Abbots Ripton

Abbots Ripton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. It is situated five miles (8 km) north of Huntingdon, on the B1090. The civil parish includes the nearby hamlet of Wennington.

The village itself occupies some 4,191 acres (1,696 ha) of land and is home to 309 residents (2001 census). The village is also notable as the location of the Abbots Ripton railway disaster in 1876 in which a Flying Scotsman train was wrecked during a blizzard. The disaster led to important safety improvements in railway signalling.

Read more about Abbots Ripton:  The Origins and History of The Name, Church, Abbots Ripton Hall, Village Life