It lies on the A141 road and on the north bank of the River Great Ouse, upon which it has a significant marina.

[1] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Huntingdon, part also went to Houghton and Wyton and Kings Ripton.

[4] In 1085 William the Conqueror ordered that a survey should be carried out across England to discover who owned which parts and what it was worth.

The Domesday Book uses a number of units of measure for areas of land that are now unfamiliar terms, such as hides and ploughlands.

[7] The tax assessment in the Domesday Book was known as geld or danegeld and was a type of land-tax based on the hide or ploughland.

39 Squadron was returning to its base at RAF Wyton, near Huntingdon, after a routine training flight.

About two miles from the end of the runway, it crashed by some houses in the estate of Oxmoor in the village of Hartford, north-east of Huntingdon.

The two RAF members of the crew were also killed, said Secretary of State for Defence, Mr. Frederick Mulley.