Great Staughton
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Great Staughton – in Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire is a local government district of Cambridgeshire, covering the area around Huntingdon. Traditionally it is a county in its own right...

 (now part of Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
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), England
England
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 – is a village
Village
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 near Perry
Perry, Cambridgeshire
Perry is a small village in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies on the shore of a reservoir, Grafham Water, just a few miles from the market towns of St Neots and Huntingdon....

 west of St Neots
St Neots
St Neots is a town and civil parish with a population of 26,356 people. It lies on the River Great Ouse in Huntingdonshire District, approximately north of central London, and is the largest town in Cambridgeshire . The town is named after the Cornish monk St...

.

The village has two pubs The White Hart and The Snooty Tavern, a post office and a butcher. The village is also home to the current holder of the newly founded annual Griffin Award.
Great Staughton also has a doctor's surgery and a primary school. There are some good walks in the area. The church is one of the only in the county with a square spire.
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