Chesterton, Huntingdonshire

Chesterton is a small village and civil parish of exactly 56 households in Cambridgeshire, England. The village lies approximately 5 miles (8 km) west-southwest of central Peterborough, near the city's Alwalton district. Chesterton is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.

Chesterton
Chesterton
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population317 
(Including Water Newton 2011)
OS grid referenceTL125949
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPeterborough
Postcode districtPE7
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

In the 17th Century, Chesterton was the home of John Dryden's family, who lived in Chesterton manor.

In the 1870s, Chesterton was described as

"a parish in the district of Peterborough and county of Huntingdon; on the verge of the county, and on Ermine-street and the river Nen, 2½ miles SE of Castor r. station, and 5½ SW of Peterborough. Post town, Castor, under Peterborough. Acres, 1, 330. Real property, £2, 447. Pop., 129. Houses, 22."
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.