Ellington, Cambridgeshire
Ellington | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Huntingdon | |
Postcode district | PE28 | |
Dialling code | 01480 | |
Police | Cambridgeshire | |
Fire | Cambridgeshire | |
Ambulance | East of England | |
UK Parliament | ||
Ellington is a village and
The village had 235 households
History
In 1085, William the Conqueror ordered that a survey should be carried out across his kingdom to discover who owned which parts and what it was worth. The survey took place in 1086 and the results were recorded in what, since the 12th century, has become known as the Domesday Book. Starting with the king himself, for each landholder within a county there is a list of their estates or manors; and, for each manor, there is a summary of the resources of the manor, the amount of annual rent that was collected by the lord of the manor both in 1066 and in 1086, together with the taxable value.[5]
Ellington was listed in the Domesday Book in the Hundred of Leightonstone in Huntingdonshire; the name of the settlement was written as Elintune in the Domesday Book.[6] In 1086 there was just one manor at Ellington; the annual rent paid to the lord of the manor in 1066 had been £10 and the rent was the same in 1086.[7] The lands belonged to the Benedictine abbey at Ramsey.[7]
The Domesday Book does not explicitly detail the population of a place but it records that there was 31 households at Ellington.[7] There is no consensus about the average size of a household at that time; estimates range from 3.5 to 5.0 people per household.[8] Using these figures then an estimate of the population of Ellington in 1086 is that it was within the range of 108 and 155 people.
The Domesday Book uses a number of units of measure for areas of land that are now unfamiliar terms, such as
The tax assessment in the Domesday Book was known as
By 1086 there was already a church and a priest at Ellington.
Much of the land in the parish was enclosed in 1774.[4]
In 1870, Ellington was described as,
- "A parish in the district and county of Huntingdon; on an affluent of the river Ouse, 5 miles W of Huntingdon r. station. Post town, Brampton, under Huntingdon. Acres, 2, 910. Real property, £3, 956. Pop., 413. Houses, 95. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £168.* Patron, St. Peter's College, Cambridge. The church is good; and there are a Baptist chapel, and charities £56."[9]
For civil registration Ellington was a district of Huntingdonshire from 1 July 1837. Following this it became a sub-district of Spaldwick, but has now returned to being a district of Huntingdonshire.[10]
The first recorded manor house located in Ellington no longer exists. The manor house itself was owned by the tenants of Ramsey Abbey.[11]
Governance
As a civil parish, Ellington has a
Ellington was in the historic and administrative county of Huntingdonshire until 1965. From 1965, the village was part of the new administrative county of Huntingdon and Peterborough. Then in 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, Ellington became a part of the county of Cambridgeshire.
The second tier of local government is
For Ellington the highest tier of local government is
At Westminster Ellington is in the parliamentary constituency of
Geography
The village and parish lies on a bedrock of Oxford clay from the
The A14 road that runs from the Port of Felixstowe to the Catthorpe Interchange, Leicestershire passes through the north of the parish. Ellington village itself lies immediately to the south of Junction 20 of the A14 road. About 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the village is Grafham Water, which is a large reservoir with a circumference of approximately 10 miles (16 km). It is the eighth largest reservoir in England by volume and the third largest by area. Today the reservoir is mainly used by Grafham Water Sailing club and Grafham Water Activities Centre.
In 1932, Ellington was described as being a "curiously shaped parish"[4] from information in the Victoria County History series. The article talks about the general shape of the village and how the shape of Ellington consists of the main village as well as a stretch of land to both the west and the south. It also describes a stream, The Ellington Brook, "That flows from east to west" defining Ellington's boundary on the west stretch of land. The stream also joins up to the Alconbury Brook East of the village which flows from the village of Spaldwick.
Demographics
In the census of 2011, 96.1% of the people living in Ellington described themselves as white, 2.6% as having mixed or multiple ethnic groups, and 1.2% as being Asian or British Asian.[18] In that same census, 65.3% described themselves as Christian, 24.1% described themselves as having no religion, 10.2% did not specify a religion, and 0.2% described themselves as having another religion.[19] In 2011, of the 419 residents who were between the ages of 16 and 74, 67.1% were economically active (i.e. self-employed, in part–time or full–time employment), 28.9% were economically inactive (i.e. retired, a carer, a full–time student or long-term sick) and 2.9% were unemployed.[20]
Historical Population
The graph (as pictured) from the census returns show that the population of Ellington, as reported in 1851 was around 450. It reached its lowest point in 1931 when the population of the parish dropped to just above 217 and since then the population of Ellington rose to 624 in 2001. The most recent census data from 2011 shows that there has been the first drop in the population figures in 100 years, since 1911.[21][22]
Occupation and Employment
The chart showing occupational statistics reveals that "Wholesale and Retail" was the most dominant form of employment for the residents of Ellington in 2011. Other areas of employment that also had high rates are "Human Health and Social Work", "Public Administration and Defence", and "Professional, Scientific and Technically Skilled" employment.
The earliest occupational statistics of Ellington back in 1831 show the employment fields of the residents were quite different. The main area of employment for residents at that time was Agricultural Laboring which provided more than half of the employment. Retail and Handicrafts was also another popular area of employment in 1831.[23]
Culture and Community
Local amenities in Ellington include the village hall and the All Saints Church (pictured); furthermore there are playing fields including a football pitch, tennis courts and more recently updated playground.[2]
The Mermaid Inn is a 17th-century public house that gets its name from the particular type of timber used for the skeleton of the building during construction; today the ancient beams are visible from the bar area and the dining room.[24]
Transport
Ellington lies just south of the A14 and 2 miles (3.2 km) from the junction with the A1 road, which southbound, leads directly to the M25 and London. The nearest railway station is 4 miles (6.4 km) away at Huntingdon which lies on the East Coast Main Line.
Major changes to the A14 nearby have been proposed in different schemes in recent years including one known as A14 Ellington Fen Ditton.[25] In 2016 work began on the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme, with completion expected 2021.[26]
Religious Sites
A church at Ellington is mentioned in the 1086
Education
Ellington itself does not contain any schools within the parish. However, there are a number of schools within 5 miles of the parish. These include Spaldwick Primary (4–11 years) and Hinchingbrooke School in Huntingdon (11–18 years).[28]
References
- ISBN 9780319231722.
- ^ a b "Ellington Online". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "Ellington (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d e William Page, Granville Proby & S. Inskip Ladds (1936). "British History Online". pp. 44–48. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ISBN 0-141-00523-8.
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- ^ a b c d e f J.J.N. Palmer. "Open Domesday: Place - Ellington". www.opendomesday.org. Anna Powell-Smith. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ^ Goose, Nigel; Hinde, Andrew. "Estimating Local Population Sizes" (PDF). Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ Wilson, John Marius (1870–72). Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ Hinson, Colin. "GENUKI: Ellington". Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ Hinson, Colin. "ELLINGTON Geographical and Historical information from 1932". The Victoria County History series 1932. Genuki. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Huntingdonshire District Council: Councillors". www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk. Huntingdonshire District Council. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ "Huntingdonshire District Council". www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk. Huntingdonshire District Council. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ a b c "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ "Cambridgeshire County Council". www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk. Cambridgeshire County Council. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ a b "Cambridgeshire County Council: Councillors". www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk. Cambridgeshire County Council. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ a b "BGS: Geology Viewer". British Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ "Area: Ellington (Parish), Ethnic Group". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 December 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Area: Ellington (Parish), Religion". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ "Area: Ellington (Parish), Economic Activity". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ "GB Historical GIS". ELLINGTON AP/CP through time | Population Statistics | Total Population. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ^ "Area of Ellington (Parish)". Key Figures for 2001 Census: Key Statistics. Office For National Statistics: Neighbourhood Statistics. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time. "Ellington AP/CP:Industry Statistics". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ^ "The Mermaid Inn". Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ "A14 Ellington to Fen Ditton". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ "A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon". roads.highways.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ "Ellington Village". Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ "Schools Finder: Ellington School search". DirectGov. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
External links
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