Whittlesford

Whittlesford
Whittlesford, SS Mary & Andrew
Whittlesford is located in Cambridgeshire
Whittlesford
Whittlesford
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population1,568 (2001)[1]
1,536 (2011)[2]
OS grid referenceTL474483
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCambridge
Postcode districtCB22
Dialling code01223
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
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Cambridgeshire
52°06′48″N 0°09′04″E / 52.11338°N 0.15119°E / 52.11338; 0.15119

Whittlesford is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, and also the name of an old hundred. The village is situated on the Granta branch of the River Cam, seven miles south of Cambridge. Whittlesford Parkway railway station serves the village.

Listed as Witelesforde in the Domesday Book, the name Whittlesford means "ford of a man called Wittel", indicating the importance of a local ford across the river in the village.[3]

  1. ^ 2001 census
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  3. ^ A. D. Mills (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names.