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|name=Winwick | |name=Winwick | ||
|county=Huntingdonshire | |county 1=Huntingdonshire | ||
|county 2=Northamptonshire | |||
|picture=All Saints, Winwick - geograph.org.uk - 1631489.jpg | |picture=All Saints, Winwick - geograph.org.uk - 1631489.jpg | ||
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'''Winwick''' is a small village | '''Winwick''' is a small village lying on the [[Huntingdonshire]]-[[Northamptonshire]] border, a quiet village in good farming country. It consists of a few houses clustered at the crossroads of the road between [[Great Gidding]] and [[Old Weston]] with that between [[Hamerton]] and [[Thurning, Northamptonshire|Thurning]]. Winwick stands at a high point affording beautiful views of the surrounding countryside, | ||
A number of village greens shape the layout of the village and beside one is a moat remaining on the site of the former manor house. | A number of village greens shape the layout of the village and beside one is a moat remaining on the site of the former manor house. | ||
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There is also a small and peaceful Quaker cemetery. | There is also a small and peaceful Quaker cemetery. | ||
There are just the two through roads in the village and a back-lane. A great many footpaths though lead out from the village, | There are just the two through roads in the village and a back-lane. A great many footpaths though lead out from the village, into Northamptonshire and out across the [[Alconbury Brook]] to [[Little Gidding]]. | ||
==Outside links== | ==Outside links== | ||
[[File:Bridleway to Little Gidding - geograph.org.uk - 378457.jpg|right|200px|Bridleway to Little Gidding]] | [[File:Bridleway to Little Gidding - geograph.org.uk - 378457.jpg|right|200px|Bridleway to Little Gidding]] | ||
{{Commonscat|Winwick,_Cambridgeshire}} | {{Commonscat|Winwick,_Cambridgeshire}} | ||
*[http://www.winwick.net Village web site for Winwick | *[http://www.winwick.net Village web site for Winwick] | ||
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/Winwick/index.html GENUKI page for Winwick | *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/Winwick/index.html GENUKI page for Winwick] | ||
Revision as of 09:43, 14 June 2016
| Winwick | |
| Huntingdonshire, Northamptonshire | |
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 All Saints, Winwick | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL105808 |
| Location: | 52°24’52"N, 0°22’35"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Huntingdon |
| Postcode: | PE28 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Huntingdonshire |
Winwick is a small village lying on the Huntingdonshire-Northamptonshire border, a quiet village in good farming country. It consists of a few houses clustered at the crossroads of the road between Great Gidding and Old Weston with that between Hamerton and Thurning. Winwick stands at a high point affording beautiful views of the surrounding countryside,
A number of village greens shape the layout of the village and beside one is a moat remaining on the site of the former manor house.
The parish church is All Saints, once a companion to the vanished manor house. It is partly of the 12th century, its south doorway is of that date, but largely of the 13th and 14th centuries. The chancel and nave were rebuilt in the mid-13th century, and elements form later centuries, including Victorian work.
There is also a small and peaceful Quaker cemetery.
There are just the two through roads in the village and a back-lane. A great many footpaths though lead out from the village, into Northamptonshire and out across the Alconbury Brook to Little Gidding.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Winwick, Huntingdonshire) |