Abbots Ripton
Abbots Ripton is a parish in Cambridgeshire. It is situated 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 was 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 names it Riptone, and in the 11th century it was named Riptune. Moat Farm has trees dating back to Shakespeare's era, and St. Andrew's church tower is approximately 400 years old. It houses a bell manufactured in 1400 and another from 1671. The nave, aisle and porch of the church are even older, erected in the 13th century.
The village has a 17th-century pub, the Three Horseshoes, which was seriously damaged by a fire in 2010 created by embers in the chimney.
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