Thriplow

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Thriplow is a quiet village situated 8 miles south of Cambridge, England. Each year it celebrates 'Daffodil Weekend'. The tradition started in 1969 in an attempt to raise money for repairing the church and the village has been opened every year since (with the exception of 2001, see below). Thriplow also contains two sites of special scientific interest, Thriplow Meadows and Thriplow Peat Holes.^[1]

1 History of Thriplow
2 Services
3 Daffodil Weekend
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] History of Thriplow

Since Romano-British times (circa A.D.150), through Anglo-Saxon settlement and the Lordship of Trippa (whose burial mound or "law" may have given the village its name), the installation of the first vicar, John de Hyndrayngham in 1299, the mutilation of the church screen under Dowsing in 1643, the 19th century enclosures and 20th century robbery and murder, Thriplow has remained relatively quiet.

Thirteen Thriplow residents are recorded to have perished in the First World War and three in the Second World War.^[2]

[edit] Services

Thriplow has;

A Public House: The Green Man winner of the Cambridge Evening News pub of the year 2006.^[3]
A Village Shop: After several failed attempts of running the shop as a business, the management of the shop was taken over by the Thriplow Village Shop Association in June-July 2007.
A park
A primary School
A Village Hall

[edit] Daffodil Weekend

The tradition started in 1969 in an attempt to raise money for repairing the church and has run each year since (except for 2001 when the weekend was cancelled due to Foot-and-Mouth disease.) The event is organised by the Daffodil Weekend Trust and raises funds for a different charity each year. In 2006 the charity supported was East Anglian Air Ambulance. There are numerous attractions during the weekend including heavy horses giving dray rides, children’s entertainment, sheep dogs working, open gardens and stalls. Music is provided by The Perse School swing band^[4], organ recitals and church bell ringing.^[5]