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8 unusual facts about Bassingbourn


Bassingbourn

Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth, a civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England focussed on the village of Bassingbourn

Ford Wood

Ford Wood is a woodland in Cambridgeshire, England, near Bassingbourn.

Granado Pigot

Granado Pigot (c.1650-1724), of Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, was an English politician.

Litlington, Cambridgeshire

Its northern border with Abington Pigotts follows a stream, and its western and eastern boundary with Steeple Morden and Bassingbourn follow field boundaries.

Shingay cum Wendy

RAF Bassingbourn covers a portion of the south-eastern part of the parish, and was built just prior to the Second World War.

Spinney Abbey

In 1301 Mary de Bassingbourne expanded the establishment with 90 acres (364,000 m²) more and four more canons.

Wendy, Cambridgeshire

The Wendy and Shingay District Church of England School opened in Wendy in 1906, closing again in 1931 with the children transferred to Bassingbourn.

RAF Bassingbourn covers a sizeable portion of the southern part of the parish, and was built just prior to the Second World War.


Bassingbourn Barracks

The first of these, the 101st Provisional Combat Bomb Wing, commanded by Brigadier General Frank A. Armstrong, Jr., set up its headquarters at Bassingbourn on 16 April 1943.


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