Molesworth, Cambridgeshire

Molesworth
The Church of St Peter, Molesworth
Molesworth
Location within Cambridgeshire
OS grid referenceTL089755
Civil parish
  • Brington and Molesworth
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHuntingdon
Postcode districtPE28
Dialling code01832
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

Molesworth is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brington and Molesworth in Cambridgeshire, England, historically in the county of Huntingdonshire. Molesworth is 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Huntingdon. The neighbouring village of Brington is 0.7 miles (1.1 km) from Molesworth. Molesworth is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 114. The civil parish of Brington and Molesworth covers an area of 2,842 acres (1,150 hectares). Just to the north of Molesworth and within the civil parish is RAF Molesworth. The village of Molesworth was designated a conservation area by Huntingdon District Council largely due to its typically rural English character that includes several listed buildings.

In 1646, two people from Molesworth, John Winnick and Ellen Shepheard (along with others from the nearby village of Catworth) were examined as witches.

The village gives its name to RAF Molesworth, a Royal Air Force station dating back to 1917. RAF Molesworth no longer has an active runway. It is the home to the Joint Analysis Center, the intelligence fusion centre supporting the United States European Command and NATO.