Hardwick
Hardwick is a village with a population of 2630 in 946 households (2001
census) situated about 5 miles (8 km) west of Cambridge very close to the Greenwich meridian at 52ý13'N latitude 00ý01'E
longitude , and at an altitude of 60 m above mean sea level. There has been
a settlement here for centuries; at the time of the Domesday Book in the
11th century, six teams of oxen and their handlers with 20 pigs were
recorded as living in Hardwick.
Today the village boasts a church, community primary school, pub (the Blue
Lion), village green with village sign and the old pump, village post office
and store, playing field and pavilion, all-weather sports pitch, children's
playgrounds, scout and guide hut, and a number of small shops and
businesses.
The name of the village is believed to be derived from the old English Herd
meaning a herd or flock, and wick or wyk (dwelling or village), on account
of the flocks of sheep once herded in the area
Courtesy of www.hardwick-cambs.org.uk/
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