Bainton is a village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough unitary authority in Cambridgeshire, England. It is between Peterborough and Stamford. The parish had a population of 305 according to the 2001 census. A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... Peterborough is a city in the East of England. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq... The City of Peterborough is a cathedral city and Unitary Authority in the East of England, United Kingdom. ... Stamford is a town on the River Welland in Lincolnshire, England. ...
At the centre of the village is Bainton Reading Room. To find out more explore the Reading Room Website
In 1889 the Soke was made an administrative county, but was subsequently considered too small for its purpose, and so was merged with administrative Huntingdonshire in 1965 to form Peterborough and Huntingdonshire.
From 1974 until it became a unitary authority in 1998 it was part of Cambridgeshire.
Peterborough (Burgh, Burgus sancti Petri) is proved by its original name Medehamstede to have been a Saxon village before 655 when Saxulf, a monk, founded the monastery on land granted to him for that purpose by Penda, king of Mercia.
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