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Alconbury

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There are several annual events held in the village including The Neighbourhood Watch Summer Fête, Village Show, Harvest Supper. Biannual events - Christmas tree festival, Scarecrow Festival, open gardens.
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In 2011, the parish covered an area of 3,067 acres (1,241 hectares) and so the population density for Alconbury in 2011 was 327.4 persons per square mile (126.4 per square kilometre).
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to Alconbury Hill in three stages in 1958. The £1.25m two mile A1 bypass opened in December 1964, joining the road at the point where it now meets the A14 (former A604) at the
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of RAF Alconbury into a freight-only commercial airport to benefit from these surface links, however these proposals never came to fruition. Nearby, to the east, are
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and is represented on the county council by two councillors. Cambridgeshire County Council intends to move its headquarters to Alconbury, from Cambridge, by 2020.
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next to the village. The former road is partly the B1043 which is also part of the former A14 and the rest of the former A1 to
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at the top of a hill. It followed part of the former A604. In November 1998, the bypass was converted into the A1(M) which
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primary school, A service station on the B1043/A14 junction closed in August 2007 and re-opened in 2012 under new owners.
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and is represented on the district council by one councillor. The village's highest tier of local government is
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of 1086. There was one manor 17.5 households at Alconbury. The survey records that there were 18
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In the period 1801 to 1901 the population of Alconbury was recorded every ten years by the
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From 1901, a census was taken every ten years with the exception of 1941 (due to the
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until 1965. From 1965, the village was part of the new administrative county of
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with the capacity for a further two, and 80 acres (32 hectares) of meadows.
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of England. Alconbury lies approximately 5 miles (8 km) north-west of
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At Westminster, Alconbury is in the parliamentary constituency of
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of Cambridgeshire. Alconbury is a part of the district ward of
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project to improve public transport in the east of England.
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group, cricket club, football teams, community choir, a
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Dr Ann Williams; Professor G.H. Martin, eds. (1992).
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Dr Ann Williams; Professor G.H. Martin, eds. (1992).
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The church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul. The
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Weeping Willow
Alconbury is located in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
OS grid reference
TL1875
District
Huntingdonshire
Shire county
Cambridgeshire
Region
East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
PE28
Dialling code
Police
Cambridgeshire
Fire
Cambridgeshire
Ambulance
East of England
UK Parliament
Huntingdon
UK
England
Cambridgeshire

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