- Conington, Huntingdonshire
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Not to be confused with Conington, South Cambridgeshire.
Coordinates: 52°27′30″N 0°16′12″W / 52.45831°N 0.27°W
Conington
Conington shown within CambridgeshireOS grid reference TL176860 District Huntingdonshire Shire county Cambridgeshire Region East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom EU Parliament East of England List of places: UK • England • Cambridgeshire Conington is a small village in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire. It lies within earshot of Ermine Street, now called the Great North Road, about 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Peterborough and 3 kilometres (2 mi) north of Sawtry.
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.
See also
External links
- Page at GENUKI - confusingly the church here was dedicated to St Mary which is the dedication of the church in the other Conington
Categories:- Villages in Cambridgeshire
- Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire
- Cambridgeshire geography stubs
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