Newborough, Cambridgeshire
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 Newborough, Cambridgeshire
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| Newborough, Cambridgeshire shown within Cambridgeshire | |
| Population | 1,670 (Neighborhood Statistics 2011) 2011 Census |
| OS grid reference | TF 20360 06042 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Peterborough |
| Postcode district | PE6 |
| Dialling code | 01733 |
| Police | Cambridgeshire |
| Fire | Cambridgeshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
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Newborough is a village and a civil parish in the Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire, England. Newborough is situated 7.62 km (4.74 mi) North of Peterborough. Newborough has a population of 1,670 according to the 2011 census
Newborough is located along the B1443 and is a short distance away from the A16.
Newborough means ‘new fortification’ in old English. Newborough was part of the Borough Fen, which was formed into a new parish in 1822.
The land has been much improved by draining, and is now principally arable.
During the Saxon and Medieval periods Borough Fen lay underwater. In the 17th century, a Dutch engineer, Cornelius Vermuyden, began to drain the fenland. One of the earliest dykes cut was the Highland Drain, which runs parallel to the Thorney Road. More efficient drainage systems have led the way to mixed and arable farming. Today the main crops are cereals and sugar beet. However, with the decline of sugar refining in the area, oil-seed rape and more recently linseed are widely grown.
Newborough parish is fairly new, having been formed in 1820. Shortly after 1900 many newer houses were built, and after the First World War council houses were added. After the Second World War a large council estate was built. Then private estates started to spring up making the village grow considerably. Newborough is a very scattered parish, which included a hamlet called Milking Nook, approximately a mile away from the village. On the south-western boundary runs the ancient Roman Car Dyke which is a haven for wildlife.
Until the boundary commission's fifth periodic review, Newborough was divided between three UK Parliamentary constituencies. It now lies wholly within the Peterborough parliamentary constituency.
Newborough has a Gothic yellow brick church named the St Bartholomew church. "Building work began on the church in 1823 and was completed in 1830. The work was financed by the sale of part of the Borough Fen Estate at the time of the enclosures in 1822. The royal coat of arms is displayed inside, high on the arched wall above the entrance to the sanctuary"
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