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St Ives, Huntingdonshire

St Ives is a pretty market town in Huntingdonshire, standing on the north bank of the River Great Ouse. It is famous for its mediæval bridge which has a chapel in the middle. Some of the shops in the town centre are still to the same layout as in the Middle Ages, one rod in width, the standard length for floor and roof joists. The lanes along the north side of town are believed to follow the layout of the narrow mediæval fields, and are slightly S-shaped because of the way ploughs turned at each end. The town is within the council area of Huntingdonshire (Cambridgeshire).

Place Type: Town
Historic County: Huntingdonshire
Lat, Long: 52.323935,-0.07423557
Grid Reference: TL 3134 7128
Civil Parish: St Ives CP
Council Area: Huntingdonshire CA (Cambridgeshire CA)
Strategic Authority Area: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough SA
Police Area: Cambridgeshire PA

GBPN ID: 41785
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/St_Ives,_Huntingdonshire_41785

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