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Spaldwick
Spaldwick — Rural village in Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Spaldwick is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 242 people. Address: PE28. Wikidata describes it as: "Rural village in Cambridgeshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 52.3415°, -0.3446°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Spaldwick is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Spaldwick lies approximately 6 miles (10 km) west of Huntingdon, near Catworth. Spaldwick is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. In the village there is a school, preschool, service area (including shop and several food outlets), a church and a public house called The George. The former BT phone box on Royston Avenue has been converted into a Book Exchange.
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Background
History
In 1085 William the Conqueror ordered that a survey should be carried out across his kingdom to discover who owned which parts and what it was worth. The survey took place in 1086 and the results were recorded in what, since the 12th century, has become known as the Domesday Book. Starting with the king himself, for each landholder within a county there is a list of their estates or manors; and, for each manor, there is a summary of the resources of the manor, the amount of annual rent that was collected by the lord of the manor both in 1066 and in 1086, together with the taxable value. Spaldwick was listed in the Domesday Book in the Hundred of Leightonstone in Huntingdonshire; the name of…
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- Coordinates
- 52.3415, -0.3446
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- Huntingdonshire
- Parish
- Spaldwick
- Postcode
- PE28
- Parliamentary constituency
- Huntingdon
- Population
- 242
Sources
- wikidata: Q1922074 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Spaldwick (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: UK Spaldwick.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Spaldwick?
- Spaldwick is in Cambridgeshire, London, United Kingdom (postcode PE28), in the parish of Spaldwick.
- Is Spaldwick free to visit?
- Yes, Spaldwick is free to enter.
- How do I get to Spaldwick?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode PE28. It sits within the Huntingdon parliamentary constituency.