Yaxley, Cambridgeshire facts for kids
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 St Peter's Church, Yaxley |
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 Yaxley
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| Population | 9,409 (2021) |
| OS grid reference | TL185925 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Peterborough |
| Postcode district | PE7 |
| Dialling code | 01733 |
| Police | Cambridgeshire |
| Fire | Cambridgeshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
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Yaxley is a village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England. Yaxley lies approximately 4 miles (6 km) south of Peterborough, just off the A15 road. The village is located near the Hampton township, and is approximately three miles northeast of junction 16 of the A1(M) at Norman Cross.
History
Yaxley was listed as Lacheslei in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the Hundred of Norman Cross in Huntingdonshire. In 1086 there was one manor at Yaxley and 39 households.
The Church of England Parish Church of St Peter is a Grade I listed building.
Norman Cross Prison, the earliest known prisoner-of-war camp, was constructed between Yaxley and the villages of Folksworth and Stilton from 1796-97 for the purpose of holding captured troops during the French Revolutionary Wars.
Demography
Population
In the period 1801 to 1901 the population of Yaxley was recorded every 10 years by the UK census. During this time the population was in the range of 986 (the lowest was in 1801) and 1,590 (the highest was in 1901).
From 1901, a census was taken every ten years with the exception of 1941 (due to the Second World War). The population at the Census 2011 included Denton.
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| Yaxley | 1,697 | 1,792 | 1,934 | 2,761 | 2,690 | 3,943 | 5,962 | 6,922 | 7,413 | 9,174 | 9,409 |
All population census figures from report Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011 by Cambridgeshire Insight.
In 2011, the parish covered an area of 3,296 acres (1,334 hectares) and the population density of Yaxley in 2011 was 1781.4 persons per square mile (687.7 per square kilometre).
Transport
Yaxley was once served by Yaxley and Farcet railway station to the east of the village, but it closed in 1959. Current public transport provision consists of a half-hourly bus route to Peterborough city centre, route 5 operated by Stagecoach East which continues to the suburb of Dogsthorpe.
Sport and leisure
Yaxley has a Non-League football club Yaxley F.C., which play at Leading Drove. Yaxley also has a number of Rugby League players who play with Cambridge Lions in Cambridge. Denmark's Speedway World Cup winning captain Niels Kristian Iversen is the village's most famous sporting resident.
The Yaxley to Farcet cycleway was replaced after two men were hit by a vehicle and killed on the route.
Notable People
- Olinthus Gregory (1774–1841), a mathematician, author and editor; born in Yaxley.
- Peter Burroughs (born 1947), resided in Yaxley, running a shop and later in life becoming an actor.
See also
In Spanish: Yaxley (Cambridgeshire) para niños
