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Longstowe is a civil parish and small rural village of nearly 200 residents in South Cambridgeshire, England, west of Cambridge. The population was measured at 205 at the 2011 census. It is situated on the western side of the A1198 road (Ermine Street), running for about a mile along the B1046.

Key facts

UK place.static_image
Longstowe, St Mary - geograph.org.uk - 3308.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
St Mary's Church, Longstowe
UK place.official_name
Longstowe
UK place.country
England
UK place.region
East of England
UK place.os_grid_reference
TL310557
UK place.post_town
CAMBRIDGE
UK place.postcode_area
CB
UK place.postcode_district
CB23
UK place.dial_code
01954
UK place.shire_county
Cambridgeshire
UK place.population
205
UK place.population_ref
(2011)
UK place.hide_services
Yes

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  • Notable people
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Longstowe is a civil parish and small rural village of nearly 200 residents in South Cambridgeshire, England, west of Cambridge. The population was measured at 205 at the 2011 census. It is situated on the western side of the A1198 road (Ermine Street), running for about a mile along the B1046.

==History== Seventeen people were counted at Longstowe for the 1086 Domesday Book. An area known as 'Town Green' around 1800 may have been the centre of the medieval village which had spread to the south by the middle of the 13th century.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Longstowe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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