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unusual facts about Conington, Huntingdonshire


Thomas Billing

He was twice married, first to Katerina, who died 8 March 1479, second to Mary Folville, niece and heir of Robert Wesenham of Conington, Huntingdonshire, who had previously been married to William Cotton of Conington, co Hunt and then to Thomas Lucy.


24th Aero Squadron

On 31 January, the squadron was divided into four flights for training, which "A" Flight was assigned to RFC Wye, Kent; "B" Flight to RFC London Colney, Hertfordshire; "C" Flight to RFC Sedgeford, Norfolk and "D" Flight RFC Wyton, Huntingdonshire.

Abbots Ripton

John Bonfoy Rooper was MP for Huntingdonshire from 1831 to 1837 and High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.

Adrian Cade

His newphew Jon Cade made a single List-A appearance for Huntingdonshire in 2001.

Alexander Montagu, 10th Duke of Manchester

On 5 May 1927 he married firstly, at Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire, Nell Vere Stead (died 2 September 1966), daughter of Sydney Vere Stead of Melbourne, Australia, by whom he had two sons.

Amicable Grant

In Essex, Kent, Norfolk, Warwickshire, and Huntingdonshire, the grant provoked reactions ranging from reluctance to outright refusal.

Barnabas Oley

In 1633 he was appointed by his college to the vicarage of Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire, and held it until his death; but for several years he continued to reside at Cambridge.

Bartholomew Clerke

He was grandson of Richard Clerke, gentleman, of Livermere in Suffolk, and son of John Clerke of Wells, Somerset, by Anne, daughter and heiress of Henry Grantoft of Huntingdonshire.

Bishop of Northampton

The Eastern District consisted of the counties of Cambridgeshire (with the Isle of Ely), Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Rutland, and Suffolk, all from the former Midland District, and the counties of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire from the London District.

Brington

Brington, Cambridgeshire, a village the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England

Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies

records of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire families involved in slavery and abolitionism, including lists of individual slaves and plans of a slave hospital in the West Indies dating from 1791

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Huntingdonshire and Peterborough didn't start their forces until 1857 by the County and Borough Police Act 1856.

Cheam Cricket Club Ground

Their second List-A match at the ground came in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Huntingdonshire.

Church of All Saints, Sawtry

Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed listed building located in Sawtry, a village in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England.

Conington, Huntingdonshire

The Cotton Baronetcy of Conington was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for the antiquary Robert Bruce Cotton (1570-1631), who also represented five constituencies in the House of Commons.

Cotton baronets

The Cotton Baronetcy, of Conington in the County of Huntingdon, was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for the antiquary Robert Cotton, who also represented five constituencies in the House of Commons.

Dennis Herbert, 1st Baron Hemingford

Herbert was the eldest son of Reverend Henry Herbert, Rector of Hemingford Abbots in Huntingdonshire.

Edward Maltby

His involvement in the 1807 general election in Huntingdonshire and an 1809 pamphlet criticising what he saw as the nepotism of prime minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland saw to it that he found no favour with the Tory establishment who were to hold power until 1830.

Francis Sawyer Parris

Born 1707 in Bythorn, Huntingdonshire, a younger child of Francis and Elizabeth Parris, he was baptized at the parish church on 21 December.

Gervase Clifton, 1st Baron Clifton

In 1591, he became a Knight of the Shire of Huntingdonshire, settled in Leighton Bromswold and married Katherine, a daughter of Sir Henry Darcy (a previous Knight of the Shire) that year and was knighted by 1597.

Gransden

Great Gransden, civil parish and village in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England

Hemmingford

Hemingford Abbots a town formerly in Huntingdonshire - now Cambridgeshire, England

James Herbert Benyon

Born James Herbert Fellowes, he was the son of James Fellowes of Kingston Maurward House near Dorchester, Dorset who was the youngest son of William Henry Fellowes of Ramsey Abbey in Huntingdonshire by his wife, Emma the daughter of Richard Benyon of Gidea Hall in Essex.

JARIC

In 2013 DGIFC is scheduled to move to a new home at RAF Wyton in Huntingdonshire.

John Ailwyn Fellowes, 4th Baron de Ramsey

Lord de Ramsey farms the family’s 6,000 acre estate around the village of Abbots Ripton, Huntingdonshire.

John de Bankwell

Bankwell was appointed in 1297 to travel the forests in Essex, Huntingdonshire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Surrey, and Sussex, for the purpose of enforcing the observance of the forest laws of Henry III of England.

John Gaule

Gaule's one preferment was as vicar of Great Staughton, Huntingdonshire, through Viscountess Campden by 1632, though there is some confusion on the point.

Jon Cade

His uncle Adrian Cade also played List-A cricket for Huntingdonshire, as well as for Cambridgeshire.

Kimbolton School

Kimbolton School is a British HMC co-educational independent day and boarding school located in the village of Kimbolton, in rural Huntingdonshire in Cambridgeshire, educating approximately 950 boys and girls between the ages of 4 and 18, with boarding starting at age 11.

Mark Hiddesley

In 1710 the father became rector of Houghton, which he held with the chapel of Witton or Wyton All Saints, Huntingdonshire.

Matthias Mawson

Soon after his appointment he was presented by Bishop Thomas Greene to the rectory of Conington in Cambridgeshire, and afterwards to that of Hadstock in Essex; the latter he held for many years.

Nene Park Academy

The 1959 Orton school was built by Huntingdonshire County Council (not the Soke of Peterborough which then contained most of Peterborough) on the grounds of Orton Hall, owned by the Marquess of Huntly.

Nick Pishos

During the Hampshire Cricket Board's chase, he took two catches and took the wickets of Rajesh Maru and James Tomlinson, to finish with figures of 2/17 from five overs, helping Huntingdonshire to 28 run victory.

Oswald of Worcester

He was offered the site of Ramsey Abbey in Huntingdonshire by Æthelwine, son of Æthelstan Half-King, and Oswald established a monastery there about 971 that attracted most of the members of the community at Westbury.

Oundle Rural District

The Northamptonshire part went to form the Oundle and Thrapston Rural District, and from the Huntingdonshire part, the parish of Elton became part of Norman Cross Rural District whilst the parishes of Great Gidding, Little Gidding and Winwick became part of Huntingdon Rural District.

RAF Glatton

The 457th Bomb Group has a memorial dedicated to the men who lost their lives flying from Glatton in All Saints Church Conington churchyard.

Swineshead

Swineshead, Bedfordshire (historically in Huntingdonshire), a civil parish

The World of Beachcomber

Readings from the lists of Huntingdonshire Cabmen, wherein Michael Redgrave solemnly walked to a lectern, donned his reading glasses and read the names, in alphabetical order, with great seriousness, as one might read the names of the dead at a war memorial.

Vale of Belvoir

However, the cheese took its name from the Huntingdonshire village of Stilton, where it was served at the coaching inns on the Great North Road.

William Leete

Leete was born about 1612 or 1613 at Doddington, Huntingdonshire, England, the son of John Leete and his wife Anna Shute, daughter of John Shute, a justice of the King's Court.

William Noyes

"The Church of St. Nicholas, Cheldreton, was given to the Monks of St. Neots (Huntingdonshire) about 1175 by Roger Burnard, and the grant was confirmed by Pope Alexander III. In 1380, 1399 and 1401 John Skylling, lord of the manor, was also patron of the church, probably by temporary grants from the Convent. In 1445 it was again in St. Neots' Priory, but seems to have been finally alienated to John Skylling about 1449."


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