Sawtry

Also known as Sawtry, Cambridgeshire

Sawtry () is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Sawtry lies approximately north of Huntingdon. Sawtry is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. The village is home to over 6,000 people.

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Place details

Locality: Huntingdonshire
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 5,252
Timezone: Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.official_name: Sawtry
UK place.country: England
UK place.region: East of England
UK place.population: 6,536
UK place.population_ref: (2011)
UK place.os_grid_reference: TL168836
UK place.post_town: Huntingdon
UK place.postcode_area: PE
UK place.postcode_district: PE28
UK place.dial_code: 01487
UK place.constituency_westminster: Huntingdon
UK place.civil_parish: Sawtry
UK place.shire_district: Huntingdonshire
UK place.shire_county: Cambridgeshire

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Wikidata facts

Population: 4865
Official website: www.sawtry.net
Image: Green End Road, Sawtry - geograph.org.uk - 725909.jpg
Dialing code: 01487

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Commons category: Sawtry
postal code: PE28
OS grid reference: TL168836
P8168: East River

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History
Government
Geography
Transport
Demography
Population
Culture and community
Religious sites
References
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==History== thumb|left|upright=0.45|Village sign in Sawtry Sawtry was listed as Saltrede in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the Hundred of Normancross in Huntingdonshire, containing four manors and 56 households. By 1086 there were three churches and two priests at Sawtry.