Girton, Cambridgeshire

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.

This article is about the village in Cambridgeshire. For the Cambridge University College, see Girton College, Cambridge. For the village in Nottinghamshire, see Girton, Nottinghamshire. For other uses, see Girton (disambiguation).

Girton
St Andrew's Church in February 2017
Girton
Location within Cambridgeshire
Population4,559 (2011)
OS grid referenceTL422615
District
  • South Cambridgeshire
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCambridge
Postcode districtCB3
Dialling code01223
PoliceCambridgeshire
FireCambridgeshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
  • South Cambridgeshire
Websitewww.girton-cambs.org.uk

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.

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