Winwick, Cambridgeshire

Winwick
Church of All Saints
Winwick is located in Cambridgeshire
Winwick
Winwick
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population202 (2011)
OS grid referenceTL101803
Civil parish
  • Winwick
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHUNTINGDON
Postcode districtPE28
Dialling code01832
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52°25′N 0°23′W / 52.41°N 0.38°W / 52.41; -0.38

Winwick is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England.[1] Winwick lies approximately 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Huntingdon. It is a crossroads village on the B660 near Hamerton. Winwick is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.

The meaning of the name Winwick contains two separate elements, ‘Win’ and ‘wic’. ‘Win’ refers to a personal name and ‘wic’ means a dwelling. Combining these elements gives the full meaning of Winwick which is Wina's specialised farm.[2] According to the 2011 census, the total population (including Hamerton) is 202.[3]

Winwick contains 'All Saints' church and 'Veazey Coaches Limited', a family run coach hire company that has been running since 1978.[4] The coach company takes children who live in Winwick to school in Great Gidding.

In the 1870s, Winwick was described as:

"WINWICK, a parish in the district of Oundle and counties of Huntingdon and Northampton; 4½ miles SE by E of Barnwell r. station, and 6½ SE by S of Oundle. Post town, Oundle. Acres, 1,710. Real property, £1,813. Pop., 380. Houses, 82. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £90.* Patron, the Duke of Buccleuch. The church was restored in 1865. Charities, £18."[5]
  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 142 Peterborough (Market Deeping & Chatteris) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229248.
  2. ^ "Key to English Place-Names". Key to English Place Names. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Winwick (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Veazey Coaches Limited". Companies in the UK. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  5. ^ Wilson, John Marius (1870). Gazetter of England and Wales. A. Fullerton & Co. Retrieved 27 January 2015.