Brinkley is a small village in
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and North ...
, England. It is situated about 15 miles east of
Cambridge
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and 5 miles south of
Newmarket, the
horse racing
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centre. It features a
pub
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, The Brinkley Lion, but its
post office
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closed down in the 1990s. Children go to
school
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in the neighbouring village,
Burrough Green
Burrough Green is a village and parish in Cambridgeshire, England. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 378. The soil is various; subsoil, clay and chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. The area of the parish is ; t ...
.
The local church is St Mary's Church. Most of it dates from around 1600 but some parts of it are older. It has a beautiful east window (the tower is at the west end) which is thought to date from around 1300 so it is likely there was probably a building here much earlier. The
rectors of Brinkley are recorded all the way back to 1260. There have been around 50 since then.
From time to time the residents invite everyone with the surname Brinkley to come to the
village fete, which is held in July each year in the grounds of
Brinkley Hall, next to the church. The last time this happened was in July 2000 when 250 Brinkleys from all over the world turned out.
References
External links
Village website2001 CensusBrinkley Campanology
Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire District
Villages in Cambridgeshire
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