Great Paxton
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Great Paxton is located in Cambridgeshire
 Great Paxton
Great Paxton shown within Cambridgeshire |
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| Population | 1,007 (2011 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | TL217629 |
| – London | 51 miles (82 km) |
| District | Huntingdonshire |
| Shire county | Cambridgeshire |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ST. NEOTS |
| Postcode district | PE19 |
| Dialling code | 01480 |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
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Great Paxton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England lying 2.6 miles (4.2 km) north of St Neots in the Great Ouse river valley.
The population was 1,007 [1]in the 2011 census. Despite its name, Great Paxton is much smaller than the neighbouring village of Little Paxton.
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History
Paxton is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 when it had 69 households which is considered to be a very large settlement for that period. In 1086, the village contained 3 mills and a church.[2] The manor of Great Paxton was held by Countess Judith who was a niece of William the Conqueror. The manor lands were held by the Earls of Huntingdon until c.1192 and shortly afterwards the manor was split into two halves, de la Haye's manor and Great Paxton manor. There were fisheries on the Great Ouse at Great Paxton belonging to both manors from before 1279.[3]
Government
Great Paxton was in the historic county of Huntingdonshire until 1965. From 1965, the village was part of the county of Huntingdon and Peterborough. In 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, Great Paxton became a part of Cambridgeshire.
Great Paxton is represented on Huntingdonshire District Council by two councillors for the Gransden and the Offords ward and on Cambridgeshire County Council by one councillor for the Buckden, Gransden and The Offords electoral division. It is in the parliamentary constituency of Huntingdon, represented at the House of Commons by Jonathan Djanogly. For the European Parliament Great Paxton is in the East of England (European Parliament constituency).
Geography
The village lies on the eastern side of the Great Ouse river valley on a subsoil that is mainly Oxford clay.
The village stands on the B1043 that runs between St Neots in the south and Offord D'Arcy in the north.
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Demography
The village expanded in the 1970s through to the 1990s during which time the population went up from around 100. In the 2001 census, the population was 1,019 inhabitants in 388[4] households. By the time of the 2011 census, the population in Great Paxton had fallen slightly to 1,007 persons in 393[1] households. In 2011, 96.3% of people described themselves as white, 2.2% as having mixed or multiple ethnic groups, 1.1% as being British Asian and 0.1% as having other ethnicity.[5] 64.7% described themselves as Christian, 27.4% described themselves as having no religion, 6.7% did not specify a religion and 1% described themselves as having another religion.[6]
Culture and Community
There is one public house in the village called The Bell.
The village is a multiple winner of the prestigious East Anglia Village of the Year competition, held every 3 years since 1955.
Transport
The East Coast Main Line between London and Edinburgh passes through the parish of Great Paxton. The nearest railway station is 2.6 miles (4.2 km) away at St Neots.
Education
There is a primary school which is a Church of England school and has around 120 pupils aged from 4 to 11. Senior school pupils attend Longsands Academy in St Neots.
Religious Sites
The Minster Church of the Holy Trinity, Great Paxton is a grade I listed cruciform Saxon church dating from the 11th century.[7] It is one of only three Anglo-Saxon aisled churches to be found today in England. [8] The church was extended and much of it reconstructed in the 13th and 14th centuries when the current tower was built.[3] The church was restored again in 1880 when the vestry was added. Holy Trinity Great Paxton is part of the Benefice of Little Paxton, Great Paxton and Diddington in the St Neots’ Deanery and the Diocese of Ely. There is a canonical sundial on the south wall.
References
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External links
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