Whittlesford

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Whittlesford is not only a village in Cambridgeshire, but is also an old hundred.

Contents 1 Transport 2 Sport and Recreation 3 Notable Architecture 4 History

[edit] Transport

Whittlesford Parkway railway station serves the village.

[edit] Sport and Recreation

Whittlesford has a King George's Field in memorial to King George V

[edit] Notable Architecture

A late 12th or early 13th-century Sheela na Gig can be observed on a high window arch of the Church of St Mary and St Michael in Whittlesford, accompanied by an ithyphallic male figure.[1]

[edit] History

Roger Ascham, the tutor of Elizabeth I, lived in Whittlesford, and a road in the village is named after him.

Coordinates: 52.11338° N 0.15119° E