Alwalton
Alwalton | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Peterborough | |
Postcode district | PE7 | |
Police | Cambridgeshire | |
Fire | Cambridgeshire | |
Ambulance | East of England | |
UK Parliament | ||
Alwalton is a village and
Domesday Book
Alwalton was listed in the Domesday Book in the hundred of Norman Cross in Huntingdonshire; the name of the settlement was written as Alwoltune.[2] In 1086 there was just one manor at Alwalton; the annual rent paid to the lord of the manor in 1066 had been £7 and the rent was the same in 1086.[3]
The Domesday Book does not explicitly detail the population of a place but it records that there was 20 households at Alwalton.[3] There is no consensus about the average size of a household at that time; estimates range from 3.5 to 5.0 people per household.[4] Using these figures then an estimate of the population of Alwalton in 1086 is that it was within the range of 70 and 100 people. The survey records that there was nine
There was no mention of a church at Alwalton.
Government
As a civil parish, Alwalton has a
Alwalton 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. Then in 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, Alwalton became a part of the county of Cambridgeshire.
The second tier of local government is
For Alwalton, the highest tier of local government is
At Westminster, Alwalton is in the parliamentary constituency of
Demography
Population
In the period 1801 to 1901 the population of Alwalton was recorded every ten years by the UK census. During this time the population was in the range of 216 (the lowest in 1811) and 342 (the highest in 1861).[13]
From 1901, a census was taken every ten years with the exception of 1941 (due to the
Parish |
1911 |
1921 |
1931 |
1951 |
1961 |
1971 |
1981 |
1991 |
2001 |
2011 |
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Alwalton | 219 | 214 | 201 | 199 | 210 | 326 | 352 | 300 | 336 | 317 |
All population census figures from report Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011 by Cambridgeshire Insight.[13]
In 2011, the parish covered an area of 175 acres (71 hectares)[13] and so the population density for Alwalton in 2011 was 1159.3 persons per square mile (446.5 per square kilometre).
Landmarks
Alwalton is a conservation area with a number of listed buildings, the most important of which are the Norman Church of St Andrew's and the Elizabethan Manor House. Alwalton Hall was built for the 4th Earl Fitzwilliam.[14]
The East of England Showground lies to the south of the village. The 240-acre (0.97 km2) site is used for shows and commercial exhibitions. Until 2012[15] it was the home each June for the East of England Show.
Notable people
Sir Henry Royce (27 March 1863 to 22 April 1933), the co founder of Rolls-Royce, was born in the village and his ashes were buried in St Andrew's Church where a plaque has been placed on the wall as well on a spot on the floor, beneath which his ashes were buried in an urn. His remains were originally buried in 1933 beneath a statue of him at the Rolls-Royce works in Derby but in 1937 his urn was removed and brought to Alwalton.
Frank Perkins (20 February 1889 – 15 October 1967), founder of Perkins Engines, died at his home, Alwalton Hall, and is buried at St Andrew's Church.
From 1927 to 1937 Frank Buttle was rector of Chesterton with Haddon and Alwalton.
References
- ISBN 9780319229248.
- ISBN 0-141-00523-8.
- ^ a b c d e Professor J.J.N. Palmer, University of Hull. "Open Domesday: Place – Alwalton". www.opendomesday.org. Anna Powell-Smith. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ^ Goose, Nigel; Hinde, Andrew. "Estimating Local Population Sizes" (PDF). Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ "Alwalton Parish Council". Alwalton Parish Council. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ "Huntingdonshire District Council: Councillors". www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk. Huntingdonshire District Council. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ "Huntingdonshire District Council". www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk. Huntingdonshire District Council. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ a b c "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ "Huntingdonshire District Council: Councillors". www.huntsdc.gov.uk. Huntingdonshire District Council. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ "Cambridgeshire County Council". www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk. Cambridgeshire County Council. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "Cambridgeshire County Council: Councillors". www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk. Cambridgeshire County Council. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "Cambridgeshire County Council: Councillors". www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk. Cambridgeshire County Council. Archived from the original (pdf) on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ a b c "Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011". www.cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk. Cambridgeshire Insight. Archived from the original (xlsx – download) on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "Alwalton". British Listed Buildings.
- ^ "East of England Show ends after 200 years" BBC News 24 May 2013
External links
- Media related to Alwalton at Wikimedia Commons
- Alwalton in the Domesday Book