| Horningsea | |
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 Church of St Peter | |
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  Horningsea Location within Cambridgeshire | |
| Area | 2.6 sq mi (6.7 km2) |
| Population | 330 (ONS - 2021 census)[1] |
| • Density | 127/sq mi (49/km2) |
| OS grid reference | TL4962 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CAMBRIDGE |
| Postcode district | CB25 |
| Dialling code | 01223 |
| Police | Cambridgeshire |
| Fire | Cambridgeshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Horningsea is a small village north of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire in England. The parish covers an area of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2; 1,700 acres). It lies on the east bank of the River Cam, and on the road from Cambridge to Clayhithe. The nearest railway station is Waterbeach, 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) away.
Listed as Horningesea in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from either "Island (or dry ground in marsh) of a man called Horning" or "Island by the horn-shaped hill".[2][3]
- ^ "Office for National Statistics - Census 2021". Office for National Stational Statistics. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 10: Cheveley, Flendish, Staine and Staploe Hundreds (north-eastern Cambridgeshire). 2002. pp. 160–163.
- ^ A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names (2003)