Bainton is a village and

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in the

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unitary authority area of

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, England. Bainton is on the southern edge of the Welland valley and lies north-west of Peterborough and east of Stamford. Ashton is a neighbouring hamlet and lies approximately south-east of Bainton within the same civil parish. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 305 people by the 2011 census the parish's population was 290 people and by the 2021 census the parish's population was 330 people.

History

Formerly known as 'Badingtun' (Old English meaning "estate associated with a man called Bada"), some form of settlement existed in c.980 but was not mentioned in the

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of 1086. At the south-east of the parish of Bainton and adjacent to the nearby village of

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is the site of Torpel Manor which is a series of medieval and later earthworks that are a

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. The medieval village cross called the Butter Cross is

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, as is the parish church. The church of St Mary dates back to the early 13th century, with additions such as the tower and spire which are 14th century. The church includes a monument by Sir

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to Mary Henson who died in 1805. The bell tower contains four bells but these are not able to be rung currently. Bainton House used to be the home of the Birkbeck family and is a Grade II listed manor house dating back to the 16th century.

Transport

Bainton lies on the B1443. To the north of Bainton, the

Bainton Gate railway station Bainton Gate railway station was a short lived railway "station" in the Soke of Peterborough (now in Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England and Ea ...

briefly served the village between 1846 and its closure in 1856. The nearest railway station is at Stamford to the west.

References

External links

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Bainton Reading Room

Bainton Conservation Area Map
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