Old Weston

Old Weston
St Swithin's Church in winter
Old Weston is located in Cambridgeshire
Old Weston
Old Weston
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population250 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceTL101756
• London144 km (89 mi)
Civil parish
  • Old Weston
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHUNTINGDON
Postcode districtPE28
Dialling code01480
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
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52°23′02″N 0°23′10″W / 52.384°N 0.386°W / 52.384; -0.386

Old Weston – in Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), England – is a village near Molesworth west of Huntingdon.[1]

In 1870–1872, John Wilson, who was a writer for the "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales:" describes the area as, "a parish, with a scattered village, in the district of Thrapston and county of Huntingdon; 8 miles N of Kimbolton r. station. It has a post-office under St. Neots. Acres, 2,012. Real property, £2,364. Pop., 426. Houses, 93. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Brington.[2] The church is ancient but good, and has a tower and spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school." According to the 2011 UK population census, the parish of Old Weston had a population of 250 people.[3]

Old Weston map from the 20th century
  1. ^ "Old Weston 1881 Census Data". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  2. ^ Wilson, John (1870). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullerton and Co. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Key Figures for 2011 Census". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 April 2015.