Woodwalton

Woodwalton
Woodwalton is located in Cambridgeshire
Woodwalton
Woodwalton
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population243 (2011)
OS grid referenceTL214809
Civil parish
  • Wood Walton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHuntingdon
Postcode districtPE28
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
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52°24′47″N 0°12′58″W / 52.413°N 0.216°W / 52.413; -0.216

Wood Walton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England.[1] Wood Walton lies approximately 6 miles (10 km) north of Huntingdon and just east of the A1. Wood Walton is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.

The civil parish of Wood Walton is spread over a wide area, the main village dissected by the East Coast Main Line. To the north of the village in the area known as "Church End" stands the (now redundant) parish church of St Andrew, clearly visible from passing trains. The church was listed as one of Songs of Praise's favourite churches. The church dates from around 1200 and is layered in history: the south aisle was added in 1250, a clerestory was added in the 16th century, and it received a major remodelling in the 1850s.[2] It is now in the keeping of the Friends of Friendless Churches.[3]

Further north are the earthworks of Woodwalton Castle, a motte-and-bailey castle which formerly held the manor of the parish.[4] In 1886 a hoard of Roman coins was dug up in the parish.[5] The village stands at the edge of Woodwalton Fen, an area of special scientific interest.[4]

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 142 Peterborough (Market Deeping & Chatteris) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229248.
  2. ^ The Nation's Favourite Churches, Andrew Barr
  3. ^ "Woodwalton St Andrews". Friends of Friendless Churches. Archived from the original on 13 July 2010.
  4. ^ a b Page, William; Proby, Granville; Ladds, S. Inskip, eds. (1936), "Parishes: Wood Walton", Victoria County History, A History of the County of Huntingdon, vol. 3, University of London & History of Parliament Trust, pp. 236–241, retrieved 19 July 2010
  5. ^ "GENUKI: Wood Walton". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2010.