Huntandūn
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- Þis gewrit is ymbe þone Engliscan tūn, þe hātte Huntandūn. For ōðrum brycum sēo Huntandūn (scīrung)
Huntandūn is tūn in Grantanbrycgscīre in Ēastum-Englum, Englalande. Hē wæs se scīrtūn þǣre stǣrlican scīre Huntandūnscīre, and now serves as the administrative headquarters of the Huntingdonshire district.
Se tūn ligþ on þǣre Micelan Ēa Ūsan, nā feorr fram þǣm markettūne Sancte NEote. Hē hæfþ þā mǣstan mǣdwe in Englalande, It has the largest meadow in England, Portholmes Mǣdwe. Ymbe 257 æcera (1 km²) in micelnesse and hæfþ fela seldcynna gærses, blōstma, and dracanflēogena. It also acts as a huge natural reservoir for holding excess water in times of flood enabling the river to be run of more slowly, thereby helping to prevent flooding of nearby towns.
Huntandūn hæfde twēgen wīdcūðe speliend þæs Witena gemōtes: Oliver Cromwell in þǣre 17an ielde and John Major in þǣre 20an.
