Girton, Cambridgeshire
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This article is about the village in Cambridgeshire. For the Cambridge University College, see Girton College, Cambridge. For the village in Nottinghamshire, see Girton, Nottinghamshire. For other uses, see Girton (disambiguation).
Girton is a village and civil parish of about 1,600 households, and 4,500 people, in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 2 miles (3 km) to the northwest of Cambridge, and is the home of Girton College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
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Girton | |
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St Andrew's Church in February 2017 | |
Location within Cambridgeshire | |
Population | 4,559 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | TL422615 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Cambridge |
Postcode district | CB3 |
Dialling code | 01223 |
Police | Cambridgeshire |
Fire | Cambridgeshire |
Ambulance | East of England |
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Website | www.girton-cambs.org.uk |
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Listed as Grittune in around 1060 and Grittune in the Domesday Book, the village's name is derived from the Old English grēot + tūn meaning "farmstead or village on gravelly ground", as the settlement was formed on a gravel ridge.[2]