Brington, Cambridgeshire

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Brington
 Brington shown within Cambridgeshire
OS grid reference TL084758
   – London  60 miles (97 km) 
District Huntingdonshire
Shire county Cambridgeshire
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Huntingdon
Postcode district PE28
Dialling code 01832
Police Cambridgeshire
Fire Cambridgeshire
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK Parliament North West Cambridgeshire
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Brington is a village in the civil parish of Brington and Molesworth in Cambridgeshire, England. Brington is 9 miles (14 km) north-west of Huntingdon. The neighbouring village of Molesworth is 0.7 miles (1.1 km) from Brington. The parish covers an area of 2,842 acres (1,150 hectares). Just to the north of Brington and within the civil parish is RAF Molesworth.

History

Brington in the Leightonstone hundred of Huntingdonshire was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. At that time the village had 14 households and the lands belonged to the Benedictine abbey at Ramsey.[1] The Domesday Book does not mention a church at Brington, but one existed by 1178 when Pope Alexander III confirmed one to Ramsey Abbey.[2]

The inclosure of open fields took place in 1804.

The ecclesiastical parish was known from the middle ages as Brington with Bythorn and Old Weston and covered an area of 1,055 acres (427 hectares). In 1936 Bythorn joined with Keyston to form a new ecclesiastical parish; at the same time, Brington and Old Weston joined with Molesworth to form another ecclesiastical parish. In 1935, the civil parish of Brington and Molesworth was created.

The Royal Flying Corps established an airfield near Old Weston to the north of the parish in the First World War which was abandoned in September 1917. During the Second World War an airfield was built in 1940 and 1941 and named RAF Molesworth; from 1942 it was used by the United States Air Force. The runways were demolished in 1973; in the 1980s the area around the base was the scene of anti-nuclear protests. It was announced in January 2015 that the base would be closed.

Government

Brington was in the historic county of Huntingdonshire until 1965. From 1965, the village was part of the county of Huntingdon and Peterborough. In 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, Brington became a part of Cambridgeshire.

Brington is represented on Huntingdonshire District Council by one councillor for the Ellington ward and on Cambridgeshire County Council by one councillor for the Sawtry and Ellington electoral division. It is in the parliamentary constituency of North West Cambridgeshire, represented at the House of Commons by Shailesh Vara. For the European Parliament Brington is in the East of England (European Parliament constituency).

Geography

The village and parish lies on a bedrock of Oxford clay and in regions there are superficial Glaciofluvial and River Terrace deposits of sand and gravel from the Quaternary period, together with alluvium (clay and silt) from the same period.[3] The land in the north of the parish is characterised as Oadby Member Diamicton, again from the Quaternary period, with rocks formed during Ice Age conditions by glaciers scouring the land.[3]

The village, which is approximately 43 metres (141 ft) above sea level, lies on the B660 just to the north of Junction 16 of the A14 road that runs from the Port of Felixstowe to the Catthorpe Interchange, Leicestershire.

Demography

Village
1801
1811
1821
1831
1841
1851
1881
1891
1901
1911
1921
1931
1951
1971
1986
1991
2001
2011
Brington 144 157 164 150 129 172 169 137 86 96 81 75 - - 66 - - -
Brington and Molesworth - - - - - - - - - - - - 285 376 - 374 412 342

Census: Brington 1801–1931[4] Census: Brington and Molesworth 1951, 1971, 1991[5] Domesday Reloaded Survey 1986[6] Census: Brington and Molesworth (Parish) 2001–2011[7] [8]

Culture and Community

The Wheatsheaf public house closed in the 1950s and the site was redeveloped for private housing.

Education

There is a primary school in Brington.[9]

Religious Sites

The Anglican church at Brington is dedicated to All Saints; it is in the deanery of Huntingdon in the diocese of Ely. The 12th century church was rebuilt in the 13th century; the nave was re-roofed in 1674 and the chancel was re-roofed in 1868. [2]

References

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