Girton, Cambridgeshire

Girton
St Andrew's Church in February 2017
Girton is located in Cambridgeshire
Girton
Girton
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population4,559 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTL422615
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCambridge
Postcode districtCB3
Dialling code01223
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
Websitewww.girton-cambs.org.uk
List of places
UK
England
Cambridgeshire
52°13′59″N 0°04′59″E / 52.233°N 0.083°E / 52.233; 0.083

Girton is a village and civil parish of about 1,600 households, and 4,500 people, in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 2 miles (3 km) to the northwest of Cambridge, and is the home of Girton College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

Listed as Grittune in around 1060 and Grittune in the Domesday Book, the village's name is derived from the Old English grēot + tūn meaning "farmstead or village on gravelly ground", as the settlement was formed on a gravel ridge.[2]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  2. ^ A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names (2003)