Bythorn | |
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Bythorn village green, with cottages and church | |
Location within Cambridgeshire | |
OS grid reference | TL066754 |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Huntingdon |
Postcode district | PE28 |
Police | Cambridgeshire |
Fire | Cambridgeshire |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
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]
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]