Chesterton, Huntingdonshire
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Chesterton is a small village and civil parish of exactly 56 households in Cambridgeshire, England.[1] The village lies approximately 5 miles (8 km) west-southwest of central Peterborough, near the city's Alwalton district. Chesterton is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.
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Chesterton | |
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Location within Cambridgeshire | |
Population | 317 (Including Water Newton 2011) |
OS grid reference | TL125949 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Peterborough |
Postcode district | PE7 |
Police | Cambridgeshire |
Fire | Cambridgeshire |
Ambulance | East of England |
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In the 17th Century, Chesterton was the home of John Dryden's family, who lived in Chesterton manor.[2]
In the 1870s, Chesterton was described as
- "a parish in the district of Peterborough and county of Huntingdon; on the verge of the county, and on Ermine-street and the river Nen, 2½ miles SE of Castor r. station, and 5½ SW of Peterborough. Post town, Castor, under Peterborough. Acres, 1, 330. Real property, £2, 447. Pop., 129. Houses, 22."[3]