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Abbots Ripton
Abbots Ripton is a village in Cambridgeshire. It is 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 includes St Ives, St Neots, Godmanchester and Ramsey.
The village notable for the site of the Abbots Ripton railway disaster in 1876, where a Flying Scotsman train was wrecked during a blizzard.
Abbots Ripton has a lengthy history. The Domesday book records it as Riptone, and in the 11th century it was known as Riptune. Moat Farm has trees going back to Shakespeare's era, and St. Andrew's church tower is approximately 400 years old. It encompassses a bell manufactured in 1400 and another from 1671. The nave, aisle and porch of the church are even older, built in 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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