Bythorn

Bythorn
Bythorn village green, with cottages and church
Bythorn is located in Cambridgeshire
Bythorn
Bythorn
Location within Cambridgeshire
OS grid referenceTL066754
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHuntingdon
Postcode districtPE28
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cambridgeshire
52°22′N 0°26′W / 52.37°N 0.43°W / 52.37; -0.43

Bythorn is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bythorn and Keyston, in Cambridgeshire, England.[1] Bythorn lies approximately 11 miles (18 km) west of Huntingdon near Molesworth. Bythorn is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 129.[2]

Parish church of St Lawrence, from the east

The parish church of St Lawrence is not mentioned in the Domesday Book. Evidence that a stone church stood on the site in the 12th century, however,is provided by elements of stone work from this original structure having been incorporated into the walls of the current church.[3]

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 142 Peterborough (Market Deeping & Chatteris) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229248.
  2. ^ "Population statistics Bythorn CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. ^ "History". .bythorn.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2013.