Huntingdonshire, or Hunts, an inland county of England, 30 miles long and 23 broad, is bounded N. and W. by Northampton, Cambridge, and Bedford shires. Area, 359 sq. m, almost all arable or In pasture. Pop. (1801) 37,568; (1861) 64,250 ; (1901) 57,773. Huntingdonshire is watered chiefly by the Nene and the Ouse, and comprises four hundreds and the municipal boroughs of Huntingdon, Godmanchester, and St Ives, with part of Peterborough. It is almost entirely in the diocese of Ely and the Southeastern Circuit, and returns two members. Two Roman roads traverse Huntingdonshire; at Al-walton, Earith, and Chesterton are remains of camps ; and in many places Roman remains have been found. Among places of interest are the ruins of Ramsey Abbey and Buckden Palace, formerly the residence of the bishops of Lincoln ; Hinchin-brook House, anciently the seat of the Cromwell family; Kimbolton Castle, the seat of the Duke of Manchester, where Queen Catharine resided for some time after her divorce from Henry VIII.; Horeham Hall, the residence of the Princess Elizabeth during Mary's reign; Denton, the birthplace of Cotton the antiquary ; Little Gidding(q.v.); and Brampton, where lived for some years Samuel Pepys.