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Arrington
Arrington
	Village sign, Arrington
	Arrington Location within Cambridgeshire
Population	415 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	TL334501
District	South Cambridgeshire;
Shire county	Cambridgeshire;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ROYSTON
Postcode district	SG8
Dialling code	01223
Police	Cambridgeshire
Fire	Cambridgeshire
Ambulance	East of England
Website	http://www.arrington.org.uk
	List of places UK England Cambridgeshire 52°08′07″N 0°03′53″W / 52.13515°N 0.06475°W

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.^[2] The village is 6 miles (10 km) north of Royston, Hertfordshire, and 9 miles (14 km) 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).^[3]^[4] The probable meaning was 'farmstead of the family or followers of a man called Earn(a)'.^[4] Flint tools have been found along the spring line around Church Farm.^[5]

Governance

The parish council has seven councillors.^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[8]

The parish ranges from 20 to 76 metres above sea level. The River Cam forms the southern boundary of the parish.^[8] The parish's soil is described as 'clayey' with chalk and gault subsoil.^[9]

Landmarks

A war memorial, built in the 1920s,^[9] is dedicated to Arrington men and women who died in the First and Second World Wars.^[9] It stands at the old junction of the road to Cambridge and Ermine Street.^[10]

There are 20 listed buildings in Arrington (including the church). Among them are the old post office and shop,^[11] nine houses and two milestones along Ermine Street, Wraggs Farmhouse,^[12] its barn^[13] and old granary,^[14] the Hardwicke Arms Hotel^[15] and entrance gates and piers to Wimpole Hall.^[16]

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.^[9] It is a Grade I listed building.^[17] There are some pictures and a description of the church at the Cambridgeshire Churches website .^[18]