cross, Whittlesey - geograph.org.uk - 1554357.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Market square
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Whittlesey
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL271967
- UK place.population
- 13,912
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 4.058
- UK place.civil_parish
- Whittlesey
- UK place.shire_district
- Fenland
- UK place.shire_county
- Cambridgeshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
Article
17 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Churches
- The Market Place
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Geography
- Transport
- Culture and community
- Whittlesea Straw Bear
- Media
- Education
- Sport
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Whittlesey (also Whittlesea) is a market town and civil parish in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England. Whittlesey is east of Peterborough. In 2021 the built-up area had a population of 13,823. The population of the parish was 17,667 at the 2021 Census.
==Toponymy== Whittlesey appears in the Cartularium Saxonicum (973 CE) as 'Witlesig', in the 1086 Domesday Book as 'Witesie', and in the Inquisitio Eliensis. The meaning is "Wit(t)el's island", deriving from either Witil, "the name of a moneyer", or a diminutive of Witta, a personal name; + "eg", meaning "'island', also used of a piece of firm land in a fen."