Whittlesford
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Whittlesford is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, and also the name of an old hundred. The village is situated on the Granta branch of the River Cam, seven miles south of Cambridge. Whittlesford Parkway railway station serves the village.
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It is catalogued under topics including Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire, South Cambridgeshire District and Villages in Cambridgeshire.
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- Locality
- South Cambridgeshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,536
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.type
- Village
- UK place.official_name
- Whittlesford
- UK place.population
- 1568
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001) 1,536 (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_area
- CB
- UK place.postcode_district
- CB22
- UK place.dial_code
- 01223
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL474483
- UK place.static_image
- Whittlesford, SS Mary & Andrew - geograph.org.uk - 2961.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 250px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Whittlesford, SS Mary & Andrew
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- South Cambridgeshire
- Population
- 1359
- Image
- Whittlesford, SS Mary & Andrew - geograph.org.uk - 2961.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01223
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- Commons category
- Whittlesford
- postal code
- CB22
- OS grid reference
- TL474483
- P8168
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Church
- Village life
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- References
- External links
Whittlesford is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, and also the name of an old hundred. The village is situated on the Granta branch of the River Cam, seven miles south of Cambridge. Whittlesford Parkway railway station serves the village.
Listed as Witelesforde in the Domesday Book, the name Whittlesford means "ford of a man called Wittel", indicating the importance of a local ford across the river in the village.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Whittlesford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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