Winwick (Cambridgeshire)

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The All Saints Parish Church in Winwick

Winwick is a village and parish ( civil parish ) about 20 km southwest of the city of Peterborough in Central England. Winwick is historically part of the county of Huntingdonshire , which was incorporated into the county of Cambridgeshire in 1974 as part of an administrative reform . The municipality covers an area of ​​692 hectares and had 202 inhabitants in 2011.

Winwick was first mentioned in 1086 as Wineuuich in the Domesday Book . Already in this cadastre it was established that part of the parish of Winwick belonged to the Harde (English hundred ) Polebrook and thus to Northamptonshire . It was not until 1888 that this corridor was added to Huntingdonshire.

The oldest walls of the parish church All Saints ( All Saints ) date from the 12th century.

The White Horse Press is based in Winwick .

Web links

Commons : Winwick, Cambridgeshire  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Parishes: Winwick - Digitized entry in: William Page, Granville Proby, S. Inskip Ladds (eds.): A History of the County of Huntingdon , Volume 3, 1936.
  • Parish Church of All Saints - Entry of the parish church in the English monument protection register

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Winwick (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". (Neighborhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics)

Coordinates: 52 ° 24 ′ 50 "  N , 0 ° 22 ′ 37"  W.