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'''Keyston''' – in [[Huntingdonshire]] (now part of [[Cambridgeshire]]), [[England]] – is a [[village]] near [[Molesworth, Cambridgeshire|Molesworth]] west of [[Huntingdon]].
The village lies at the western end of Huntingdonshire and the parish's western border coincides with the county boundary with [[Northamptonshire]]. The village is built around the brook that runs through its centre with the brook at about 45 metres above sea-level.
The civil parish of Keyston was abolished in 1935 in creating the larger parish of "[[Bythorn and Keyston]]", and the ecclesiastical parish followed a year later.<ref name=genuki>{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/Keyston/index.html|title=Keyston Parish Page|publisher=Genuki}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10254360|title=Bythorn and Keyston|publisher=visiononfbritain.org.uk}}</ref>
The village church of [[St John the Baptist]] dates from the 13th century, with the present nave and aisles having been built in around 1250. The chancel followed in around 1280 and the tower in around 1300.<ref name=genuki/> The church is renowned for its oaken cadaver, a memorial consisting of a wooden skeleton, taken from a fifteenth-century tomb.
The village is also home to The Pheasant pub, known for its cuisine.
== Population ==
{| class="wikitable"
|Year || Population
|-
| 1801 || 212
|-
| 1851 || 199
|-
| 1901 || 175
|-
| 1921 || 182
|-
| 1931 || 151
|-
|}
Census figures after 1935 are included in the parish of [[Bythorn]] and Keyston.
== References ==
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[[Category:Villages in Cambridgeshire]]
[[Category:Huntingdonshire]]