Welcome to Old Hurst
CLICK FOR 2021 CENSUS DATAIntroduction
Old Hurst is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, approximately 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Huntingdon. It is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.The small Parish Church of St Peter's dates from the 13th century and is a Grade II* listed building.At one time, at the most prominent point along the road between Old Hurst and St Ives, there could be found a low chair-shaped hunk of stone called the Hursting Stone, or the Abbot's Chair. This glacial relic served many functions throughout the centuries, having been sculpted into a curious chair-shaped mass: folklore has it that it in the Middle Ages it formed the base of a plinth that held an almighty stone cross upright. Here, sentences were passed in open-air trials. Later it earned the name 'Abbot's Chair' from the belief that monks would sit in it and rest while travelling. This antiquity now rests against a wall just outside the Norris Museum in St Ives and, according to the writer Daniel Codd, there is a belief that it is haunted. There is also a belief that if the stone should ever sink beneath the earth then the streets of Bluntisham would run red with blood.
Parish Information
Parish statistics
Area |
422 hectares |
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Population |
256 (2021) |
Density |
61 people/km2 |
Mean age |
46.5 |
Ward |
Warboys |
District |
Huntingdonshire |
Postcodes |
PE28 |
ONS ID |
E04012033 |
Council
Contact details for Old Hurst Parish Council, including current councillors, precept data and election results.
Education
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Business
Business directory listing local businesses operating within Old Hurst Parish.
Planning
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Property
Price paid data for all property sold in Old Hurst Parish since 2018. Includes average prices for each property type.
Heritage
Local heritage sites, historic churches, heritage pubs plus local heritage initiatives for Old Hurst Parish.
Local News
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Why was the A141 near Old Hurst closed last night?
Published: 12th Dec 2023
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'I visited the new lions at a Cambs farm but one thing really surprised me'
Published: 9th Sep 2023
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Post box thefts across Huntingdonshire and East Cambridgeshire
Published: 14th Jun 2023