Eynesbury Hardwicke

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Eynesbury Hardwicke
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Eynesbury Hardwicke
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population1,124 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference TL2056
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town St Neots
Postcode district PE19
Dialling code 01480
Police Cambridgeshire
Fire Cambridgeshire
Ambulance East of England
List of places
UK
England
Cambridgeshire
52°11′38″N0°14′20″W / 52.1938°N 0.2389°W / 52.1938; -0.2389 Coordinates: 52°11′38″N0°14′20″W / 52.1938°N 0.2389°W / 52.1938; -0.2389

Eynesbury Hardwicke is a former civil parish, now in the parishes of Abbotsley and St Neots, in the Huntingdonshire part of Cambridgeshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,124. [1]

Eynesbury Hardwicke was historically part of Eynesbury parish. That parish was split in two on 1 April 1895; [2] the village of Eynesbury was incorporated into the town of St Neots. [3] Eynesbury Hardwicke parish was formed from the remaining 2,641 acres (10.7 km2) of countryside. [2]

Caldecote Manor, Eynesbury Hardwicke House [3] and the site of an abandoned village, Weald, [4] are in the former parish. It did not contain a parish church or settlement [3] —though by the time of its dissolution Eynesbury had expanded into the parish [5] —but it did have a parish council. [6]

The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2010 and the area divided between Abbotsley and St Neots. [7]

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References

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