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The county town is Huntingdon, with the larger cathedral city Peterborough being partly located in the north of the county, although it is mainly located in Northamptonshire. | The county town is Huntingdon, with the larger cathedral city Peterborough being partly located in the north of the county, although it is mainly located in Northamptonshire. | ||
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| + | Huntingdonshire is perhaps best known worldwide as the birthplace of [[Oliver Cromwell]] (1599-1658), Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (1653-1658), the Parliamentarian military dictatorship and republic that controlled the British Isles between the [[Second English Civil War]] (1648) and the Stuart Restoration (1660). | ||
[[Category:English Counties]] | [[Category:English Counties]] | ||
Revision as of 10:15, September 7, 2024
Huntingdonshire is a county in south eastern central England, lying between the Midlands and East Anglia. The county borders Northamptonshire to the north and west, Cambridgeshire to the east and Bedfordshire to the south.
The county town is Huntingdon, with the larger cathedral city Peterborough being partly located in the north of the county, although it is mainly located in Northamptonshire.
Notable people
Huntingdonshire is perhaps best known worldwide as the birthplace of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (1653-1658), the Parliamentarian military dictatorship and republic that controlled the British Isles between the Second English Civil War (1648) and the Stuart Restoration (1660).