Landwade

Landwade
St Nicholas’s Church, Landwade
Landwade is located in Suffolk
Landwade
Landwade
Location within Suffolk
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWMARKET
Postcode districtCB8
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°17′10″N 0°23′0″E / 52.28611°N 0.38333°E / 52.28611; 0.38333

Landwade is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Exning, in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is 4 miles north of Newmarket. It was one of the smallest parishes in the county, it is only 1 kilometre from north to south and at most 500m from east to west. In 1951 the parish had a population of 38.[1]

The village is crossed by the New River (formerly known as Monk's Lode), a small river that flows through Wicken Fen and reaches the River Cam at Upware. The village's name probably derives in part from gewaed, an Old English word meaning "ford".[2]

  1. ^ "Population statistics Landwade Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. ^ "A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely". Victoria County History. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016.