Comberton is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, just east of the Prime Meridian.
| Comberton | |
|---|---|
 Comberton village green and pond | |
  Comberton Location within Cambridgeshire | |
| Population | 2,346 (2011 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TL383563 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CAMBRIDGE |
| Postcode district | CB23 |
| Dialling code | 01223 |
| Police | Cambridgeshire |
| Fire | Cambridgeshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
History
editArchaeological finds, including a Neolithic polished stone axe (found to the south of the current village) and a Bronze Age barrow (to the north), suggest there has been a settlement here for thousands of years. A Roman villa was discovered in 1842.[2]
The village was mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086 as Cumbertone, and therefore dates to at least the 11th century.[3]
Some houses in the village date from the 14th century.
The hamlet of Green End was named after the landowner Sir Henry Green (d.1370), Chief Justice of the King's Bench 1361–1365. The current Manor House at Green End dates back to the late 16th century.
Geography
editComberton is about 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of the city of Cambridge, and just 1⁄2-mile (0.80 km) east of the Prime Meridian, lying at a height above mean sea level of around 25 feet (7.6 m). The civil parish covers 1,954 acres (790.8 ha), and is part of the local government district of South Cambridgeshire. Nearby villages include Barton to the east and Toft to the west. Comberton is twinned with Le Vaudreuil, a village near Rouen, France.[4]
The Greenwich Prime Meridian is marked by a Meridian Line stone plaque on the north side of the main road (B1046) between Comberton and the neighbouring village of Toft.
Community
editComberton has a population of about 2,300,[5][6] down from 2,400 in 2011.[7] It contains two churches: the Church of England St Mary's, a Grade I listed[8] Early English-style building dating from the 13th century,[9] and a Baptist church dating from 1868.[10]
It also a pub, The Three Horseshoes, shops, a post office, a recreation ground, a doctor's surgery, a dental surgery, and at the centre of the village, a village pond with resident ducks.
The village has an infant playgroup, the Meridian Primary School,[11] Comberton Village College,[12] and the Comberton Sixth Form.[13] The latter two are part of the Cam Academy Trust.[14]
Literary journalist and writer Lyn Irvine lived at Cross Farm, Comberton. A family home for Irvine and her husband mathematician Max Newman and their two sons, Edward (born 1935) and William, later a computer scientist (1939). Irvine wrote the nature writing novel Field With Geese (1960) at Cross Farm, in the small dovecote on the farm. Irvine considered Comberton and Cross Farm her home for the rest of her life, until her death in 1973.[citation needed]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2011 Census". Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "Comberton history".
- ^ "Comberton". Open Domesday Book. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ "Census 2021: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough provisional ward level population summary" (PDF). Census 2021: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough provisional ward level population summary. Cambridgeshire County Council. 3 November 2023.
- ^ "Comberton (Cambridgeshire, East of England, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ "South Cambridgeshire District Council population forecasts". Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ "CHURCH OF ST MARY". Historic England. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ "St. Mary's website: History". Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ "CBC website". Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ "Comberton Primary School". Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ "Comberton Village College". Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ "Comberton Sixth Form". Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ "Our Schools". Cam Academy Trust. Retrieved 25 November 2024.