Folksworth is a small village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 just off the A1(M), about 5 miles South West of Peterborough

Peterborough

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, England

England

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. For years it remained relatively isolated, with only a village hall

Village hall

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, a church (St Helens) and a pub (The Fox). However, in recent years it has expanded with two new housing developments. Folksworth has a new cricket wicket installed and has four goal posts on the playing ground; there are plans to get more in the field.
It is part of the civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 of Folksworth and Washingley

Folksworth and Washingley

Folksworth and Washingley is a civil parish in Huntingdonshire , England. It is near Morborne west of Yaxley....

, this is in the district (former county) of Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire

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in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Folksworth & Washingley Parish Council meets at the village hall on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7.20pm.
St. Helen's Church (Church of England) in Morborne Road, was first built in 1150 AD. The church was restored in 1850 when the chancel was entirely rebuilt and the vestry added, the north wall of the nave largely rebuilt, and a bell-cote built on the west gable.
Services are held each Sunday morning at 9.45 am except the first Sunday in the month when there is a Family service which is held at 11.00 am.

'Folklore' magazine is delivered four times a year to each house in the parish.