Swavesey

Swavesey
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Swavesey is located in Cambridgeshire
Swavesey
Swavesey
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population2,480 (2001 Census)[1]
2,463 (2011)[2]
OS grid referenceTL364684
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCAMBRIDGE
Postcode districtCB24
Dialling code01954
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
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52°17′51″N 0°00′00″E / 52.2975°N 0.0°E / 52.2975; 0.0

Swavesey is a village lying on the Prime Meridian in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 2,463. The village is situated 9 miles to the north west of Cambridge and 3 miles south east of St Ives.

Listed as Suauesye in the Domesday Book, the name Swavesey means "landing place (or island) of a man named Swaef".[3]

  1. ^ "2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Swavesey CP (Parish)". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. ^ A. D. Mills (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names.