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Huntingdon - PE28
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Abbots Ripton
Abbots Ripton is a parish in Cambridgeshire. It lies five miles north of Huntingdon. It has a population of just 309, and covers 4,191 acres of land. The parish is part of the District of Huntingdonshire, which also contains St Ives, St Neots, Godmanchester and Ramsey.
The village was the site of the Abbots Ripton railway disaster in 1876, where a Flying Scotsman train collided with a coal train during a blizzard.
Abbots Ripton has a lengthy history. The Domesday book names it Riptone, and in the 11th century it was named Riptune. Moat Farm has trees as old as Shakespeare's era, and St. Andrew's church tower is approximately 400 years old. It holds a bell manufactured in 1400 and another from 1671. The nave, aisle and porch of the church are even older, dating back to the 13th century.
The village has a 17th-century pub, the Three Horseshoes, which was severely damaged by a fire in 2010 caused by embers in the chimney.
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