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unusual facts about Chesterton, Huntingdonshire


Chesterton, Cambridgeshire

Chesterton, Huntingdonshire, a village historically separate but now in the far west of Cambridgeshire


24th Aero Squadron

On 31 January, the squadron was divided into four flights for training, which "A" Flight was assigned to RFC Wye, Kent; "B" Flight to RFC London Colney, Hertfordshire; "C" Flight to RFC Sedgeford, Norfolk and "D" Flight RFC Wyton, Huntingdonshire.

Abbots Ripton

John Bonfoy Rooper was MP for Huntingdonshire from 1831 to 1837 and High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.

Adrian Cade

His newphew Jon Cade made a single List-A appearance for Huntingdonshire in 2001.

Alexander Montagu, 10th Duke of Manchester

On 5 May 1927 he married firstly, at Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire, Nell Vere Stead (died 2 September 1966), daughter of Sydney Vere Stead of Melbourne, Australia, by whom he had two sons.

Avery Craven

Avery Odelle Craven (August 12, 1885 near Ackworth, Iowa – January 21, 1980, Chesterton, Indiana) was a historian who specialized in the study of the nineteenth-century United States and the American Civil War.

Barnabas Oley

In 1633 he was appointed by his college to the vicarage of Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire, and held it until his death; but for several years he continued to reside at Cambridge.

Bartholomew Clerke

He was grandson of Richard Clerke, gentleman, of Livermere in Suffolk, and son of John Clerke of Wells, Somerset, by Anne, daughter and heiress of Henry Grantoft of Huntingdonshire.

Bishop of Northampton

The Eastern District consisted of the counties of Cambridgeshire (with the Isle of Ely), Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Rutland, and Suffolk, all from the former Midland District, and the counties of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire from the London District.

Brington

Brington, Cambridgeshire, a village the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England

Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies

records of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire families involved in slavery and abolitionism, including lists of individual slaves and plans of a slave hospital in the West Indies dating from 1791

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Huntingdonshire and Peterborough didn't start their forces until 1857 by the County and Borough Police Act 1856.

Cheam Cricket Club Ground

Their second List-A match at the ground came in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Huntingdonshire.

Chesterton, Oxfordshire

Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Alderson (1859-1927), son-in-law of a former Vicar, is buried in the churchyard.

Church of All Saints, Sawtry

Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed listed building located in Sawtry, a village in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England.

Dennis Herbert, 1st Baron Hemingford

Herbert was the eldest son of Reverend Henry Herbert, Rector of Hemingford Abbots in Huntingdonshire.

Dona Massin

In Dona's later years, she and daughter Jodie would visit the Wizard of Oz Festivals in Chesterton, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Chicago.

Edward Maltby

His involvement in the 1807 general election in Huntingdonshire and an 1809 pamphlet criticising what he saw as the nepotism of prime minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland saw to it that he found no favour with the Tory establishment who were to hold power until 1830.

Francis Sawyer Parris

Born 1707 in Bythorn, Huntingdonshire, a younger child of Francis and Elizabeth Parris, he was baptized at the parish church on 21 December.

Free School Lane

The "Free School" was established in the 17th century by Dr Stephen Perse who left money in his will to educate 100 boys from Cambridge, Barnwell, Chesterton and Trumpington.

G. K.'s Weekly

Britain had its replicas of Maurras and Daudet in those adornments of English letters, G. K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc.

George Longstaff

He founded the Longstaff Cycle Centre in Chesterton near Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1982 and soon established a reputation as a builder of high quality bikes.

George Napper

George Napper was a son of Edward Napper (died in 1558), sometime Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, by Anne, his second wife, daughter of John Peto, of Chesterton, Warwickshire, and niece of Cardinal William Peto.

George Stockton

George Stockton (born 1905; date of death unknown) was an English footballer who played at inside-right for Chesterton, Leicester Regiment, West Bromwich Albion, and Port Vale.

Gervase Clifton, 1st Baron Clifton

In 1591, he became a Knight of the Shire of Huntingdonshire, settled in Leighton Bromswold and married Katherine, a daughter of Sir Henry Darcy (a previous Knight of the Shire) that year and was knighted by 1597.

Gransden

Great Gransden, civil parish and village in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England

Hemmingford

Hemingford Abbots a town formerly in Huntingdonshire - now Cambridgeshire, England

Indiana State Road 49

Then SR 49 leaves Valparaiso heading north toward Chesterton having an interchange with U.S. Route 6, Interstate 80/Interstate 90/Indiana Toll Road, Interstate 94, U.S. Route 20, and U.S. Route 12.

Interstate 94 in Indiana

East of SR 49 the freeway leaves Chesterton entering rural Porter County, before entering LaPorte County.

James Herbert Benyon

Born James Herbert Fellowes, he was the son of James Fellowes of Kingston Maurward House near Dorchester, Dorset who was the youngest son of William Henry Fellowes of Ramsey Abbey in Huntingdonshire by his wife, Emma the daughter of Richard Benyon of Gidea Hall in Essex.

JARIC

In 2013 DGIFC is scheduled to move to a new home at RAF Wyton in Huntingdonshire.

John Ailwyn Fellowes, 4th Baron de Ramsey

Lord de Ramsey farms the family’s 6,000 acre estate around the village of Abbots Ripton, Huntingdonshire.

Jon Cade

His uncle Adrian Cade also played List-A cricket for Huntingdonshire, as well as for Cambridgeshire.

Kimbolton School

Kimbolton School is a British HMC co-educational independent day and boarding school located in the village of Kimbolton, in rural Huntingdonshire in Cambridgeshire, educating approximately 950 boys and girls between the ages of 4 and 18, with boarding starting at age 11.

Lost communities of Porter County, Indiana

Platted by Joseph Bailly in 1833, north of Chesterton, where the Arcelor/Mittal (previously Bethlehem) Steel mill is located.

Mark Hiddesley

In 1710 the father became rector of Houghton, which he held with the chapel of Witton or Wyton All Saints, Huntingdonshire.

Nick Pishos

During the Hampshire Cricket Board's chase, he took two catches and took the wickets of Rajesh Maru and James Tomlinson, to finish with figures of 2/17 from five overs, helping Huntingdonshire to 28 run victory.

Oswald of Worcester

He was offered the site of Ramsey Abbey in Huntingdonshire by Æthelwine, son of Æthelstan Half-King, and Oswald established a monastery there about 971 that attracted most of the members of the community at Westbury.

Oundle Rural District

The Northamptonshire part went to form the Oundle and Thrapston Rural District, and from the Huntingdonshire part, the parish of Elton became part of Norman Cross Rural District whilst the parishes of Great Gidding, Little Gidding and Winwick became part of Huntingdon Rural District.

Swineshead

Swineshead, Bedfordshire (historically in Huntingdonshire), a civil parish

The World of Beachcomber

Readings from the lists of Huntingdonshire Cabmen, wherein Michael Redgrave solemnly walked to a lectern, donned his reading glasses and read the names, in alphabetical order, with great seriousness, as one might read the names of the dead at a war memorial.

Thomas Maxfield

He was born in Stafford gaol, one of the younger sons of William Macclesfield of Chesterton and Maer and Aston, Staffordshire; William Macclesfield was a Catholic recusant, condemned to death in 1587 for harbouring priests, one of whom was his brother Humphrey.

Thomas Tusser

At the time of his death he was in possession of a small estate at Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, and his will proves that he was not, as has sometimes been stated, in poverty of any kind, but had in some measure the thrift he preached.

Titterton

W. R. Titterton (1876–1963), British journalist, writer and poet, also friend and first biographer of G. K. Chesterton

Vale of Belvoir

However, the cheese took its name from the Huntingdonshire village of Stilton, where it was served at the coaching inns on the Great North Road.

West Anglia Main Line

This traffic joined the West Anglia Main Line north of Cambridge at Chesterton Junction and was generally routed for the large marshalling yards at Temple Mills.

William Leete

Leete was born about 1612 or 1613 at Doddington, Huntingdonshire, England, the son of John Leete and his wife Anna Shute, daughter of John Shute, a justice of the King's Court.

William Noyes

"The Church of St. Nicholas, Cheldreton, was given to the Monks of St. Neots (Huntingdonshire) about 1175 by Roger Burnard, and the grant was confirmed by Pope Alexander III. In 1380, 1399 and 1401 John Skylling, lord of the manor, was also patron of the church, probably by temporary grants from the Convent. In 1445 it was again in St. Neots' Priory, but seems to have been finally alienated to John Skylling about 1449."


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