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Comberton is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, just east of the Prime...
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Comberton is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, just east of the Prime Meridian.
Archaeological finds, including a Neolithic polished stone axe (found to the south of the current village) and a Bronze Age barrow (to the north), suggest there has been a settlement here for thousands of years. A Roman villa was discovered in 1842. The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Cumbertone, and clearly dates to at least the 11th century. Some houses in the village date from the 14th century.
Comberton has a population of about 2,400 (as of 2005). It features two churches: the Church of England St Mary's, an Early English-style building (there are some pictures and a description of the church at the Cambridgeshire Churches website ), and a Baptist church dating from 1861. It also has one pub (The Three Horseshoes), shops, a primary school (Meridian Community Primary School) and a , a post office, a recreation ground, a doctor's surgery and, at the centre of the village, a village pond with resident ducks.
The village has two football teams, Comberton Crusaders FC being one of them. Comberton Crusaders operates nine boys' youth football teams and two girls'
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Oct 23, 2006
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Oct 23, 2006
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