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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 (except for J).
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A
The Great North Road, or __, passes through the county
A1
B
Large village near Huntingdon and G
Brampton
C
Lord Protector who came from Huntingdon
Oliver Cromwell
D
The county is administered as a ______ within Cambridgeshire
District
E
Holme Fen has the lowest ________ in the UK
Elevation
F
What Portholme Meadow is often liable to do
Flood
G
Town across the river from Huntingdon
Godmanchester
H
Object on the county's flag
Hunting horn
I
Town with a Cornish namesake
St Ives
J
King who granted Huntingdon its town charter
John
K
Where Catherine of Aragon died; now a posh boarding school
Kimbolton Castle
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
Diarist who attended Huntingdon Grammar School and lived in B
Samuel Pepys
Q
Group of babies born in N in 1935 who caused a press sensation
Quadruplets
R
Market town home to the ruins of a major Benedictine abbey
Ramsey
S
Huntingdon monument to a Crimean War siege
Sevastopol Cannon
T
Railway route that links Huntingdon to London
Thameslink
U
Village near R (hint: not down + forest)
Upwood
V
A mansio, or roadside ____, was located in G in the Roman era
Villa
W
Base home to the National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence
RAF Wyton
X
Bus routes linking Huntingdon and Cambridge (hint: X and a number)
X2 | X3
Y
Large village south of Peterborough
Yaxley
Z
Used car dealer (hint: god)
Zeus Cars
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