Hurstingstone was a hundred of Huntingdonshire , England that was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.
72-463: According to Victoria County History, the derivation of the name of Hurstingstone is not clear; one possibility is that Hurstingstone comes from the name of the tribe of Hirstina (or Hyrstingas) who had settled in the area. There was a stone called the Hursting Stone on Hustingstone Hill which is the highest point on the road between St Ives and Old Hurst ; it was here that the area's moot
144-703: A Cornish Celtic Christian Bishop and hermit while ploughing a field. The discovery led Eadnoth the Younger , an important monk and prelate to found Ramsey Abbey . Slepe was listed in the Hundred of Hurstingstone in Huntingdonshire in the Domesday Book . In 1086 there was one manor and 64 households, 29. 5 ploughlands , 60 acres (24 hectares) of meadows and 1,892 acres (766 hectares) of woodland. The importance of Ramsey Abbey grew through
216-638: A chapel . In the Early Medieval period , this had been a strategic location on the Great Ouse because it was the last natural crossing point or ford on the river, 80 kilometres (50 mi) from the sea. A flint reef in the riverbed created a ford ; it was reused as the foundations for the stone bridge. Throughout the medieval period, it was a source of income for the town as tolls had to be paid by all those wanting to cross, this especially applied to drovers bringing their livestock to market. From
288-524: 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 ) bypass . The town's valuable trading position was secured by Huntingdon Castle , of which only
360-798: 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. 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
432-486: A break-away Scouting Association was prevented from using and developing a claim to it. The Norris Museum was founded by Herbert Norris, who left his lifetime's collection of Huntingdonshire relics to the people of St Ives when he died in 1931. The Norris Museum holds a collection on local history, including a number of books written by its former curator, Bob Burn-Murdoch. The museum was reopened in August 2017, following
504-418: A community based radio station that broadcast across the district of Huntingdonshire . The Hunts Post is the town's local weekly newspaper. The major section of the world's longest guided busway, using all new construction techniques and technology, connects St Ives directly to Cambridge Science Park on the outskirts of Cambridge along the route of a disused railway line. The same buses continue into
576-506: 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. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC East and ITV Anglia . Television signals are received from
648-454: A horse racecourse and once was a centre for aviation. Huntingdon is home to many local businesses, including Huntingdon Racecourse . Hinchingbrooke Business Park also contains offices and warehouses. The nearest weather station for long-term data is at RAF Wyton , 3 mi (5 km) north-east of the town centre. More recently Monks Wood, 5 mi (8 km) to the north-west, has also provided data. Like most of Britain, Huntingdon has
720-526: 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
792-560: A newly renovated former industrial building on the corner of Burrel Road and Marley Road. St Ives Evangelical Christian Church ( Evangelical ) meet at the Burleigh Hill Community Centre, off Constable Road. The town name is featured in the anonymous nursery rhyme/riddle " As I was going to St Ives ". While sometimes claimed to be St Ives, Cornwall , the man with seven wives, each with seven sacks containing seven cats etc. may have been on his way to (or coming from)
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#1732776885936864-635: 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. 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
936-513: A site that was previously used a retail unit. The claim of the Royal Oak to date from 1502 cannot be proven since, while a portion at the back is 17th-century (making it physically the oldest portion of any pub in St Ives), the pub name is more recent. The reference is to Charles II 's famous escape from Cromwell 's Roundheads , and Charles was restored to the throne in 1660. The Golden Lion
1008-491: A temperate, maritime climate free of temperature extremes, with rainfall spread fairly evenly over the year. The absolute maximum recorded at Wyton was 35.4 °C (95.7 °F) in August 1990; the temperature at Monks Wood rose in July 2006 to 35.1 °C (95.2 °F). The mean annual warmest day is 29.7 °C (85.5 °F), and on 16 days a year will rise to 25.1 °C (77.2 °F) or above. Typically 43.2 nights of
1080-579: A time at Grantchester . In his famous poem " The Old Vicarage, Grantchester " he heaped praise on his own village, but not on the shire town of Cambridge itself, or on the other villages around. Of St Ives he wrote: Strong men have blanched and shot their wives, rather than send them to St Ives St Ives, Slepe by the Ouse , by Noel Hudson. Black Bear Press, 1989, ISBN 0-9515298-0-3 [REDACTED] Media related to St Ives, Cambridgeshire at Wikimedia Commons Huntingdon Huntingdon
1152-635: A £1.5m refurbishment and expansion made possible by a Heritage Lottery Fund grant. Since 2020 its director has been Claire Hardy, and it is managed by the Norris Management Trust Group, made up of members of St Ives Town Council and the Friends of the Norris Museum. St Ives Corn Exchange is a Grade II listed building, first opened in 1864, built and paid for by local businessmen. Renovation work started in late 2009 and
1224-516: Is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district of 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 in 1599 and became one of its Members of Parliament (MP) in 1628. The former Conservative Prime Minister (1990–1997) John Major served as its MP from 1979 until his retirement in 2001 . During
1296-551: Is a medieval market town and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire , England, 5 miles (8 km) east of Huntingdon and 12 miles (19 km) north-west of Cambridge . St Ives is historically in the county of Huntingdonshire. The township was originally known as Slepe in Anglo Saxon England . In 1001–1002, a peasant is recorded as uncovering the remains of Ivo of Ramsey ,
1368-535: Is a nature reserve, and the western end, opposite the parish church, is a facility for the Sea Scouts . The scout portion contains what was, before the opening of the Leisure Centre, the town's outdoor town swimming pool. The pool was dug in 1913 and closed to the public in 1949. It is now used by the scouts for canoeing and abseiling. In November 1995, the island was the focus of a significant lawsuit and
1440-688: Is a special-needs school. Secondary schools include St Peter's School and Hinchingbrooke School . Further education colleges include Huntingdonshire Regional College , Hinchingbrooke School sixth-form college and St Peter's sixth form. Huntingdon railway station is sited on the East Coast Main Line . Services that stop here are operated by Govia Thameslink Railway , on the Thameslink and Great Northern routes. Great Northern services operate between Peterborough and London Kings Cross station ; trains take just over an hour to reach
1512-536: Is a swimming club and an 18-hole championship golf course. St Ives has a main secondary school , St Ivo Academy and four primary schools : Eastfield, Thorndown, Westfield and Wheatfields. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC East and ITV Anglia . Television signals are received from the Sandy Heath TV transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Cambridgeshire , Heart East , Greatest Hits Radio East , Star Radio and HCR FM
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#17327768859361584-447: Is believed the landlord kept pigs in the basement. The additional two storeys added in the seventeenth century were removed in 1930, due to damage being caused to the foundations. The chapel features colourfully in the historical novel 'Not Just a Whore', by local St Ives resident K M Warwick, where it is described as a fictitious "Bawdy House" (brothel). The bridge was partially rebuilt after Oliver Cromwell knocked down two arches during
1656-606: Is in the High Street. Medway Christian Fellowship is based on Medway Road. The highest-ranking football club, Huntingdon Town , plays in the United Counties League . Huntingdon United RGE plays in the Cambridgeshire League . Names are in birth order. Data are from the subject's Misplaced Pages article except where referenced. Source: The following people and military units have received
1728-761: Is just off the A1307 (former A14 ) road on what was a particularly congested section of the route from the UK 's second city, Birmingham , to the port of Felixstowe and thence to the mainland of Europe Before the opening of the new bypass, this 32-kilometre (20 mi) section of road also linked the northern end of the M11 ( Cambridge and region) to the A1 and the whole of the North of England and Scotland . The new A14 bypass for St Ives and Huntingdon opened in December 2019, leaving
1800-408: 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 Mayor of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough is Dr Nik Johnson . Huntingdon lies in the parliamentary constituency of the same name (formerly Huntingdonshire ). Ben Obese-Jecty MP (Conservative)
1872-469: Is represented on the district council by one councillor. For St Ives the highest tier of local government is Cambridgeshire County Council . St Ives is part of the electoral division of St Ives and is represented on the county council by two councillors. St Ives was in the historic and administrative county of Huntingdonshire until 1965. From 1965, the village was part of the new administrative county of Huntingdon and Peterborough . In 1974, following
1944-742: Is the White Hart, which is pre-1720. Nelson's Head and Golden Lion are at least as old but have not kept the same name: they used to be called the Three Tuns and the Red Lion respectively. There has been a pub on the site of the Robin Hood from a similar date; in fact it was originally two separate pubs: the Angel and the Swan. A pub under that name has now been opened by Wetherspoons a few doors up on
2016-449: Is the biggest public gathering in Huntingdonshire . The town has a mixture of shops, bars, coffee lounges, a department store and other amenities. As an important market town, St Ives always needed large numbers of public houses, many of which were bawdy houses : 64 in 1838 (1 for every 55 inhabitants), 60 in 1861, 48 in 1865 and 45 in 1899, although only five of these made the owners a living. As livestock sales diminished, however, so did
2088-661: 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 . It was attended by Cromwell and by the diarist Samuel Pepys . The building is now the Cromwell Museum , run by Cambridgeshire County Council . Hinchingbrooke House , once
2160-652: 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 East Anglia until 917, when the Danes moved to Tempsford , now in Bedfordshire , before they were crushed by Edward the Elder . It prospered successively as a bridging point of the River Great Ouse , a market town, and in the 18th and 19th centuries
2232-841: The English Civil War to prevent King Charles I's troops approaching London from the Royalist base in Lincolnshire . During the war and for some period afterwards, the gap was covered by a drawbridge . The town square contains a statue of Oliver Cromwell erected in 1901. It is one of four statues of Cromwell on public display in Britain, the others being in Parliament Square , outside Wythenshawe Hall and in Warrington . The eastern or town end of Holt Island
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2304-523: The Great Fair at St Ives. On Ramsey Road there is a public house called The Seven Wives, though this is a modern pub with no connection to the ancient rhyme other than the name. The term tawdry is a St Ives-derived word (vying with the rival Ely claim), basically meaning something that is 'cheap and cheerful', and was evolved directly from the Saint Audrey 's Lane cloth market held during
2376-625: The Local Government Act 1972 , St Ives became a part of the county of Cambridgeshire. At Westminster St Ives is in the parliamentary constituency of Huntingdon , and since 2024 has been represented in the House of Commons by Ben Obese-Jecty ( Conservative ). St Ives was the subject of town planning at a very early date, giving it a spacious town centre. Portions of the open space between Merryland and Crown Street were lost to market stalls that turned into permanent buildings. Some of
2448-734: The Roman Empire , in 274, a massive coin hoard dating to the reign of Tetricus I and Roman Emperor Aurelian 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 Danes . It is first mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 921, where it appears as Huntandun . It appears as Huntedun in
2520-503: The Sandy Heath TV transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Cambridgeshire , Heart East , Greatest Hits Radio East , Star Radio and HCR FM , a community based station that broadcast from the town. The Hunts Post is the town's local weekly newspaper. 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
2592-437: The 17th to the mid 19th century, St Ives remained a hub for trade and navigation in this part of East Anglia. There were inns and bawdy houses to cater for the merchants, mariners and drovers who did business in the town. Goods were brought into the town on barges and livestock rested on the last fattening grounds before being sent to London's Smithfield Market . However, with the arrival of Cambridge and St Ives branch line in
2664-553: The 1840s and improvements to the local road networks, commercial traffic on the River Great Ouse went into steady decline. The river Great Ouse at St Ives flooded in 1947, and some parts suffered seriously again at Easter 1998 and in January 2003. Extensive flood protection works were carried out on both sides of the river in 2006-07 at a cost of nearly £9 million. 500 metres (1,600 ft) of brick-clad steel-piling
2736-679: The County Record Office in Huntingdon . As a civil parish, St Ives has a town council , based at St Ives Town Hall , consisting of seventeen councillors including a Town Mayor and a deputy Town Mayor. The second tier of local government is Huntingdonshire District Council , a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire. St Ives has three district wards for the district council; St Ives East , St Ives South , and St Ives West . St Ives East and St Ives South are both represented by two district councillors, and St Ives West
2808-507: The George his headquarters in 1645. Later the highwayman Dick Turpin 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 and later Fanny Robertson performed here in race weeks. Two wings of the inn burnt down in the mid-19th century, but two were saved, including one with
2880-525: The Middle Ages. In the order of precedence for abbots in Parliament, Ramsey was third after Glastonbury and St Alban's . Its influence benefited the area as Slepe became St Ives and was granted a charter to become a market town, hosting one of the biggest in the country. The market town still remains an important market on the edge of The Fens to this day. As St Ives was founded on the banks of
2952-620: The Sacred Heart ( Roman Catholic ) on Needingworth Road, was originally built by Augustus Pugin in Cambridge, but was dismantled in 1902 and transported by barge to St Ives. The hall at the back was added in about 2001. The current Methodist Church on The Waits opened in 1905. Crossways Church ( Assembly of God ) meet at Crossways Christian Centre on Ramsey Road. St Ives Christian Fellowship (Partnership) meet at Thorndown Junior School on Hill Rise. The Bridge Church (New Frontiers) meet in
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3024-400: The borough charter of 1205, are held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies 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
3096-482: The capital. Thameslink services run between Peterborough and Horsham , in West Sussex , via St Pancras and Blackfriars . Bus services are operated primarily by Stagecoach East and Whippet . Routes serve the town, including Hinchingbrooke Hospital , and connect Huntingdon with Peterborough, St Neots, Ramsey, St Ives and Cambridge. Luton and Stansted airports are located within 40 miles (64 km) of
3168-433: The centre of Cambridge along regular roads in one direction and continue to Huntingdon in the other direction. A shorter section of the same busway system operates from the railway station on the far side of Cambridge to Addenbrooke's Hospital and Trumpington . The scheme, budgeted at £116.2 million, opened in summer 2011. Construction of the busway was beset with problems, causing delays; for example, cracks appeared in
3240-530: 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 . In 1746, the nurserymen Wood and Ingram of nearby Brampton developed an elm -tree cultivar, Ulmus × hollandica 'Vegeta' , which they named the Huntingdon Elm after the town. Original documents on Huntingdon's history, including
3312-483: The evenings. There are also buses to Somersham, Ramsey and Cambourne. Between 1847 and 1970 the town was served by St Ives railway station on the Cambridge and Huntingdon railway . The line from Cambridge and the station almost survived the 1963 to 1973 Beeching Axe , but were lost to passenger service in the final stages of the process. Some sections continued to be used for freight until 1993. A campaign to reopen
3384-403: The existing alignment near Swavesey and passing to the south of both market towns. A northern bypass has been under discussion for even longer but is not anticipated any time soon. Bus services are provided by Stagecoach in Huntingdonshire and Go Whippet, the former also having its depot near the town. Services to Cambridge and Huntingdon are frequent during the day, though less frequent in
3456-770: The hundred of Hurstingstone was little changed through to 1932 although a number of new parishes had been formed and Huntingdon was by then a separate administrative area. The parishes in Hurstingstone in 1932 were: Abbotts Ripton , Bluntisham , Broughton , Bury , Colne , Earith , Great Raveley , Great Stukeley , Hartford , Holywell with Needingworth , Houghton , Kings Ripton , Little Raveley , Little Stukeley , Old Hurst , Pidley , Ramsey , St Ives , Sapley , Somersham , Upwood , Warboys , Wistow , Woodhurst and Wyton . 52°22′16″N 0°05′42″W / 52.371°N 0.095°W / 52.371; -0.095 St Ives, Cambridgeshire St Ives
3528-583: The mediaeval and later ages. Made from discarded inferior wool and/or other felt fibres, it was a popular source of cheap material bought by the locals, and those further afield, who flocked to the market in their droves to buy cheap supplies for their own domestic clothing. Victorian philosopher Thomas Carlyle contrasted the workhouse in St Ives with the ruins of Bury St Edmunds Abbey in Past and Present (1843). The famous war poet Rupert Brooke lived for
3600-519: The need for large numbers of pubs, falling to a low point of 16 in 1962. In that year the Seven Wives on Ramsey Road was opened and, with some openings and closings since, there are 17 today. The oldest name is the Dolphin; in use on the same site for over 300 years, its current usage is for a hotel built in 1985, which had been taken over a number of times, most recently by Best Western. Next oldest
3672-433: The north and west. Between Godmanchester, Huntingdon and Brampton lies Portholme Meadow , England's largest. Its 257 acres (104 hectares) contain many rare species of grass, flowers and dragonfly . 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
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#17327768859363744-541: The passenger rail service only ended with the ripping-up of disused track shortly before construction of the Guided Busway. Huntingdon, 7 miles (11 km) away, has the nearest railway station. Buses using the Busway system provide direct links to both Huntingdon and Cambridge stations. There are ten places of worship, including the ancient parish church . Many other Christian denominations are also represented, and
3816-470: The period 1971–2000. 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 and ranged in the period between 2,368 in 1801 and 4,735 in 1891. (The census was omitted in 1941.) In 2011, the parish covered an area of 2,765 acres (1,119 hectares). The population density in that year
3888-420: The population of St Ives was recorded every ten years by the UK census . During this time the population was in the range of 2,099 (the lowest was in 1801) and 3,572 (the highest was in 1851). From 1901, a census was taken every ten years with the exception of 1941 (due to the Second World War ). In 2011, the parish covered an area of 2,688 acres (1,088 hectares) and the population density of St Ives in 2011
3960-401: The rest of the bridge, being rounded instead of slightly gothic . After the dissolution of the monasteries in 1537, the chapel was given to the prior to live in. The lords of the manor of St Ives changed hands several times, as did the chapel. During this period, it was in turn - a private house, a doctors surgery and a pub, called Little Hell. The pub had a reputation for rowdy behaviour, and it
4032-455: The restored building was formally re-opened on 24 June 2010. Each year the town hosts a free 2-day carnival and music festival which was launched in 1999, as part of the committee set up for the millennium. There are 2 leisure facilities, the indoor centre is adjacent to the Burgess conference and Events Hall and an outdoor centre in the west of the town. The original swimming pool, fed by
4104-417: The river, is in the middle of Holt Island and is now used for canoeing practice and other activities. St Ives also has a Rugby club on Somersham Road, and a non-league football club, St Ives Town F.C. , which plays at Westwood Road. St Ives Rowing Club was formed in 1865, was once captained by John Goldie and has had a number of members who have competed at Olympic and Commonwealth championships. There
4176-652: The shape of a chair and it is also known as the Abbot's Chair. It is possible that the Hursting Stone was used as a plinth for a stone cross around the 12th century when such crosses were commonly erected at boundaries. The stone has been moved and is now at the Norris Museum in St Ives. In 1870–72, Hurstingstone was described like this: HURSTINGSTONE, a hundred in Huntingdon; named from an ancient stone near Old Hurst; and containing Old Hurst parish, twenty-two other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 72, 670. Pop. in 1851, 20, 946; in 1861, 19, 961. Houses, 4, 323. Hurstingstone
4248-471: The shops in the town centre are still in the same layout as in medieval times, one rod in width, the standard length for floor and roof joists . The lanes along the north side of town are believed to follow the layout of the narrow medieval fields, and are slightly S-shaped because of the way ploughs turned at each end. Similar field boundaries can be seen in Warners Park. In the period 1801 to 1901
4320-541: The structure allowing weeds to grow through. Contractors BAM Nuttall were fined a significant amount of money for each day that the busway completion date was not met. The St Ives Park & Ride on Meadow Lane is part of the scheme and was due to open at the same time. A "Green Update" newsletter came out in Winter 2007 with news on conservation work including protection of the Great Crested Newt. St Ives
4392-414: The town also has a mosque and an Islamic Community Centre. All Saints Church ( Church of England ) on Church Street has been in the town since AD970 and is one of only two Grade I listed buildings in the town, the other being The Bridge. Originally the parish church of the settlement of Slepe, before St Ives came into existence, it now enjoys a tranquil location at the end of Church Street, situated to
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#17327768859364464-678: The town. 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 four are All Saints' (next to the Market Square), St Mary's (opposite Pathfinder House), St Barnabas (on the Oxmoor estate) and All Saints', Hartford . Huntingdon Methodist Church
4536-400: The west of the town centre. All Saints, as it stands today, dates largely from the rebuilding of the late 15th century. It was extensively reordered in the late 19th century by Sir Ninian Comper . The church which dominates the town's market place, is The Free Church ( United Reformed Church ). This was built in 1864, but was modernised in 1980, moving the worship area upstairs. The Church of
4608-414: The wide River Great Ouse between Huntingdon and Ely , it had become an important entrepôt for trade in East Anglia . The size and prosperity of the medieval town can be still seen in its street plan. In the early 15th century, St Ives Bridge was constructed across the Great Ouse replacing an earlier crossing at this point. The six-arch stone bridge was one of only four town bridges in England to have
4680-421: The year report an air frost. The absolute minimum at Wyton was −16.1 °C (3.0 °F) in January 1982. The mean for the annual coldest night of the year is −7.7 °C (18.1 °F). With annual rainfall at under 550 millimetres ( 21 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) 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
4752-400: Was 3,901 persons per square mile (1,506 persons per square kilometre). The Monday market takes over the town centre, and is larger in scale on Bank Holidays in May and August. There is a Friday market, and a Farmers' Market on the first and third Saturday every month. The Michaelmas Fair takes over for three days from the second Monday in October, and there is a carnival which
4824-406: Was 5,493.1 inhabitants per square mile (2,120.9 inhabitants per square kilometre). The former Literary and Scientific Institute is now Commemoration Hall. Following the 2013 closure of RAF Brampton , once home to Headquarters RAF Support Command , there are now two operational RAF stations within 4 mi (6 km) of the town: RAF Wyton , once a major flying station but now a facility of
4896-408: Was a 19th-century coaching inn . The Official Guide to the Great Eastern Railway referred to it in 1893 as one of two "leading hotels" in St Ives and there are a number of ghost stories associated with the pub. St Ives Bridge is most unusual in incorporating a chapel , the most striking of only four examples in England. Also unusual are its two southern arches which are a different shape from
4968-410: Was elected to this seat in the House of Commons in 2024, replacing Jonathan Djanogly . The town lies on the north bank of the River Great Ouse 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
5040-418: Was held until it was moved to Broughton in the 14th century. There was a gallows on Hurstingstone Hill. The Hundred was given by Henry I to the abbot and convent of Ramsey c. 1155 in whose possession it remained until the dissolution of the monastery in 1539. By 1654 the hundred was sold to Edward Montagu and has been in the family of the Earls of Sandwich ever since. The Hursting Stone resembles
5112-523: Was one of four Hundreds of Huntingdonshire and covered the eastern region of the county. The other Hundreds were Norman Cross, Leightonstone and Toseland. In the Domesday Book of 1086 there were eighteen places listed in the Hundred of Hurstingstone. They were: Abbotts Ripton , Bluntisham , Botuluesbrige, Broughton , Colne , Great Stukeley , Hartford , Holywell , Houghton , Huntingdon , Little Stukeley , Ramsey , St Ives , Somersham , Upwood , Warboys , Wistow and Wyton . The area covered by
5184-577: Was put into place to protect the town, most noticeably at the Waits, where a plaza has also been created. A further 750 metres (2,460 ft) on the other side of the river protects Hemingford Grey , reducing the yearly risk of flooding from 10% to 1%. Building on the flood plain at St Ives is now discouraged. Original historical documents relating to St Ives, including the original parish church registers, local government records, maps and photographs, are held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at
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