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Girton

village in Cambridgeshire, England
Place Village Q1527123

Facts

14 properties

Identity

Instance of
village, civil parish[4]
Official website
www.girton-cambs.org.uk[10]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 52.233°, 0.083°[9]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
South Cambridgeshire[2]

Population and size

Population
3.5k (232–4.6k, n=22)[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 4,398 · 3,752 · 4,559 · 232 · 251 GeoNames 3,836 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
01223[7]
Postal code
CB3[5]
More facts +6
Website
www.girton-cambs.org.uk
Located in
South Cambridgeshire
Coordinates
🗺️ 52.233°, 0.083°
Historic county
Cambridgeshire
OS grid reference
TL422615[8]
Said to be the same as
Girton[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Girton en Girton, Cambridgeshire ar غيرتون fa گیرتون، کمبریج‌شر ja ガ―トン ko 거튼 ru Гиртон zh-hans 葛尔顿 zh-hant 嘉頓
🔖 Identifiers · 20
VIAF cluster ID
157576567
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nr2004004109
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
St Andrew's Church, Girton.jpg ↗
BBC News topic ID
cjkm5xxnrzxt
BBC Things ID
44ab6999-c770-4dbe-b61b-e1511ad6229e
FactGrid item ID
Jane Asher
Freebase ID
/m/067wsv
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2596990
GSS code (2011)
E04001788
GeoNames ID
2648627, 7298344
J9U entity ID
987007463788205171
KEPN ID
Cambridgeshire/Girton
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OpenDomesday settlement ID
TL4262/girton
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1635603
OpenWeatherMap city ID
2648627
TOID
7000000000001333, 4000000074577546
Topic's main category
Category:Girton, Cambridgeshire
Vision of Britain place ID
3801
Vision of Britain unit ID
10119704
Who's on First ID
1125876317
📚 Sources · 1
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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
village, civil parish
Country 1
United Kingdom
FactGrid item ID 1
Jane Asher
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
South Cambridgeshire
Named after 1
Girton College
People born here 1
Vic Watson
People who died here 1
Vic Watson
← Place of burial 1
Agnes Arber
← Terminus location 1
M11 motorway
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Summary

Girton is a village[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Girton include Girton College[18], a college of the University of Cambridge[19], in United Kingdom[20], founded in 1869[21].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Girton include Girton College[18], a college of the University of Cambridge[19], in United Kingdom[20], founded in 1869[21].

Related Entities

Agnes Arber United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [11] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk. Retrieved . cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk. Retrieved . cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk. Retrieved . cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk. Retrieved . cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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