Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by

King John King John may refer to: Rulers * John, King of England (1166–1216) * John I of Jerusalem (c. 1170–1237) * John Balliol, King of Scotland (c. 1249–1314) * John I of France (15–20 November 1316) * John II of France (1319–1364) * John I o ...

in 1205. It was the

county town In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a county town is the most important town or city in a county. It is usually the location of administrative or judicial functions within a county and the place where the county's members of Parliament are elect ...

of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cromwell was born there in 1599 and became one of its Members of Parliament (MP) in 1628. The former Conservative Prime Minister (1990–1997)

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served as its MP from

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

until his retirement in

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History

During the Roman Empire, in 274, a massive

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dating to the reign of Tetricus I and Roman Emperor

Aurelian Aurelian ( la, Lucius Domitius Aurelianus; 9 September 214 October 275) was a Roman emperor, who reigned during the Crisis of the Third Century, from 270 to 275. As emperor, he won an unprecedented series of military victories which reunited t ...

was hidden in the grounds of the town. Consisting of 9,724 Roman coins, and discovered in 2018, the Muddy Hoard is considered to date the largest treasure trove of Cambridgeshire. Huntingdon was founded by the Anglo-Saxons and

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. It is first mentioned in the

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' is a collection of annals in Old English, chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The original manuscript of the ''Chronicle'' was created late in the 9th century, probably in Wessex, during the reign of Alf ...

in 921, where it appears as ''Huntandun''. It appears as ''Huntedun'' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means "The huntsman's hill" or possibly "Hunta's hill". Huntingdon seems to have been a staging post for Danish raids outside

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until 917, when the Danes moved to

Tempsford Tempsford is a village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England, about east north-east of the county town of Bedford. The village is split by the A1 Great North Road and is located just befo ...

, now in Bedfordshire, before they were crushed by Edward the Elder. It prospered successively as a bridging point of the

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, a market town, and in the 18th and 19th centuries a coaching centre, notably at the ''George Hotel''. The town has a well-preserved medieval bridge that used to serve as the main route of Ermine Street over the river. The bridge only ceased to be the sole crossing point to Godmanchester in 1975, with the building of what is now the A1307 (formerly A14)

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The town's valuable trading position was secured by

Huntingdon Castle Huntingdon Castle was situated in the town of Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire (). In 1068 a Norman motte and bailey castle was built for William the Conqueror. During the Anarchy the castle was held by David, King of Scotland through his marriage ...

, of which only the earthworks of the motte survive. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and home to a beacon used to mark the 400th anniversary of the

Spanish Armada The Spanish Armada (a.k.a. the Enterprise of England, es, Grande y Felicísima Armada, links=no, lit=Great and Most Fortunate Navy) was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by the Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aris ...

. In 1746, the nurserymen Wood and Ingram of nearby Brampton developed an elm-tree cultivar, ''

Ulmus × hollandica 'Vegeta' ''Ulmus'' × ''hollandica'' 'Vegeta', sometimes known as the Huntingdon Elm, is an old English hybrid cultivar raised at Brampton, near Huntingdon, by nurserymen Wood & Ingram in 1746, allegedly from seed collected at nearby Hinchingbrooke Park. ...

'', which they named the Huntingdon Elm after the town. Original documents on Huntingdon's history, including the borough

charter A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty), and that the rec ...

of 1205, are held by

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at the County Record Office, Huntingdon. Parts of Huntingdon, including the centre, were struck by an F1/T3 tornado on 23 November 1981, during a record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day. The centre suffered moderate damage. Between the railway station and the old hospital building, stands a replica cannon installed in the 1990s to replace one from the Crimean War, scrapped for the war effort in the Second World War. However, it faces in the opposite direction from the original. St Mary's Street drill hall was built in the late 19th century.

George Hotel

The George Hotel on the corner of High Street and George Street was once a posting house. It was named after Saint George of England in 1574 and bought some 25 years later by Henry Cromwell, grandfather of Oliver Cromwell. Charles I made the George his headquarters in 1645. Later the highwayman

Dick Turpin Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's trade as a butcher ear ...

is said to have been a customer when it was a coaching inn on the Great North Road. A theatre was built to the rear of the George in about 1799. The Lincoln company of actors managed by

Thomas Shaftoe Robertson Thomas Shaftoe Robertson (1765 – September 1831) was a British actor who became the manager of a circuit of theatres in and around Lincolnshire that he carried on for nearly half a century. He was able to attract well-known London actors to t ...

and later

Fanny Robertson Fanny Robertson (1765 – 18 December 1855), born Frances Mary Ross, was an actress and later the manager of the provincial theatres of the Lincoln Circuit. Family Robertson's parents were the actors William Ross (died 1781) and his wife Eli ...

performed here in race weeks. Two wings of the inn burnt down in the mid-19th century, but two were saved, including one with a balcony overlooking the yard. Since 1959, the courtyard and balcony have been used for Shakespeare performances by a company run by the Shakespeare at the George Trust. Until 2024 when the Green King company who run the George Hotel decided it was not in their best interest to continue Shakespeare at the George, ending its 65-year run.

Government

Huntingdon has a town council with 19 councillors elected every four years. Two of them serve also as mayor and deputy mayor. Meetings are normally held once a month at Huntingdon Town Hall. Huntingdonshire District Council has three wards: ''Huntingdon North'', ''Huntingdon East'' and ''Huntingdon West''. The three wards each have two councillors. The main offices of Huntingdonshire District Council are in Huntingdon itself. The third tier of local government is Cambridgeshire County Council providing county-wide services such as roads, education, social services, libraries and heritage protection. Huntingdon is one of 60 electoral divisions, represented by two county councillors. The fourth tier of local government is Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, which is headed by a mayor. The Authority's website states that the Mayor of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough is Dr

Nik Johnson Nik Johnson (born ) is a British Labour Co-op politician and paediatrician who has served as the mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough since 2021. Early life and medical career Nik Johnson was born in Northumberland in 1969. He grew up ...

. Huntingdon lies in the parliamentary constituency of Huntingdon.

Geography

The town lies on the north bank of the

opposite Godmanchester and close to the market town of St Ives to the east and the village of Brampton to the west. Huntingdon incorporates the village of Hartford to the east and the developing areas of Oxmoor, Stukeley Meadows and Hinchingbrooke to the north and west. Between Godmanchester, Huntingdon and Brampton lies Portholme Meadow, England's largest. Its contain many rare species of grass, flowers and

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. It is the only known British habitat of the marsh dandelion. It acts as a natural reservoir for water in times of flood, enabling the river to run off slowly, so helping to preclude flooding in nearby towns. It has also served as a horse racecourse and once was a centre for aviation.

Business

Huntingdon is home to many local businesses, including

Huntingdon Racecourse Huntingdon Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Brampton near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on a Site of Special Scientific Interest of the original Brampton Racecourse. The most notable race held a ...

. Hinchingbrooke Business Park also contains offices and warehouses.

Climate

The nearest weather station for long-term data is at RAF Wyton, north-east of the town centre. More recently Monks Wood, to the north-west, has also provided data. Like most of Britain, Huntingdon has a temperate, maritime climate free of temperature extremes, with rainfall spread fairly evenly over the year. The absolute maximum recorded at Wyton was in August 1990; the temperature at Monks Wood rose in July 2006 to . The mean annual warmest day is , and on 16 days a year will rise to or above. Typically 43.2 nights of the year report an air frost. The absolute minimum at Wyton was in January 1982. The mean for the annual coldest night of the year is . With annual rainfall at under a year, the Huntingdon area is among the driest in the UK—103.4 days on average record at least 1 mm of rain. All averages mentioned refer to the period 1971–2000.

Demography

Population

Between 1801 and 1901, the current area of Huntingdon consisted of four parishes: Huntingdon All Saints, Huntingdon St Benedict, Huntingdon St John and Huntingdon St Mary. The populations of these were counted in the ten-year

UK census Coincident full censuses have taken place in the different jurisdictions of the United Kingdom every ten years since 1801, with the exceptions of 1941 (during the Second World War), Ireland in 1921/Northern Ireland in 1931,https://www.nisra.gov. ...

and ranged in the period between 2,368 in 1801 and 4,735 in 1891. (The census was omitted in 1941.) All population census figures are taken from the report ''Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011'' by ''Cambridgeshire Insight''. For the censuses of 1961 and 1971, Huntingdon was combined with Godmanchester. In 2011, the parish covered an area of . The population density in that year was .

Culture and community

The former

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is now Commemoration Hall. Huntingdon Old Bridge

Following the 2013 closure of RAF Brampton, once home to Headquarters

RAF Support Command Support Command was a command of the Royal Air Force between 1973 and 1994. The headquarters was located at RAF Brampton in Cambridgeshire. History It was formed on 31 August 1973 by the renaming of RAF Maintenance Command,

, there are now two operational RAF stations within of the town: RAF Wyton, once a major flying station but now a facility of the Defence Equipment and Support arm of the MOD and RAF Alconbury currently occupied by the United States Air Force. Part of the medieval infirmary hall of St Johns in the market place became

Huntingdon Grammar School Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cromwell was born there ...

. It was attended by Cromwell and by the diarist

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. The building is now the

Cromwell Museum The Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon, England, is a museum containing collections exploring the life of Oliver Cromwell and to a lesser extent his son Richard Cromwell. Oliver Cromwell was born in Huntingdon in 1599 and lived there for more than hal ...

, run by Cambridgeshire County Council. cmglee Huntingdon Cromwell Museum

Legends

Hinchingbrooke House, once a convent, is said to be haunted. The bridge over the Alconbury Brook named Nun's Bridge is said also to be haunted, by one of the nuns who once lived at the convent. She is said often to be accompanied by another ghost that resembles a nurse. The myth goes that the nun had a monk lover who caused them to be murdered.

Media

Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC East and ITV Anglia. Television signals are received from the

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TV transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, Heart East,

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, Star Radio and HCR FM, a community based station that broadcast from the town. The Hunts Post is the town's local weekly newspaper.

Education

The local primary schools are Hartford Junior School, Huntingdon Primary School, Thongsley Fields Primary School, St John's Primary School, Stukeley Meadows Primary School and Cromwell Academy Primary School. Spring Common School is a special-needs school. Secondary schools include St Peter's School and

Hinchingbrooke School Hinchingbrooke School is a large secondary school situated on the outskirts of Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, historically in Huntingdonshire. Originally all of the surrounding land—including what is now Huntingdon Town—comprised the grounds ...

. Further education colleges include

Huntingdonshire Regional College Huntingdon Campus of Cambridge Regional College, formerly Huntingdonshire Regional College is a further education college located in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire and Cambridge, England. The college has campuses in the town of ...

, Hinchingbrooke School sixth-form college and St Peter's sixth form.

Transport

Railway

Huntingdon railway station is sited on the

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. Services that stop here are operated by Govia Thameslink Railway, on the Thameslink and

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routes. Great Northern services operate between Peterborough and London Kings Cross station; trains take just over an hour to reach the capital. Thameslink services run between Peterborough and

Horsham Horsham is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby to ...

, in West Sussex, via St Pancras and

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Buses

Bus services are operated primarily by Stagecoach East and Whippet. Routes serve the town, including

Hinchingbrooke Hospital Hinchingbrooke Hospital is a small district general hospital in Hinchingbrooke near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Opened in 1983, it serves the Huntingdonshire area, and has a range of specialities as well as an emergency department and a materni ...

, and connect Huntingdon with Peterborough, St Neots, Ramsey, St Ives and Cambridge.

Air

Luton and Stansted airports are located within of the town.

Religious sites

There are four Church of England churches in Huntingdon, once there were more, which together with those in the adjacent villages Great and Little Stukeley are members of the Huntingdon Team Ministry in the

Diocese of Ely The Diocese of Ely is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Ely, who sits at Ely Cathedral in Ely. There is one suffragan (subordinate) bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon. The diocese now co ...

. The four are

All Saints' All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, the Feast of All Saints, the Feast of All Hallows, the Solemnity of All Saints, and Hallowmas, is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honour of all the saints of the church, whether they are kn ...

(next to the Market Square), St Mary's (opposite Pathfinder House), St Barnabas (on the Oxmoor estate) and All Saints', Hartford. Huntingdon

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is in the High Street. Medway Christian Fellowship is based on Medway Road.

Sport

The highest-ranking football club, Huntingdon Town, plays in the United Counties League. Huntingdon United RGE plays in the

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Notable residents

Names are in birth order. Data are from the subject's Wikipedia article except where referenced.

Arts and entertainment

* Henry Compton (Charles Mackenzie, 1805–1877), actor, born in Huntingdon *

George Mackley George Edward Mackley (born 1900 in Huntingdon, died 1983 in Tonbridge, Kent) was an English wood engraving artist. Career Educated at the Judd School in Tunbridge, Kent, Mackley trained as a teacher of art at Goldsmiths' College, London, specia ...

(1900–1983), wood engraver, born in Huntingdon * Terry Reid, (born 1949), rock vocalist and guitarist, born in Huntingdon *

The Charlottes The Charlottes were a female fronted indie pop band from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire in England, formed in 1988. History The band formed in 1988, initially as The Giant Polar Bears, comprising Petra Roddis (vocals), Graham Gargiulo (guitar), David ...

(formed 1988), indie rock band formed in Huntingdon. *

Ceara O'Neill Ceara O'Neill is an English actress and musician. She is notable for her work in television, including '' Young Victoria'', starring Emily Blunt, TV sitcom ''The Inbetweeners'' starring Simon Bird, TV sitcom '' Him and Her'', and BBC TV medica ...

(born 1990), actor and musician, born in Huntingdon * Himesh Patel (born 1990), actor, born in Huntingdon

Literature

* Henry of Huntingdon (c. 1088–1157), historian (''Historia Anglorum'') and Archdeacon of Huntingdon. *

(1633–1703), diarist, attended

in about 1644. * Basil Montagu (1770–1851),

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, writer and philanthropist, and illegitimate son of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich and

Martha Ray Martha Ray (1746 – 7 April 1779) was a British singer of the Georgian era. Her father was a corsetmaker and her mother was a servant in a noble household. Good-looking, intelligent, and a talented singer, she came to the attention of many of ...

Robert Carruthers Robert Carruthers (1799–1878) was a Scottish journalist and miscellaneous writer. He was born in Dumfriesshire and was for a time a teacher in Huntingdon. He wrote a ''History of Huntingdon'' in 1824. In 1828 he became editor of the ''Inverne ...

(1799–1878), local historian (''History of Huntingdon'') and journalist

Religion

* Christina of Markyate (c. 1096–98 – c. 1155),

anchoress In Christianity, an anchorite or anchoret (female: anchoress) is someone who, for religious reasons, withdraws from secular society so as to be able to lead an intensely prayer-oriented, ascetic, or Eucharist-focused life. While anchorites are ...

and prioress, was born in Huntingdon. *

John Swanel Inskip John Swanel Inskip (August 10, 1816 – March 7, 1884) was an American minister and evangelist affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a proponent of family sittings in church and a leader in the holiness movement, serving as fou ...

(1816–1884), American minister and evangelist, was born in Huntingdon.

Politics

David, Earl of Huntingdon David of Scotland (Medieval Gaelic: ''Dabíd'') (1152 – 17 June 1219) was a Scottish prince and 8th Earl of Huntingdon. He was, until 1198, heir to the Scottish throne. Life He was the youngest surviving son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of ...

(c. 1144–1219), Scottish prince, was born in Huntingdon. * Richard Patrick (died 1566), MP for Huntingdon in 1559 * Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658),

Lord Protector Lord Protector (plural: ''Lords Protector'') was a title that has been used in British constitutional law for the head of state. It was also a particular title for the British heads of state in respect to the established church. It was sometimes ...

, was born in Huntingdon. * Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich (1625–1672), English Civil War general and

Restoration Restoration is the act of restoring something to its original state and may refer to: * Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage ** Audio restoration ** Film restoration ** Image restoration ** Textile restoration * Restoration ecology ...

politician, attended Huntingdon Grammar School. * Richard Cromwell (1626–1712), Lord Protector (1658–59), was born in Huntingdon. * Henry Cromwell (1628–1674),

Lord Deputy of Ireland The Lord Deputy was the representative of the monarch and head of the Irish executive (government), executive under English rule, during the Lordship of Ireland and then the Kingdom of Ireland. He deputised prior to 1523 for the Viceroy of Ireland ...

and chancellor of

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, was born in Huntingdon. * Charlie Elphicke (born 1971), Conservative member of Parliament for Dover 2010–19 and sex offender, was born in Huntingdon.

Science and engineering

* Michael Foster (1836–1907), physiologist and academic, was born in Huntingdon. * Robert William Edis (1839–1927), architect and writer on decoration, was born in Huntingdon and educated at Huntingdon Grammar School. *

Walter Samuel Millard Walter Samuel Millard (1864–1952) was a British entrepreneur and naturalist who was honorary secretary of the Bombay Natural History Society, editor of the ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society'' from 1906 to 1920, co-author (with E ...

(1864–1952), naturalist and conservationist, was born in Huntingdon.

Sports

Walter Yarnold Walter Kennett Yarnold (11 November 1893 – 8 October 1978) was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire. He was born in Huntingdon and died in Monaco. Yarnold made a single first-class appearance, during the 1928 season, agains ...

(1893–1978), first-class cricketer, was born in Huntingdon. * Josh Gifford, (1941–2012), National Hunt jockey and trainer, was born in Huntingdon. * Oliver Gavin (born 1972), racing car driver, was born in Huntingdon. * Charlotte Edwards (born 1979), international women's cricketer, was born in Huntingdon. * Darren Bent (born 1984), footballer, was raised in Huntingdon. * Harriet Lee (born 1991), Paralympic swimmer, was born in Huntingdon. * James Sykes (born 1992), first-class cricketer, was born in Huntingdon. *

James Kettleborough James Michael Kettleborough (born 22 October 1992) is an English cricketer who most recently played for Glamorgan County Cricket Club, Glamorgan. Biography Born in Huntingdon and educated at Bedford School. An opening batsman who previously pl ...

(born 1992), first-class cricketer, was born in Huntingdon. * Alex Martin (born 1992), first-class cricketer, was born in Huntingdon. *

Todd Kane Todd Arthur Lucien Kane (born 17 September 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays for Coventry City in the Championship. He plays primarily as a right back, but can also play at right midfielder or left back. He is also eligible t ...

(born 1993), footballer, was born in Huntingdon. *

George Furbank George Furbank (born 17 October 1996) is an English professional rugby union player, currently playing for Premiership Rugby side Northampton Saints. Early years and education Born in Huntingdon, Furbank played his first rugby at Huntingdon RF ...

(born 1996), England international professional rugby union player was born in Huntingdon

International relations

Twin towns

Salon de Provence Salon-de-Provence (, ; oc, label= Provençal Occitan, Selon de Provença/Seloun de Provènço, ), commonly known as Salon, is a commune located about northwest of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d' ...

, France *

Szentendre Szentendre () is a riverside town in Pest County, Hungary, between the capital city Budapest and Pilis Mountains, Pilis-Visegrád Mountains. The town is known for its museums (most notably the :hu: Szentendrei Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, Open- ...

, Hungary * Wertheim am Main, Germany * Gubbio, Italy Source:

Freedom of the Town

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Town of Huntingdon.

Individuals

* Gordon Peacock: 7 May 2022 * Derek Bristow: 7 May 2022

Military Units

* RAF Wyton: 17 September 1955 * RAF Brampton: 1995 * The Royal Anglian Regiment: 21 January 2010 * The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment: 23 November 2017 * The

501st Combat Support Wing The 501st Combat Support Wing (501 CSW) is an administrative support wing of the United States Air Force, based at RAF Alconbury, United Kingdom. It is one of three wings located in the United Kingdom as components of the Third Air Force and Uni ...

, USAF: 21 September 2018

References

External links

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Huntingdon Town Council
* {{Authority control Populated places on the River Great Ouse Towns in Cambridgeshire Huntingdonshire County towns in England Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire