21-549: Hinxton is a village in South Cambridgeshire , England . The River Cam runs through the village, as does the Cambridge to Liverpool Street railway, though the village has no station. Hinxton parish's southern boundaries form the border between Cambridgeshire and Essex . The village is five miles (8 km) north-west of Saffron Walden and nine miles (14 km) south of Cambridge . The 2001 population
42-470: A monochrome depiction of its coat of arms as its logo. 52°07′55″N 0°06′18″E / 52.132°N 0.105°E / 52.132; 0.105 Chesterton Rural District 52°13′05″N 0°08′56″E / 52.218°N 0.149°E / 52.218; 0.149 Chesterton was a rural district in Cambridgeshire , England from 1894 to 1974. It was formed in 1894 as
63-520: A successor to the Chesterton rural sanitary district . In 1934, under a County Review Order , its boundaries were altered, taking in the disbanded Swavesey Rural District and part of the disbanded Caxton and Arrington Rural District . It also ceded an area to the borough of Cambridge . In 1965 it became part of the new administrative county of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely . The district
84-567: A tangential reference to the coat of arms of the University of Cambridge by way of the coat of arms of Cambridge suburb Chesterton . The motto, Niet Zonder Arbyt , means "Nothing Without Work" (or effort) in pre-standard Dutch ; the only Dutch motto in British civic heraldry. It was originally the motto of Cornelius Vermuyden , who drained the Fens in the 17th century. The council uses
105-438: Is a local government district of Cambridgeshire , England , with a population of 162,119 at the 2021 census. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Chesterton Rural District and South Cambridgeshire Rural District . It completely surrounds the city of Cambridge , which is administered separately from the district by Cambridge City Council . On the abolition of South Herefordshire and Hereford districts to form
126-450: Is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. The council has been under Liberal Democrat majority control since the 2018 election . The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The leaders of
147-637: Is in the High Street, next to the recreation ground. It can be hired for family parties, business and commercial events. The village is home to the Red Lion public house, a seventeenth-century building that has been in use as a public house since at least 1841, though there are records of an inn in Hinxton in 1744. The Hundred Parishes [REDACTED] Media related to Hinxton at Wikimedia Commons South Cambridgeshire South Cambridgeshire
168-581: Is the medieval St Mary and St John Church . Hinxton Hall, set on an estate of 95 acres (380,000 m) on the banks of the River Cam, is a Grade II* red-brick building built in the eighteenth century. It is currently used as a meetings venue, hosting the engagement and learning programmes of Wellcome Connecting Science. The first house on the site of the hall was a modest hunting lodge built by Joseph Richardson of Horseheath in around 1740, before being sold to Thomas Brown of Ickleton in 1748, passing into
189-627: The Cambourne Business Park in Cambourne . The district council's headquarters moved from Cambridge to Cambourne in 2004. Cambridge Airport is located in South Cambridgeshire. The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway passes through South Cambridgeshire. ScotAirways has its head office on the grounds of Cambridge Airport in South Cambridgeshire. Jenny Jefferies an author of several cook books and member of
210-2414: The Guild of Food Writers . The whole district is divided into civil parishes . The parish councils for Cambourne and Northstowe take the style "town council". Some of the smaller parishes have a parish meeting rather than a parish council. Abington Piggotts – Arrington – Babraham – Balsham – Bar Hill – Barrington – Bartlow – Barton – Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth – Bourn – Boxworth – Caldecote – Cambourne – Carlton – Castle Camps – Caxton – Childerley – Chishills – Chittering – Comberton – Conington – Coton – Cottenham – Croxton – Croydon – Dry Drayton – Duxford – Elsworth – Eltisley – Fen Ditton – Fen Drayton – Fowlmere – Foxton – Fulbourn – Gamlingay – Girton – Grantchester – Graveley – Great Abington – Great Eversden – Great Shelford – Great Wilbraham – Guilden Morden – Hardwick – Harlton – Harston – Haslingfield – Hatley – Hauxton – Heydon – Hildersham – Hinxton – Histon – Horseheath – Horningsea – Ickleton – Impington – Kingston – Knapwell – Landbeach – Linton – Litlington – Little Abington – Little Eversden – Little Gransden – Little Shelford – Little Wilbraham – Lolworth – Longstanton – Longstowe – Madingley – Melbourn – Meldreth – Milton – Newton – Oakington – Orchard Park – Orwell – Over – Pampisford – Papworth Everard – Papworth St Agnes – Rampton – Sawston – Shepreth – Shingay cum Wendy – Shudy Camps – Six Mile Bottom – Stapleford – Steeple Morden – Stow-cum-Quy – Swavesey – Tadlow – Teversham – Thriplow & Heathfield – Toft – Waterbeach – West Wickham – West Wratting – Weston Colville – Westwick – Whaddon – Whittlesford – Willingham – Wimpole The council's coat of arms contains
231-736: The Hall and its estate was bought by the Wellcome Trust . The Hall was used by the Wellcome Sanger Institute and housed the early years of the UK's contribution to the Human Genome Project. Hinxton Hall is referenced in E.M. Forster 's novel The Longest Journey as the home of Emily Failing, the eccentric aunt of leading character Rickie Elliot. Hinxton Mill straddles the River Cam as it flows northward through
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#1732765034786252-456: The best places to live, according to Channel 4 , which ranked South Cambridgeshire as the fifth-best place to live in 2006. A Halifax survey rated South Cambridgeshire the best place to live in rural Britain, and sixth best overall in 2017. In January 2023 the council started a three-month trial of a four day working week , with the intention of extending the trial until April 2024. Conservative local government minister, Lee Rowley , ordered
273-446: The council since 2001 have been: Following the 2022 election and subsequent by-elections and changes of allegiance up to June 2023, the composition of the council was: The next election is due in 2026. Since the last full review of boundaries in 2018 the council has comprised 45 councillors representing 26 wards , with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. In January 2023,
294-425: The council began a controversial four day working week trial. This is not a compressed hours regime but rather staff work 80% of their hours for 100% of their pay and are expected to work more efficiently and therefore complete all their work in the reduced time. The Conservative minister at the time, Lee Rowley wrote to the council leader “ask that you end your experiment immediately” and said he had concerns about
315-457: The heart of the village, and dates back to Victorian times. Its community role began when the oldest part of the hall was opened as a reading room for villagers, a place to meet and keep up with the news and share books. Generations of Hinxton residents have cared for the building and over the last five years it has undergone a programme of sympathetic updating – to combine the best of traditional village life with modern amenities. The village hall
336-432: The possession of his great-niece Mary Holden. Holden's first husband John Bromwell Jones pulled down the original house and built the present hall between 1748 and 1756. Subsequent owners extended the property and land. In 1953, the owner, Col. R. P. W. Adeane of Babraham , sold the hall and estate to Tube Investments Ltd. for use as research laboratories, and new buildings were added on the grounds as laboratories. In 1992,
357-670: The trial be halted, claiming it would breach the Local Government Act. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . The new district covered the area of two former districts, which were both abolished at the same time: The new district was named South Cambridgeshire, reflecting its position within the wider county. South Cambridgeshire District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Cambridgeshire County Council . The whole district
378-577: The unitary Herefordshire in 1998, South Cambridgeshire became the only English district to completely encircle another. South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridge City Council work together on some projects, such as the Greater Cambridge Local Plan. Since 2017 the district has been a constituent member of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority , led by the directly-elected Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough . South Cambridgeshire has scored highly on
399-508: The village. Although the present mill was built in the seventeenth century, it is almost certainly the site of the mill mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The mill, used for grinding corn, ceased operation in 1955 and fell into disrepair until being restored in the 1980s with help from Cambridge Past, Present and Future who now own the building; it is open to visitors on about six days per year. The flint and brick building lies at
420-544: The “value for money” for local taxpayers. The scheme became particularly controversial when it emerged that the council's CEO was also writing a PHD thesis on flexible working, a fact that had not been earlier disclosed. After 18 months of running the trial the council claimed reduced staff turnover, financial savings and little impact on service levels. South Cambridgeshire District Council's headquarters are located in South Cambridgeshire Hall in
441-777: Was 315. Hinxton is the home of the Wellcome Genome Campus , which includes the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the European Bioinformatics Institute . The name Hinxton is a contraction of Hengestestun , "the town of Hengest ". The village of Hinxton is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Hestitona , as Hyngeston in the Ely Registers of 1341 and Hengestone in the Ramsey Chartulary. Its parish church
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