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    Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cromwell was born there in 1599 and became one of its Members of Parliament (MP) in 1628.

  2. After their conquest of East Anglia in the latter half of the 9th century, Huntingdon became an important seat of the Danes, and the Danish origin of the shire is borne out by an entry in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle referring to Huntingdon as a military centre to which the surrounding district owed allegiance, while the shire itself is mentioned ...

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  4. Article History. The River Ouse at St. Neots, Huntingdonshire. Huntingdonshire, historic county and administrative district of the administrative county of Cambridgeshire, east-central England. The administrative district and the historic county of Huntingdonshire cover slightly different areas.

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    Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cromwell was born there in 1599 and became one of its Members of Parliament (MP) in 1628.

  6. Huntingdon is a town in Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. It stands on the River Ouse near the A1, a major road in England . History. The town was chartered in 1205 and founded by Anglo-Saxons . Huntingdon also has the largest meadow in England; Portholme Meadow.

  7. Huntingdon is a sleepy historic town in Cambridgeshire, England, on the banks of the River Ouse, best known as the birthplace of English Civil War leader Oliver Cromwell. Get in. By car. Off the A14 and A1 between Cambridge and Peterborough. By train.

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