Linton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, on the border with Essex. The village is approximately 8 miles (13 km) southeast from the city and county town of Cambridge. The A1307 passes through the village.
| Linton | |
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.jpg) Linton village sign showing the clapper stile | |
  Linton Location within Cambridgeshire | |
| Population | 4,525 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TL560469 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CAMBRIDGE |
| Postcode district | CB21 |
| Dialling code | 01223 |
| Police | Cambridgeshire |
| Fire | Cambridgeshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
The civil parish population at the 2011 Census was 4,525.[1]
History
editThe Domesday Book of 1086 records Linton as "Lintone", with 27 households and two mills.[2] A market was first held in Linton in 1246 after a charter had been granted by William de Say, Lord of the Manor.[3]
The railway station was on the Stour Valley Railway between Shelford and Colchester, closed since 1967.[4]
The parish includes the deserted village of Barham.[5][6]
There are more than 120 listed buildings in Linton, the High Street alone has over 50 of these.[7][8] Since the 1960s the village has expanded and is now a dormitory village of Cambridge.
Landmarks
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St Mary's Anglican Church is more properly known by its dedication to the Blessed Virgin Mary and is therefore the Parish Church of St Mary-the-Virgin serving the whole ecclesiastical parish of Linton. It has been established here on the banks of the River Granta for more than 800 years. The six bells of St Mary's were renovated in 2005. St Mary's bellringers are associated with the Ely Diocesan Association of Church Bell Ringers.[9][10]
Linton House (64 High Street) is a Grade II* listed building. An L-shaped building, it was originally two houses, the later, built by John Lone dating from about 1690. The west doorcase is said to have been reclaimed from Catley Park.[11]
Linton Zoo is on the southern edge of Linton village. At the north side of the parish is Chilford Hall and its vineyards.
On Rivey Lane at Rivey Hill is Linton Water Tower.[12] The River Granta, a chalk stream, runs through the village. There are around 200 chalk streams, most of which are in England.The fish Brookes Lamprey has been seen in the River Granta at Leadwell Meadows.[13]
Linton village is on the Icknield Way Path, 110-mile route from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Knettishall Heath in Suffolk. The Icknield Way Trail, a route used by walkers, horse riders and off-road cyclists, also passes through the village.
The author Graham Greene's wife once owned The Queens House in Linton. His wife Vivien bought the house in 1947 but sold the house in 1948.[14] The house is on High Street, opposite The Crown public house, one of three public houses in the village.
There is a trading estate at The Grip.
Education
editThere are four schools in Linton:
- Linton C of E Infant School is a church school in the middle of the village, teaching children aged 4 to 7. (Year reception-2)
- Linton Heights Junior School, a primary school which teaches children from ages 7 to 11. (Year 3-6)
- Linton Village College is a secondary school teaching children aged 11 to 16, (year 7-11) including those from surrounding villages.
- The Granta School, located on the same site as Linton Village College, is one of Cambridgeshire's six area special schools, where pupils with special educational needs from the ages of 3 to 19 are taught.
Popular culture and Trivia
editThe fictional Linton Travel Tavern is depicted in the BBC television sitcom I'm Alan Partridge, with resident Alan Partridge describing the town as equidistant between London and Norwich.[15] Linton is near the halfway point of the London-to-Norwich A11 trunk road, although some four miles from the actual road. The actual location used for the series was the Hilton Hotel on the A41 near Bushey in south Hertfordshire.
The Wacky Races was a local annual event that occurred from 2002 to 2006 on the second Bank Holiday Weekend in May. It began on the extended Bank Holiday Weekend, which commemorated Queen Elizabeth II's 50th coronation anniversary, and raised money for local charities. Participants would race in comedic, homemade costumes and carts down the High Street, with one team mate stopping in each pub to have a pint, and then racing through the fields next to the village and back down the High Street, again drinking in the pubs. Along the course, firemen, from Linton Fire Station, would spray water at the racers, as well as spectators utilising water pistols and water bombs.[16]
See also
edit- Linton railway station, a disused station that once served the village
- List of places in Cambridgeshire
- The Hundred Parishes
External links
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Media related to Linton, Cambridgeshire at Wikimedia Commons- Linton village web site - This link is broken
- 2001 Census
- Linton Zoo
References
edit- ^ "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ Powell-Smith, Anna. "Linton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ Palmer, W.M. (1913). The Antiquities of Linton (PDF). Cambridge Chronicle. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "Linton - Entrance to Linton Railway Station. The Stour Valley line opened in 1865 and closed in 1967. The journey to Cambridge took under 25 mins". Hildersham. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ "Barham". Beresford's Lost Villages. Retrieved 5 February 2023.Archived 2023-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Historic England Research Records: Barham". Heritage Gateway. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "Listed Buildings in Linton, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "The Hundred Parishes – an introduction to Linton" (PDF). The Hundred Parishes Society. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Linton News April 2005" (PDF).
- ^ "Cambridge towers - Ely DA Bells". www.elyda.org.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ "Linton House, 64 High Street". Historic England. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Water Tower, Balsham Road". Historic England. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ The Trout Trust
- ^ "Queens House in Linton, Cambridgeshire | England History & Facts". www.picturesofengland.com. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ Fake home page of the fictional Linton Travel Tavern
- ^ "Linton News May 2002". www.linton.info. Retrieved 27 October 2018.