Hemingford Abbots, Cambridgeshire

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"Hemingford Abbots is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England.[1] Hemingford Abbots lies approximately 3 miles (5 km) east of Huntingdon, and is almost continuous with neighbouring Hemingford Grey. Hemingford Abbots is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. 

The name Hemingford means "the ford of the people of Hemma", where Hemma is believed to be the name of a Saxon chief.[6] The name "Abbots" was added in reference to its ownership by Ramsey Abbey.[2] The village was known as Hemmingeford Magna, Emmingeforde Abbatis in the 13th century.[7]

The village has one public house, The Axe and Compass, situated in a thatched 15th-century house.[2]

A church is listed in the Domesday entry of 1086, although nothing remains of the building. The church was completely rebuilt at the end of the thirteenth century, the tower was added in the late fourteenth century and the spire in the fifteenth century. The present church of St Margaret's, Hemingford Abbots is largely a result of the reconstruction in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.[16]

The church was originally named "St Margaret Church of the Virgin" and is now dedicated to Saint Margaret of Antioch.

The village is home to a number of medieval buildings; Abbots End, the Manor House, Whiteways, Medlands, Abbots Barn, the White Cottage and Rideaway Cottage were all built prior to 1600.[8] "

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St Margaret's Church

Hemingford Abbots

Huntingdon

PE28 9AL

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https://www.hemingford-abbots.org.uk/

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