Grantchester
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Grantchester () is a village and civil parish on the River Cam or Granta in South Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about south of Cambridge.
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- Locality
- South Cambridgeshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 540
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Grantchester
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL432555
- UK place.post_town
- CAMBRIDGE
- UK place.postcode_area
- CB
- UK place.postcode_district
- CB3
- UK place.dial_code
- 01223
- UK place.shire_county
- Cambridgeshire
- UK place.shire_district
- South Cambridgeshire
- UK place.static_image_name
- Banks of the Cam at Grantchester.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The banks of the River Cam at Grantchester (May 2008)
- UK place.population
- 540
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Cambridgeshire
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Grantchester () is a village and civil parish on the River Cam or Granta in South Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about south of Cambridge.
==Name== The village of Grantchester is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as Grantesete and Grauntsethe. Before, it is also mentioned briefly in book IV, chapter 19 of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People. John de Grauntsete, a lawyer who had a successful career as a judge in Ireland, was born in Grantchester, , and took his surname from his birthplace. The present name derives from the common Old English suffix -ceaster (variously developed as "-cester", "-caster", and -"chester"), used in names of forts or fortified cities throughout England.
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