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Huntingdon and Godmanchester, town (1991 pop. 15,451), Cambridgeshire, E central England, traversed by the Ouse River. Seat of the Huntingdon dist., the town has light industries and an agricultural market. Oliver Cromwell Cromwell, Oliver , 1599–1658, lord protector of England.
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The son of a gentry family, he entered Cambridge in 1616 but probably left the next year. ..... Click the link for more information. was born in Huntingdon; both he and Samuel Pepys Pepys, Samuel , 1633–1703, English public official, and celebrated diarist, b. London, grad. Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1653. In 1656 he entered the service of a relative, Sir Edward Montagu (later earl of Sandwich), whose secretary he became in 1660. ..... Click the link for more information. went to school there. Godmanchester, across from the Ouse, contains several farmhouses from the 16th and 17th cent. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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