159:
480:
143:
417:
403:
34:
166:
428:
The village has two ponds, one next to the church and the other near the Manor House. The pond near the church used to be used as a splash pond for washing cart wheels. The pond near the Manor House used to supply water for
Conington Hall. The pond is notoriously deep, and claimed the lives of two
390:. The church is dedicated to the Assumption of St Mary. It has an oddly-buttressed steeple and houses one of the oldest bells in Britain, dated to around 1376. There are some pictures and a description of the church at the Cambridgeshire Churches website.
429:
young boys in the
Victorian era, when they attempted to learn to swim across it using a rope. The rope snapped, and the boys drowned. Today the pond is known locally as Big Tree Corner.
197:
224:
334:
521:
51:
98:
70:
77:
545:
84:
555:
158:
550:
66:
514:
540:
117:
507:
326:
316:
296:
260:
91:
55:
190:
495:
20:
321:
387:
274:
44:
465:
142:
371:
214:
206:
451:
8:
378:
with about 50 houses and 150 residents. The population of the village is included in the
242:
479:
386:. It lies about five miles (8km) south-east of Huntingdon and one mile south of the
301:
250:
491:
487:
375:
232:
179:
420:
534:
349:
336:
433:
379:
370:(Conington St Mary, or Coningtom-juxta-Cantab) is a small village in the
421:
The
Excavation of a Middle Anglo-Saxon 'King's Enclosure' at Conington
289:
284:
402:
33:
383:
266:
452:
58:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
532:
515:
522:
508:
118:Learn how and when to remove this message
533:
474:
56:adding citations to reliable sources
27:
13:
401:
14:
567:
459:
165:
67:"Conington, South Cambridgeshire"
546:Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire
478:
415:
164:
157:
141:
32:
43:needs additional citations for
556:Cambridgeshire geography stubs
445:
409:Talk given by Richard Mortimer
1:
551:South Cambridgeshire District
439:
494:. You can help Knowledge by
7:
191:OS grid reference
130:Human settlement in England
10:
572:
541:Villages in Cambridgeshire
473:
21:Conington, Huntingdonshire
18:
414:
400:
395:
307:
295:
283:
273:
259:
241:
223:
205:
189:
152:
140:
135:
19:Not to be confused with
436:called The White Swan.
490:location article is a
406:
350:52.277522°N 0.065704°W
297:Postcode district
405:
372:South Cambridgeshire
355:52.277522; -0.065704
275:Sovereign state
215:South Cambridgeshire
52:improve this article
346: /
432:The village has a
407:
16:Village in England
503:
502:
426:
425:
365:
364:
225:Shire county
128:
127:
120:
102:
563:
524:
517:
510:
482:
475:
454:
449:
419:
418:
393:
392:
361:
360:
358:
357:
356:
351:
347:
344:
343:
342:
339:
313:
269:
201:
200:
178:Location within
168:
167:
161:
147:Conington Church
145:
133:
132:
123:
116:
112:
109:
103:
101:
60:
36:
28:
571:
570:
566:
565:
564:
562:
561:
560:
531:
530:
529:
528:
471:
462:
457:
450:
446:
442:
416:
410:
396:External videos
354:
352:
348:
345:
340:
337:
335:
333:
332:
331:
311:
265:
255:
237:
219:
196:
195:
185:
184:
183:
182:
176:
175:
174:
173:
169:
148:
131:
124:
113:
107:
104:
61:
59:
49:
37:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
569:
559:
558:
553:
548:
543:
527:
526:
519:
512:
504:
501:
500:
488:Cambridgeshire
483:
469:
468:
466:Page at GENUKI
461:
460:External links
458:
456:
455:
443:
441:
438:
424:
423:
412:
411:
408:
398:
397:
376:Cambridgeshire
363:
362:
330:
329:
327:Cambridgeshire
324:
319:
314:
312:List of places
308:
305:
304:
299:
293:
292:
287:
281:
280:
279:United Kingdom
277:
271:
270:
263:
257:
256:
254:
253:
247:
245:
239:
238:
236:
235:
233:Cambridgeshire
229:
227:
221:
220:
218:
217:
211:
209:
203:
202:
193:
187:
186:
180:Cambridgeshire
177:
171:
170:
163:
162:
156:
155:
154:
153:
150:
149:
146:
138:
137:
129:
126:
125:
40:
38:
31:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
568:
557:
554:
552:
549:
547:
544:
542:
539:
538:
536:
525:
520:
518:
513:
511:
506:
505:
499:
497:
493:
489:
484:
481:
477:
476:
472:
467:
464:
463:
453:
448:
444:
437:
435:
430:
422:
413:
404:
399:
394:
391:
389:
385:
381:
377:
373:
369:
359:
328:
325:
323:
320:
318:
315:
310:
309:
306:
303:
300:
298:
294:
291:
288:
286:
282:
278:
276:
272:
268:
264:
262:
258:
252:
249:
248:
246:
244:
240:
234:
231:
230:
228:
226:
222:
216:
213:
212:
210:
208:
204:
199:
194:
192:
188:
181:
160:
151:
144:
139:
134:
122:
119:
111:
108:February 2009
100:
97:
93:
90:
86:
83:
79:
76:
72:
69: –
68:
64:
63:Find sources:
57:
53:
47:
46:
41:This article
39:
35:
30:
29:
26:
22:
496:expanding it
485:
470:
447:
431:
427:
380:civil parish
374:district of
367:
366:
114:
105:
95:
88:
81:
74:
62:
50:Please help
45:verification
42:
25:
353: /
535:Categories
440:References
338:52°16′39″N
78:newspapers
368:Conington
341:0°03′57″W
290:Cambridge
285:Post town
172:Conington
136:Conington
388:A14 road
384:Elsworth
207:District
198:TL323663
322:England
267:England
261:Country
92:scholar
243:Region
94:
87:
80:
73:
65:
486:This
99:JSTOR
85:books
492:stub
302:CB23
251:East
71:news
434:pub
382:of
54:by
537::
317:UK
523:e
516:t
509:v
498:.
121:)
115:(
110:)
106:(
96:·
89:·
82:·
75:·
48:.
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.