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.^[1] The village is north of Royston, Hertfordshire, and 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).^[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 two councillors for Gamlingay ward^[6] and on Cambridgeshire County Council by one councillor for Gamlingay electoral division.^[7] Arrington's Member of Parliament in the House of Commons is the Member for South Cambridgeshire, Andrew Lansley.^[8]

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.^[9]

The parish ranges from 20 to 76 metres above sea level. The River Cam forms the southern boundary of the parish.^[9] The parish's soil is described as 'clayey' with chalk and gault subsoil.^[10]

Landmarks

A war memorial, built in the 1920s,^[10] is dedicated to Arrington men and women who died in the First and Second World Wars.^[10] It stands at the old junction of the road to Cambridge and Ermine Street.^[11]

There are 20 listed buildings in Arrington (including the church). Among them are the old post office and shop,^[12] nine houses and two milestones along Ermine Street, Wraggs Farmhouse,^[13] its barn^[14] and old granary,^[15] the Hardwicke Arms Hotel^[16] and entrance gates and piers to Wimpole Hall.^[17]

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.^[10] It is a Grade I listed building.^[18]

References

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