Swavesey | |
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Location within Cambridgeshire | |
Population | 2,480 (2001 Census)[1] 2,463 (2011)[2] |
OS grid reference | TL364684 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CAMBRIDGE |
Postcode district | CB24 |
Dialling code | 01954 |
Police | Cambridgeshire |
Fire | Cambridgeshire |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
Swavesey is a village lying on the Prime Meridian in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 2,463. The village is situated 9 miles to the north west of Cambridge and 3 miles south east of St Ives.
Listed as Suauesye in the Domesday Book, the name Swavesey means "landing place (or island) of a man named Swaef".[3]