Abbots Ripton

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Abbots Ripton is a village and civil parish five miles north of Huntingdon, in Cambridgeshire, England. The Parish Council also covers the hamlet of Wennington. It is located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The medieval church is dedicated to Saint Andrew.

Abbots Ripton is notable as the location of a significant railway disaster in 1876 during a blizzard, which led to important developments in railway signalling.

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