Summary
Etton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, in England. For electoral purposes it forms part of Northborough ward in North West Cambridgeshire constituency. The parish had a population of 158 persons and 58 households in 2001.[1]
| Etton | |
|---|---|
  Etton Location within Cambridgeshire | |
| Population | 158 |
| OS grid reference | TF1306 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Peterborough |
| Postcode district | PE6 |
| Dialling code | 01733 |
| Police | Cambridgeshire |
| Fire | Cambridgeshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Woodcroft is a deserted medieval village and site of Woodcroft Castle.[2]
History edit
A mysterious Neolithic settlement at Etton Woodgate was excavated by Francis Pryor in 1982.[3][4] He reported that the site was in two halves, with each working building on one side mirrored by an unused 'ritual' copy on the other.
Woodcroft Castle was built and moated about 1280. The medieval west range and corner tower survive along with an early Tudor (late 1400s) north wing. During the civil war it fell to Parliamentary troops in 1648.
Peterborough Corporation Water Works opened here in 1907 "to augment the supply of water to the City of Peterborough."[5]
References edit
- ^ United Kingdom Census 2001. "Etton CP (Parish)". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ The "Deserted Villages of Northants", Allison Beresford and Hurst,1966
- ^ "National Monuments record for Etton Woodgate".
- ^ Pryor, Francis, Etton: Excavations at a Neolithic causewayed enclosure near Maxey Cambridgeshire, 1982-7, English Heritage, London (1998)
- ^ Water works at Elton Archived 23 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine Hidden Heritage (retrieved 19 December 2009)
Sources edit
- East Anglian Archaeology report No.109, 2005: Archaeology and Environment of the Etton Landscape, by Charles French and Francis Pryor, Oxbow Books; ISBN 0-9520616-2-7
External links edit
- Village Signpost