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Washingley, Huntingdonshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1932.

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WASHINGLEY:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1932.

[Description(s) transcribed by Martin Edwards and later edited by Colin Hinson ©2010]
[from The Victoria County History series - 1932]

"WASHINGLEY lies to the north of Caldecote and is 8 miles south-west of Peterborough. The parish lies mostly at the height of 200 ft. above sea-level. The soil and sub-soil are clay producing wheat and barley.

On the western side of the parish a road, called Bullock Road, runs north and south through it; it is crossed east to west in a northerly direction by another road, the central portion of which traverses Washingly Park.

There is no church, but Washingley Hall, standing near the centre of the parish at the northern end of Washingley Park, with its mounds and earthworks, fishponds and moat, supplies much interest. The Manor House is recorded in the 13th century, and it probably stood at this site. The present house was built of brick in the 17th century, and was entirely remodelled in the 18th century. North of Washingley Hall is North Wood whose possesion was disputed in the 17th century between the Crown and the lord of the manor.

The ruins of Ogerston, a property of the Knights Templar, are marked on the old county maps as being in the tongue of Northamptonshire, close to Papley Gorse. They apparently occupied the north-east corner of the field just north of Billing Brook but nothing now is visible.

The civil parish of Washingley was abolished in 1935 when it became merged with Folksworth to create the Folksworth and Washingley civil parish."

[Description(s) transcribed by Martin Edwards ©2003 and later edited by Colin Hinson ©2010]
[mainly from The Victoria County History series- 1932]