Catworth

Coordinates: 52°20′N 0°24′W / 52.33°N 0.4°W / 52.33; -0.4

Catworth is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Catworth lies approximately 9 miles (14 km) west of Huntingdon. The civil parish covers an area of 3,094 acres (1,252 hectares). Catworth village has two parts, Catworth, at the top of the hill, and Little Catworth, at the bottom. Catworth is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.

History

Catworth (or Cateuuorde as it was then called) had five entries in the Domesday Book of 1086. At that time the village had 34 households which was quite large for that time. Little Catworth (or Parva Cateuuworde) in the Leightonstone hundred of Huntingdonshire had two entries in the Domesday Book. At that time the village had 8 households.

Between 1645 and 1646, a number of women in Catworth were accused of being witches in a witch-hunt conducted by the so-called Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins.