Memorials & monuments · South West England
Huntingdon Cross
Huntingdon Cross — a memorial in england-south-west, United Kingdom.
Chris Andrews — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Huntingdon Cross is a memorial located in england-south-west, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.
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From the Wikipedia article
Huntingdon is a constituency west of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire and including its namesake town of Huntingdon. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Benjamin Obese-Jecty of the Conservative Party. Before 2024, Huntingdon was considered a safe Conservative seat and was the seat of John Major, the Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997. First established around the time of the Model Parliament in 1295, Huntingdon was the seat of Oliver Cromwell in 1628–1629 and 1640–1642.
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Background
History
The constituency of Huntingdon has existed in three separate forms: as a parliamentary borough from 1295, represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885; as a division of a parliamentary county from 1885 to 1918; and as a county constituency from 1983 until the present day. Representatives for the seat, the standard two burgesses per parliamentary borough, were summoned to form the first fully assembled parliament, the Model Parliament in 1295 and at all parliaments assembled from then until 1868, in which year the…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 50.4801, -3.8835
- Official site
- web.archive.org
Sources
- osm: node/431806375 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Huntingdon (constituency) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Huntingdon Cross?
- Huntingdon Cross is in South West England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 50.4801°, -3.8835°.
- Is Huntingdon Cross free to visit?
- Yes — admission to Huntingdon Cross is free.