Farcet

Farcet
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Farcet is located in Cambridgeshire
Farcet
Farcet
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population1,800 (2011)
OS grid referenceTL198943
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPeterborough
Postcode districtPE7
Dialling code01733
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
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52°32′13″N 0°13′44″W / 52.537°N 0.229°W / 52.537; -0.229

Farcet (/ˈfæsət/)[1] is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England.[2] Farcet lies approximately 2 miles (3 km) south of Peterborough city centre, between Yaxley and the Peterborough suburb of Old Fletton. Farcet is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.[3]

The parish of Farcet was established in 1851, having previously been part of the parish of Stanground, its northern neighbour, when the vicarage of Stanground included the curacy of Farcet's village church.[4]

  1. ^ Barkham, Patrick (22 April 2018). "'Weirder than any other landscape': a wild walk in the Fens". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 142 Peterborough (Market Deeping & Chatteris) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229248.
  3. ^ "Towns & Villages: Farcet". Service Directory. Huntingdonshire District Council. 2007. Archived from the original on 20 April 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
  4. ^ "Letters from Mary, Countess Dowager of Westmorland, to the Master and Fellows of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1639" (PDF). Notes and Queries. 4–11 (28). London: Oxford Journals: 25. 11 July 1868. Retrieved 4 October 2007.[dead link]