- Thriplow
Infobox UK place
official_name= Thriplow
country= England
region= East of England
os_grid_reference= TL438467
latitude= 52.1
longitude= 0.1
post_town=
postcode_area=
postcode_district=
dial_code=
shire_county=Cambridgeshire
population=
hide_services= YesThriplow is a quiet village situated convert|8|mi|0 south of
Cambridge ,England .Each year it celebrates 'Daffodil Weekend'. The tradition started in 1969 in an attempt to raise money for repairing the church and the village has been opened every year since (with the exception of 2001, see below). Thriplow also contains two sites of special scientific interest, Thriplow Meadows and Thriplow Peat Holes. [ [http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/searchresults.cfm?StartRow=81&sssi_name=&frmcounty=1005 Natural England - Sites of Special Scientific Interest] ]History of Thriplow
Since Romano-British times (circa A.D.150), through Anglo-Saxon settlement and the Lordship of Trippa (whose burial mound or "law" may have given the village its name), the installation of the first vicar, John de Hyndrayngham in 1299, the mutilation of the church screen under Dowsing in 1643, the 19th century enclosures and 20th century robbery and murder, Thriplow has remained relatively quiet.
Thirteen Thriplow residents are recorded to have perished in the
First World War and three in theSecond World War . [ [http://www.thriplow.com/thriplow_memorial.htm Roll Of Honour] ]Services
Thriplow has:
* A Public House: The Green Man winner of the "Cambridge Evening News " pub of the year 2006. [ [http://cambridge-news.co.uk/news/features/2006/07/29/110b5672-56bd-40f3-a82e-a6055a078f8d.lpf Cambridge Evening News] ]
* A Village Shop: After several failed attempts of running the shop as a business, the management of the shop was taken over by the Thriplow Village Shop Association in June-July 2007.
* A park
* A primary School
* A Village HallDaffodil weekend
The tradition started in 1969 in an attempt to raise money for repairing the church and has run each year since (except for 2001 when the weekend was cancelled due to Foot-and-Mouth disease.) The event is organised by the Daffodil Weekend Trust and raises funds for a different charity each year. In 2006 the charity supported was East Anglian Air Ambulance. There are numerous attractions during the weekend including heavy horses giving dray rides, children’s entertainment, sheep dogs working, open gardens and stalls. Music is provided by
The Perse School swing band [ [http://www.perse.co.uk/upper/music/extra-curricular-music.asp Perse School Website] ] , organ recitals and church bell ringing. [ [http://www.thriplow.org.uk/weekend.htm Thriplow Website] ]References
ee also
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Fowlmere
*List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire External links
* [http://www.thriplow.org.uk thriplow.org.uk]
* [http://thriplow.com/ thriplow.com]
* [http://cgb.e2bn.net/e2bn/leas/c99/schools/cgb/ Official Website Of Thriplow School]
* [http://www.webhistorian.co.uk/pages/index.php?id=60 Web Historian's site for The Thriplow Society]
* [http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Cambridgeshire/Thriplow.html Roll Of Honour for Thriplow]
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