HUNTINGDON, a municipal and parliamentary borough and market-town of England, and capital of Huntingdonshire, stands on the left bank of the Ouse, on the line of the Great Northern Railway, 58 miles N. of London. It is connected with the old borough of Godmanchester, on the right bank of the river, by a causeway with three bridges, the largest of which has six arches. The town consists of a long street with lanes branching off. Of 15 churches that were once in Huntingdon, there now remain only two, with three Dissenting chapels. There are two public schools, with a grammar and green-coat school. The commerce is inconsiderable; the chief articles of trade being wool and grain, and of manufacture, bricks and tiles. It is governed by a mayor, four aldermen, and a common council. Two members are returned to parliament by the united boroughs of Huntingdon and Godmanchester. It was here that Oliver Cromwell was born, April 25, 1599, and his grandfather's house, Hinchinbrook, is about a mile distant from the town. Pop. (1851) 3882.