Conington

Other current and historical names

Connington
Cunnington
Coninctune

Parish/Community: Conington
District/Borough: Huntingdonshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°27'29"N 0°16'14"W
Eastings/Northings: 517600, 285887
OS Grid: TL176858
Mapcode Local: GBR GZP.Y31
Mapcode Global: VHGL8.8G8T

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

Conington in historic gazetteers

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

Connington, par., N. Huntingdonshire, 2 miles SW. of Holme ry. sta., 3089 ac., pop. 292; P.O.; contains Connington Castle.

Conington in the Domesday Book

A village in Normancross hundred, in the county of Huntingdonshire.

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Thorney St Mary
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil the Dane
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess Judith
- Taxable Value: 9 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £9 in 1066; £9 in 1086
- Households: 26 villagers; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 13 men's ploughs (15 plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Conington, Cambridgeshire

Conington is a village in Cambridgeshire

Conington in historic gazetteers

Conington in the Domesday Book