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Huntingdonshire A-Z

Name these places, people, and things from A-Z that are associated with the English county of Huntingdonshire.
When the answer is a person, the letter refers to their surname.
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A
The Great North Road, or __, cuts through the county
A1
B
Small town near Huntingdon and G; briefly home to Samuel Pepys
Brampton
C
Lord Protector who came from Huntingdon
Oliver Cromwell
D
People who controlled the area at various points from the 9th to 11th centuries
Danes
E
Manor; ancestral home of the Proby family
Elton Hall
F
Sport practised when the county's marshy areas freeze over
Fen skating
G
Town connected to Huntingdon by the medieval Old Bridge
Godmanchester
H
Object on the county's flag
Hunting horn
I
Third-largest town; has a Cornish namesake
St Ives
J
King who granted Huntingdon its town charter
John
K
Town near the Bedfordshire border with an annual "Statty Fair"
Kimbolton
L
The county is one of only three doubly ________ English counties
Landlocked
M
Prime minister who was Huntingdon's MP
John Major
N
Largest town
St Neots
O
River that flows through Huntingdon
Great Ouse
P
The largest meadow in England, located between Huntingdon and G
Portholme
Q
Huntingdon is also the name of a town and county in this province
Quebec
R
Fifth-largest town; home to a Benedictine abbey
Ramsey
S
Exclave villages which were transferred between Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire
Swineshead
T
Tilbrook
U
Village near R home to a former RAF base
Upwood
W
Large lake or 'mere' which once existed near Y; drained in the 19th century
Whittlesea Mere
Y
Fourth-largest town; just south of Peterborough
Yaxley
 
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