Hamerton

Hamerton
Hamerton is located in Cambridgeshire
Hamerton
Hamerton
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population87 (2001 census)
OS grid referenceTL145794
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHuntingdon
Postcode districtPE28
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cambridgeshire
52°24′00″N 0°19′01″W / 52.4°N 0.317°W / 52.4; -0.317

Hamerton is a village in and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hamerton and Steeple Gidding, in Cambridgeshire, England.[1] Hamerton lies approximately 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Huntingdon. Hamerton is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. Hamerton Zoo is on the north side of the village. The village has a church dedicated to All Saints. In 2001 the parish had a population of 87.

The civil parish of Hamerton and Steeple Gidding incorporates the nearby hamlet of Steeple Gidding, which has a 14th-century church St Andrew's that is now redundant and preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] Along with its nearby neighbour Great Gidding, Steeple Gidding forms part of a cluster of villages known as the Giddings.[3]

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 142 Peterborough (Market Deeping & Chatteris) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229248.
  2. ^ St Andrew's Church, Steeple Gidding, Cambridgeshire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 25 March 2011
  3. ^ "The Giddings". www. thegiddings.org.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2016.

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