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Arrington is a small village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 415 at the time of 2011 census.[1] The village is Шаблон:Convert north of Royston, Hertfordshire, and Шаблон:Convert south-west of the county city of Cambridge.
History
Arrington is on the A1198 road, the old Roman Ermine Street. Around 950, the settlement's name was written as Earnningtone; in the 1086 Domesday Book it was spelled Erningtune. By the 13th century, the village was known as Aring(e)ton(e).[2][3] The probable meaning was 'farmstead of the family or followers of a man called Earn(a)'.[3] Flint tools have been found along the spring line around Church Farm.[4]
Governance
The parish council has seven councillors.[5] Arrington is represented on South Cambridgeshire District Council by one councillor for The Mordens ward and on Cambridgeshire County Council by one councillor for Gamlingay electoral division.[6] At Wesminster it is part of the South Cambridgeshire constituency.
Geography
Arrington village and parish are mostly west of the A1198 road, with the exception of a small area of land to the east, next to Wimpole Park. A minor road runs west to Croydon; the next village north is Longstowe and Wendy lies south. Arrington is nine miles south-west of the county town of Cambridge and 44 miles north of London.[7]
The parish ranges from 20 to 76 metres above sea level. The River Cam forms the southern boundary of the parish.[7] The parish's soil is described as 'clayey' with chalk and gault subsoil.[8]
Landmarks
A war memorial, built in the 1920s,[8] is dedicated to Arrington men and women who died in the First and Second World Wars.[8] It stands at the old junction of the road to Cambridge and Ermine Street.[9]
There are 20 listed buildings in Arrington (including the church). Among them are the old post office and shop,[10] nine houses and two milestones along Ermine Street, Wraggs Farmhouse,[11] its barn[12] and old granary,[13] the Hardwicke Arms Hotel[14] and entrance gates and piers to Wimpole Hall.[15]
Religious sites
Arrington's church is dedicated to St Nicholas. It has a brick tower with a low spire and contains one bell; the building was restored in 1894.[8] It is a Grade I listed building.[16] There are some pictures and a description of the church at the Cambridgeshire Churches website .[17]
Notable people
- John Richardson Major, Vicar of Arrington 1871–1876[18]
References
External links
- ↑ Cambridgeshire County Council: Arrington Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ Arrington Parish Council: History Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Mills, A.D. (1998). A Dictionary of English Place-names. Second Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford. p13. Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ Arrington Parish Council: A history of the parish Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ Arrington Parish Council: Council & Democracy Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ Cambridgeshire County Council: County Councillors Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 Ordnance Survey getamap.co.uk
- ↑ 8,0 8,1 8,2 8,3 GENUKI: Arrington
- ↑ Arrington Parish Council: War memorial Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ Images of England: Post Office, house and shop
- ↑ Images of England: Wraggs Farmhouse
- ↑ Images of England: Barn at Wraggs Farm
- ↑ Images of England: Granary at Wraggs Farm
- ↑ Images of England: Hardwicke Arms Hotel
- ↑ Images of England: Entrance gates and piers to Wimpole Hall
- ↑ Images of England: St Nicholas' Church
- ↑ St Nicholas' page at the Cambridgeshire Churches website
- ↑ “MAJOR, John Richardson” in John A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses, Part II, Vol. 4 (1951), p. 296
