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Woodhurst, Huntingdonshire

Historical Description

Woodhurst, a village and a parish in Hunts, 4 miles SW from Somersham station on the St Ives, March, and Wisbech branch of the G.E.R., and 4 N of St Ives, with a post office under Huntingdon; money order and telegraph office, Somersham. Acreage, 1823; population, 295. The manor belongs to the Pelly family. The living is a perpetual curacy annexed to St Ives. The church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, is an edifice in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, S aisle, S porch, and a wooden bell-turret. There are two Baptist chapels.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyHuntingdonshire 
Ecclesiastical parishWoodhurst All Saints 
HundredHurstingstone 
Poor Law unionSt. Ives 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Woodhurst from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Huntindonshire is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Woodhurst are available from a number of sites:

DistrictHuntingdonshire
CountyCambridgeshire
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtPE28
Post TownHuntingdon

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