Welcome to Woodhurst

Colourful floral display at the east end of the village of Woodhurst, Huntingdonshire

Wodehyrst, Wodehirst (13th century) and Woodhurst (Modern).

Woodhurst is a fine example of a Saxon Ring Village that has changed little in size over many hundreds of years although the buildings around and within the ring have been redeveloped many times since the village was founded prior to the 11th century. Woodhurst lies on the country road between Oldhurst and Bluntisham which traverses north west and south east along a ridge of relatively high ground.

The name Woodhurst is worthy of some thought as it is rather odd meaning "wood wood" as "hurst" is the old English word for, you've guessed it, "wood". It makes sense when used in a name like "Hazel Hurst", i.e. "Hazel Wood" but in this context it appears to be used to differentiate it from the village of "Oldhurst" just down the road. Strange thing is there is very little, if any, woodland around either village today.

Woodhurst is one of the parishes of the District of Huntingdonshire, whose administrative centre is Huntingdon, the other principle towns being St Ives home of the Chapel on the Bridge, St Neots the largest town in the County of Cambridgeshire, the Roman town of Godmanchester and Ramsey site of the former Abbey.