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| Name | Alwalton |
| Alt names | Alwoltune | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 140 |
| Type | Ancient parish, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 52.55°N 0.323°W |
| Located in | Huntingdonshire, England ( - 1965) |
| Also located in | Huntingdon and Peterborough, England (1965 - 1974) | | Cambridgeshire, England (1974 - ) |
| See also | Norman Cross Hundred, Huntingdonshire, England | hundred in which it was located | | Norman Cross Rural, Huntingdonshire, England | rural district in which the parish was located | | Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England | district municipality of which it has been part since 1974 |
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Alwalton is a village and civil parish since 1974 in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies approximately 5 miles (8 km) west of Peterborough. Before 1965 Alwalton was situated within the county of Huntingdonshire which is now a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire, formally known as the Huntingdonshire District.
The village lies northwest of Yaxley, overlooking the southern bank of the River Nene and close to the line of Ermine Street or the A1 major road and the A605. The parish covered an area of 175 acres (71 hectares) and in the 2011 UK census it had a population of 317.
The following description from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 is provided by the website A Vision of Britain Through Time (University of Portsmouth Department of Geography).
- "ALWALTON, a parish in the [registration] district of Peterborough and county of Huntingdon; on the river Nen, 2 miles SW of Overton [railway] station, and 5 WSW of Peterborough. It has a post office under Peterborough; and contains the mansion of Alwalton Castle. Acres: 1,040. Real property: £1,704. Population: 342. Houses: 68.
- "The manor was given anciently to the monks of Peterborough, and transferred by Henry VIII. to the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough. The property is not much divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value: £200. Patron: the Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam. The church is partly Norman, and was recently restored. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a British school."
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Research Tips
- Original historical documents relating to Huntingdonshire are now held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at Shire Hall, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4GS
- The Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society has transcribed the parish registers for all the ancient parishes of Huntingdonshire and these can be purchased from the Society as pdfs.
- A History of the County of Huntingdon in 3 volumes from British History Online (Victoria County Histories). This is by far the most complete history of the parishes of the county to be found online. The chapters are ordered by the divisions of the county called hundreds, but each chapter is linked to the volume's content page. Volume 2 (published 1932) covers Hurstingstone and Toseland hundreds (index of parishes); Leightonstone and Norman Cross Hundreds (index of parishes) are found in Volume 3 (published 1936). Volume 1 is a part-volume describing the religious houses of the county.
- GENUKI has a page on Huntingdonshire and pages for each of the ecclesiastical or ancient parishes in the county. These give references to other organizations who hold genealogical information for the local area.
- The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages similar to those provided by GENUKI which may have been prepared at a later date.
- A Vision of Britain through Time, section "Units and Statistics" leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974. There are pages available for all civil parishes, municipal boroughs and other administrative divisions.
- Map of Huntingdonshire divisions in 1888 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
- Map of Huntingdonshire divisions in 1944 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
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