Leighton Bromswold

Leighton Bromswold
Leighton Bromswold is located in Cambridgeshire
Leighton Bromswold
Leighton Bromswold
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population210 (2011)
OS grid referenceTL115753
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHuntingdon
Postcode districtPE28
Dialling code01480
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
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Cambridgeshire
52°21′58″N 0°21′36″W / 52.366°N 0.36°W / 52.366; -0.36

Leighton Bromswold (also known as Leighton) is a small village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England.[1] Leighton lies approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of Huntingdon. Leighton is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. The civil parish of which it is part is called Leighton and in 2001 had a population of 224,[2][3] falling to 210 at the 2011 Census. The parish covers an area of 3,128 acres (1,266 ha).[4]

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 142 Peterborough (Market Deeping & Chatteris) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229248.
  2. ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Huntingdon Rural District
  3. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Huntingdonshire
  4. ^ "Leighton Bromswold. A History of the County of Huntingdon: Volume 3 (1936), pp. 86–92". Victoria County History.