Arrington

Other current and historical names

Erminton
Erningtone

Parish/Community: Arrington
District/Borough: South Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°8'3"N 0°3'43"W
Eastings/Northings: 532731, 250230
OS Grid: TL327502
Mapcode Local: GBR K6P.345
Mapcode Global: VHGMX.WM04

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Arrington within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Arrington in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Arrington, par. and vil., S. Cambridgeshire, 7 miles NE. of Royston, 1388 ac., pop. 243; P.O., T.O.

Arrington in the Domesday Book

A village in Wetherley hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Robert son of Wiuhomarch; Earl Waltheof
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric Kemp; Edward, the Abbot of Ely's man; Freeman, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £11 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £9 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 6 cottagers; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 ploughs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofeva, Edeva the fair's man
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulcwy Waruhel (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

British Place Names

Arrington, Cambridgeshire

Arrington is a village in Cambridgeshire

Arrington in historic gazetteers

Arrington in the Domesday Book