Folksworth
Folksworth is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Folksworth and Washingley, in Cambridgeshire, England. Folksworth lies approximately 5 miles south-west of Peterborough, just off the A1.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: neil davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Michael Trolove, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 881 residents
- Description: village in Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Folksworth, Cambridgeshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parish Church of St Helen and Parish Church of All Saints.
Norman Cross Prison
Monument
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Norman Cross Prison in Huntingdonshire, England, was the world's first purpose-built prisoner-of-war camp or "depot". Constructed in 1796–97, it was designed to hold prisoners of war from France and its allies during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Washingley and Caldecote.
Washingley
Hamlet
Photo: Ken Brockway, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Washingley is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Folksworth and Washingley, in Cambridgeshire, England. Washingley lies approximately 7 miles south-west of Peterborough, near Folksworth.
Caldecote
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Stafford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caldecote is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Denton and Caldecote, in Cambridgeshire, England. Caldecote lies approximately 7 miles south-west of Peterborough.
Denton
Hamlet
Photo: Michael Trolove, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Denton is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Denton and Caldecote, in Cambridgeshire, England. Denton lies approximately 11 miles north-west of Huntingdon.
Folksworth
- Category: locality
- Location: Folksworth and Washingley, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.49576° or 52° 29′ 45″ northLongitude
-0.31315° or 0° 18′ 47″ westPopulation
881Elevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
9C4XFMWP+8POpenStreetMap ID
node 491460292OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2649255Wikidata ID
Q2702099
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Folksworth” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فلكسورث”
- Basque: “Folksworth”
- Dutch: “Folksworth”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فلكسورث”
- French: “Folksworth”
- Irish: “Folksworth”
- Polish: “Folksworth”
- Spanish: “Folksworth”
- Swedish: “Folksworth”
- Welsh: “Folksworth”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Folksworth, Washingley & Morborne Village Hall and Little Folk’s Corner.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Folksworth”. Photo: neil davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.