Washingley

Washingley
Washingley Hall Farm guest entrance
Washingley is located in Cambridgeshire
Washingley
Washingley
Location within Cambridgeshire
OS grid referenceTL135892
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPeterborough
Postcode districtPE7
Dialling code01733
List of places
UK
England
Cambridgeshire
52°29′17″N 0°19′52″W / 52.488°N 0.331°W / 52.488; -0.331

Washingley is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Folksworth and Washingley, in Cambridgeshire, England.[1] Washingley lies approximately 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Peterborough, near Folksworth. Washingley 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 69.[2]

As shown on Ordnance Survey maps of the parish, Washingley is a shrunken medieval village.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 142 Peterborough (Market Deeping & Chatteris) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229248.
  2. ^ "Population statistics Washingley CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  3. ^ Lost villages of Cambridgeshire, cambridgeshire-community.org.uk