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Huntingdon
England, United Kingdom
Huntingdon, town (parish), Huntingdonshire district, administrative county of Cambridgeshire, historic county of Huntingdonshire, south-central England. It is the administrative center and county town (seat) of Huntingdonshire, and it lies on the north bank of the River Ouse (or Great Ouse).
HuntingdonThe Old Bridge over the River Ouse, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England
Huntingdon, founded by the Anglo-Saxons and Danes, prospered successively as a bridging point of the Ouse, as a market town, and in the 18th and 19th centuries as a coaching center. Light engineering is now important. The town was the boyhood home of Oliver Cromwell. Pop. (2011) 23,732; (2021) 25,600.
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