Winwick is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.

Combining these elements gives the full meaning of Winwick which is Wina's specialised farm.

[4] The coach company takes children who live in Winwick to school in Great Gidding.

In the 1870s, Winwick was described as: In 1085 William the Conqueror ordered that a survey should be carried out across his kingdom to discover who owned which parts and what it was worth.

[8] The Domesday Book does not explicitly detail the population of a place but it records that there were 23 households at Winwick.

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

In different parts of the country, these were terms for the area of land that a team of eight oxen could plough in a single season and are equivalent to 120 acres (49 hectares); this was the amount of land that was considered to be sufficient to support a single family.

[8] 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.

It was originally a way of collecting a tribute to pay off the Danes when they attacked England, and was only levied when necessary.

For Winwick the highest tier of local government is Cambridgeshire County Council which has administration buildings in Cambridge.

[18] Cambridgeshire County Council consists of 69 councillors representing 60 electoral divisions.

[19] Winwick is part of the electoral division of Sawtry and Ellington[17] and is represented on the county council by one councillor.

In the period 1801 to 1901 the population of Winwick was recorded every ten years by the UK census.

There is no evidence of All Saints Church in the Domesday book however the stone work dates back to the 12th century.

[12] Although the church has undertaken several restorations since the 13th century, it was declared a grade II listed building on 28 January 1958.

For men, the main job type is skilled trade, which can include builders, plumbers and electricians.