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"ARRINGTON is a parish, on the Ermine Street about 3 miles south from Old North Road station or the Bedford and Cambridge branch of the London Midland and Scottish railway, 6 north-west from Royston and 10 south-west from Cambridge, in the hundred of Wetherley, petty sessional division of Arrington and Melbourn, union of Caxton, county court district of Cambridge, rural deanery of Barton, archdeaconry and diocese of Ely. "
The soil clayey; subsoil, chalk and gault. The chief crops are wheat oats and beans, and there is also a large amount of pasture. The area is 1,407 acres; the population in 1921 was 200.
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
The Monumental Inscriptions in the graveyard of St. Nicholas are recorded in the Cambridge Records Office for the years 1755-1984. These inscriptions are also available on microfiche from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
The Census Records from 1841-1891 can be found in the Cambridge Record Office. In addition the 1851 Census for Arrington is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
Copies of the 1851 and 1861 Census can also be found at both Bedford and Huntingdon Record Offices as well as the 1841 at Huntingdon.
The church of St. Nicholas is a small but ancient edifice of stone, chiefly in the Perpendicular style, with some reputed Saxon remains, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled tower of brick with a low spire and containing one bell : the church was restored in 1894, at a cost of £300, and affords 150 sittings. The register of marriages and burials dates from the year 1538; baptisms, 1550.
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
Arrington, St. Nicholas: Records of baptisms 1550-64, 1575-1911, marriages 1538-1624, 1664-71, 1699-1742, 1755-1991, burials 1538-1992 and banns for 1755-1812, 1826-1900 reside in the Cambridge Record Office, indexed transcripts exist for baptisms 1550-1812, marriages 1538-1835 and burials 1538-1812.The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-1642, 1662-65, 1677-96, 1708-16 and 1726-1859 can be found in the Cambridge University Library.
The Wimpole and Arrington War Memorial was dedicated in the early twenties to the memory of the men who died during the Great War. Three further names were added in 1947, dedicated to those who gave their lives during the Second World War.
The War Memorial is located on the northern corner of the original intersection between Ermine Street (now the A1198) and Cambridge Road (now the A603). The corner was the significant point on the road midway between the villages of Arrington and Wimpole.
The men and women on the Wimpole & Arrington war memorial are fully documented with military details.
"ARRINGTON BRIDGE is 1 mile south over the Cam."
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
Wimpole Hall which is National Trust property is close by to Arrington.
Land Tax: records were compiled afresh each year and contain the names of owners and occupiers in each parish, but usually there is no address or place name. These records reside in the Cambridge Record Office for the years 1798 on microfilm and 1810-1948.
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[Last updated: 2 April 2005 Martin Edwards]