Chesterton, Huntingdonshire

Chesterton
Chesterton Chesterton shown within Cambridgeshire
Population	317  (Including Water Newton 2011)
OS grid reference	TL125949
District	Huntingdonshire
Shire county	Cambridgeshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Peterborough
Postcode district	PE7
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Cambridgeshire 52°32′N 0°20′W / 52.54°N 0.34°W / 52.54; -0.34Coordinates: 52°32′N 0°20′W / 52.54°N 0.34°W / 52.54; -0.34

Chesterton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Chesterton lies approximately 6 miles (10 km) west of Peterborough near Alwalton. Chesterton is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.

In the 17th Century, Chesterton was the home of John Dryden's family, who lived in Chesterton manor.

In the 1870s, Chesterton was described as

Chesterton is rich in Roman history, with the name Chesterton meaning "Roman site farm/settlement". MR A. Guest presents the Romans appearance as impressive, when he states "The Roman colonisation of the parish was impressive. Their first appearance was military, a five acre fort at Water Newton on the North border of Chesterton, which was built in the mid first century to guard the crossing of the Nene. A Civil settlement soon appeared at the gates of the fort, this became Chesterton with its North and West boundary being the River Nene and Billings Brook respectively. Durobrivae was contained within this boundary, with a Roman Signal Station at its highest point near its Southern border." Another Roman feature in Chesterton is Chesterton mound, which is described as a 'Roman earthen barrow situated 380m north of Hill Farm on the crest of Chesterton Hill south of the remains of the Roman town Durobrivae. "There have been suggestions that the mound was used as a "Roman signal station and a Medieval beacon".

In 1085 William the Conqueror ordered that a survey should be carried out across his kingdom to discover who owned which parts and what it was worth. The survey took place in 1086 and the results were recorded in what, since the 12th century, has become known as the Domesday Book. Starting with the king himself, for each landholder within a county there is a list of their estates or manors; and, for each manor, there is a summary of the resources of the manor, the amount of annual rent that was collected by the lord of the manor both in 1066 and in 1086, together with the taxable value.