Linton, Cambridgeshire

For other uses, seeLinton (disambiguation).

Linton
Lintonvillage signshowing the clapperstile
Linton Location withinCambridgeshire
Population	4,525 (2011)
OS grid reference	TL560469
District	South Cambridgeshire
Shire county	Cambridgeshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CAMBRIDGE
Postcode district	CB21
Dialling code	01223
Police	Cambridgeshire
Fire	Cambridgeshire
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Cambridgeshire South East

Lintonis a village andcivil parishinCambridgeshire,England, on the border withEssex.The village is approximately 8 miles (13 km) southeast from the city andcounty townofCambridge.TheA1307passes through the village.

The civil parish population at the 2011 Census was 4,525.

History

TheDomesday Bookof 1086 records Linton as "Lintone", with 27 households and two mills.A market was first held in Linton in 1246 after acharterhad been granted by Williamde Say,Lord of the Manor.

The railway station was on theStour Valley RailwaybetweenShelfordandColchester,closed since 1967.

The parish includes the deserted village of Barham.

There are more than 120listed buildingsin Linton, the High Street alone has over 50 of these.Since the 1960s the village has expanded and is now adormitory villageofCambridge.

Landmarks

Linton High Street

St Mary's Anglican Church is more properly known by its dedication to the Blessed Virgin Mary and is therefore the Parish Church of St Mary-the-Virgin serving the whole ecclesiastical parish of Linton. It has been established here on the banks of the River Granta for more than 800 years. The six bells of St Mary's were renovated in 2005. St Mary's bellringers are associated with the Ely Diocesan Association of Church Bell Ringers.

Linton House (64 High Street) is a Grade II* listed building. An L-shaped building, it was originally two houses, the later, built by John Lone dating from about 1690. The west doorcase is said to have been reclaimed from Catley Park.

Linton Zoo is on the southern edge of Linton village. At the north side of the parish isChilford Halland its vineyards.

On Rivey Lane atRivey Hillis LintonWater Tower.TheRiver Granta,a chalk stream, runs through the village. There are around 200chalk streams,most of which are in England.The fish Brookes Lamprey has been seen in the River Granta at Leadwell Meadows.

Linton village is on theIcknield Way Path,110-mile route fromIvinghoe BeaconinBuckinghamshiretoKnettishall HeathinSuffolk.The Icknield Way Trail, a route used by walkers, horse riders and off-road cyclists, also passes through the village.

The authorGraham Greene's wife once owned The Queens House in Linton. His wife Vivien bought the house in 1947 but sold the house in 1948.The house is on High Street, opposite The Crownpublic house,one of three public houses in the village.

There is a trading estate at The Grip.

Education

There are four schools in Linton:

• Linton C of E Infant School is achurch schoolin the middle of the village, teaching children aged 4 to 7. (Yearreception-2)
• Linton Heights Junior School, a primary school which teaches children from ages 7 to 11. (Year 3-6)
• Linton Village Collegeis a secondary school teaching children aged 11 to 16, (year 7-11) including those from surrounding villages.
• TheGranta School,located on the same site as Linton Village College, is one of Cambridgeshire's six area special schools, where pupils with special educational needs from the ages of 3 to 19 are taught.

Popular culture and Trivia

The fictional Linton Travel Tavern is depicted in the BBC television sitcomI'm Alan Partridge,with residentAlan Partridgedescribing the town asequidistantbetweenLondonandNorwich.Linton is near the halfway point of the London-to-NorwichA11trunk road,although some four miles from the actual road. The actual location used for the series was the Hilton Hotel on the A41 nearBusheyin southHertfordshire.

The Wacky Races was a local annual event that occurred from 2002 to 2006 on the secondBank HolidayWeekend in May. It began on the extended Bank Holiday Weekend, which commemoratedQueen Elizabeth II's 50th coronation anniversary, and raised money for local charities. Participants would race in comedic, homemade costumes and carts down the High Street, with one team mate stopping in each pub to have a pint, and then racing through the fields next to the village and back down the High Street, again drinking in the pubs. Along the course, firemen, from Linton Fire Station, would spray water at the racers, as well as spectators utilising water pistols and water bombs.

See also

• Linton railway station,a disused station that once served the village
• List of places in Cambridgeshire
• The Hundred Parishes

External links

• Media related toLinton, Cambridgeshireat Wikimedia Commons
• Linton village web site- This link is broken
• 2001 Census
• Linton Zoo