Horningsea

Horningsea
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Horningsea is located in Cambridgeshire
Horningsea
Horningsea
Location within Cambridgeshire
Area2.6 sq mi (6.7 km2)
Population330 (ONS - 2021 census)[1]
• Density127/sq mi (49/km2)
OS grid referenceTL4962
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCAMBRIDGE
Postcode districtCB25
Dialling code01223
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
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52°14′26″N 0°11′11″E / 52.24051°N 0.18642°E / 52.24051; 0.18642

Horningsea is a small village north of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire in England. The parish covers an area of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2; 1,700 acres). It lies on the east bank of the River Cam, and on the road from Cambridge to Clayhithe. The nearest railway station is Waterbeach, 1+12 miles (2.4 km) away.

Listed as Horningesea in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from either "Island (or dry ground in marsh) of a man called Horning" or "Island by the horn-shaped hill".[2][3]

  1. ^ "Office for National Statistics - Census 2021". Office for National Stational Statistics. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  2. ^ A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 10: Cheveley, Flendish, Staine and Staploe Hundreds (north-eastern Cambridgeshire). 2002. pp. 160–163.
  3. ^ A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names (2003)