ALCONBURY, a parish in the hundred of LEIGHTONSTONE,
county of HUNTINGDON, 4 miles (N.W.)
from Huntingdon, containing 783 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of
Huntingdon, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £8. 6. 1., endowed with £200 private benefaction,
and £300 parliamentary grant, and in the
patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.
The church is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul. A
fair is held on Midsummer-day. There is a place of
worship for Wesleyan Methodists.