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Abbots Ripton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. It is situated five miles (8 km) north of Huntingdon, on the B1090. The civil parish includes the nearby hamlet of Wennington. The village itself occupies some of land and is home to 309 residents (2001 census). The village is also notable as the location of the Abbots Ripton railway disaster in 1876 in which a Flying Scotsman train was wrecked during a blizzard. The disaster led to important safety improvements in railway signalling. ==The origins and history of the name== Abbots Ripton ends in ''ton'' which usually indicates a Saxon origin.〔The Domesday Book online webpage http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/places.html#saxon〕 According to the Institute for Name Studies a possible translation from Old English could be rip - Strip/Slope and ton - Farm/Settlement.〔Institute for Name Studies - Abbots Ripton - http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/epncurrent/php/detailpop.php?placeno=4162〕 Its name has appeared in various guises throughout its history; in the Domesday book it was recorded as Riptone, but by the 11th century it was recorded as Riptune. It was during the 12th and 13th century that the Abbot part came into the name; it was then owned by the Abbot of Ramsey, and it was most probably just to distinguish it from Kings Ripton which was under royal ownership. During this period it was also known by the names of Magna Riptona, Ryptone and finally Riptone Abbatis.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Parishes: Abbots Ripton', A History of the County of Huntingdon: Volume 2 )〕 After the Reformation the crown sold it to the St John family and for a time it was called St John's Ripton〔(UK and Ireland Genealogy )〕 before it became known by the name we know it today. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abbots Ripton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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