Arrington

Infobox UK place
official_name= Arrington
country= England
region= East of England
os_grid_reference= TL334501
latitude= 52.13
longitude= -0.05
post_town= ROYSTON
postcode_area= SG
postcode_district= SG8
dial_code= 01223
shire_county= Cambridgeshire
shire_district= South Cambridgeshire
population= 389 (2001 Census)
website= http://www.arrington.org.uk
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Arrington is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 389 at the time of 2001 census. [http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/9A2BA5C4-AC7C-414E-9AE4-7D7D19752C29/0/Arrington.pdf Cambridgeshire County Council: Arrington] ] The village is convert|6|mi|0 north of Royston, Hertfordshire, and convert|9|mi|0 south-west of the county town 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). [http://www.arrington.org.uk/history.asp Arrington Parish Council: History] ] The probable meaning was 'farmstead of the family or followers of a man called Earn(a)'.Mills, A.D. (1998). A Dictionary of English Place-names. Second Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford. p13. ISBN 0-19-280074-4] Flint tools have been found along the spring line around Church Farm. [http://www.eastspace.net/arrington_parish_council/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=8431 Arrington Parish Council: A history of the parish] ]

Governance

The parish council has seven councillors. [ [http://www.eastspace.net/arrington_parish_council/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=8942 Arrington Parish Council: Council & Democracy] ] Arrington is represented on South Cambridgeshire District Council by two councillors for Gamlingay ward [ [http://www.scambs.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/Elections/newwards.htm South Cambridgeshire District Council: Electoral wards] ] and on Cambridgeshire County Council by one councillor for Gamlingay electoral division. [ [http://www2.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/db/council1.nsf/menus/councillors?OpenDocument Cambridgeshire County Council: County Councillors] ] Arrington's Member of Parliament in the House of Commons is the Member for South Cambridgeshire, Andrew Lansley. [ [http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/commons/l/ UK Parliament: Find your MP] ]

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. [http://www.getamap.co.uk Ordnance Survey getamap.co.uk] ]

The parish ranges from 20 to 76 metres above sea level. The River Cam forms the southern boundary of the parish. The parish's soil is described as 'clayey' with chalk and gault subsoil.

Landmarks

A war memorial, built in the 1920s, is dedicated to Arrington men and women who died in the First and Second World Wars. It stands at the old junction of the road to Cambridge and Ermine Street. [ [http://www.arrington.org.uk/memorial.asp Arrington Parish Council: War memorial] ]

There are 20 listed buildings in Arrington (including the church). Among them are the old post office and shop, [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=52672 Images of England: Post Office, house and shop] ] nine houses and two milestones along Ermine Street, Wraggs Farmhouse, [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=52677 Images of England: Wraggs Farmhouse] ] its barn [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=52679 Images of England: Barn at Wraggs Farm] ] and old granary, [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=52678 Images of England: Granary at Wraggs Farm] ] the Hardwicke Arms Hotel [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=52684 Images of England: Hardwicke Arms Hotel] ] and entrance gates and piers to Wimpole Hall. [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=52685 Images of England: Entrance gates and piers to Wimpole Hall] ]

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. [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/Arrington GENUKI: Arrington] ] It is a Grade I listed building. [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=52667 Images of England: St Nicholas' Church] ]

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