Westwick, Cambridgeshire

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Westwick
Location within Cambridgeshire
OS grid reference TL421652
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CAMBRIDGE
Postcode district CB23
Dialling code 01223
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Cambridgeshire
52°16′02″N0°04′53″E / 52.2673°N 0.0815°E / 52.2673; 0.0815 Coordinates: 52°16′02″N0°04′53″E / 52.2673°N 0.0815°E / 52.2673; 0.0815

Westwick is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Oakington and Westwick, in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is situated to the north-west of Cambridge. Earthworks suggest that it is a shrunken medieval village. In 1961 the parish had a population of 37. [1]

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History

A large grassed area of earthworks, on the west side of Oakington Road and north of Oakington Brook, is believed to contain houses, track ways and ponds that originate from the Medieval period. [2] The earthworks are very easily observed from Oakington Road. Westwick became a parish in 1866, [3] on 1 April 1985 the parish was abolished to form "Oakington and Westwick". [4]

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References

  1. "Population statistics Westwick CP/Hmlt through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MCB6303&resourceID=1000 Westwick at Heritage Gateway
  3. "Relationships and changes Westwick CP/Hmlt through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  4. "The South Cambridgeshire (Parishes) Order 1984" (PDF). LGBCE . 29 November 1984. Retrieved 10 June 2017.

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