Somersham

Also known as Somersham, Cambridgeshire

Somersham is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Somersham lies approximately east of Huntingdon and north of St Ives. Somersham is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.

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Place details

Locality: Huntingdonshire
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 3,524
Timezone: Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.static_image_name: Somersham in 2008.jpg
UK place.official_name: Somersham
UK place.population: 3,802
UK place.population_ref: (2001) 3,810 (2011)
UK place.shire_district: Huntingdonshire
UK place.shire_county: Cambridgeshire
UK place.region: East of England
UK place.constituency_westminster: North West Cambridgeshire
UK place.post_town: HUNTINGDON
UK place.postcode_district: PE28
UK place.postcode_area: PE
UK place.dial_code: 01487
UK place.os_grid_reference: TL361779

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Wikidata facts

Population: 3538
Image: Somersham in 2008.jpg
Dialing code: 01487

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Commons category: Somersham, Cambridgeshire
postal code: PE28
OS grid reference: TL361779
P8168: Christian Gottlob Neefe

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History
Government
Demography
Population
Culture and community
Sport and leisure
Transport
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There has been a settlement in this corner of the country for at least 2,500 years and probably much longer than that. The village may not be full of ancient buildings, but it possesses a rich heritage of recorded history. Somersham lies on the Greenwich meridian line. There is a marker on the pavement in the High Street denoting the location of the October 1884 Greenwich Prime Zero meridian line.