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Those of us with long memories and aging bodies will remember trips to play Bourne and trips to play Market Deeping. We now have to play them both at the same time following a merger some years ago. Playing in the commuter town of Glinton Bourne Deeping 2s are one of the form sides in 3NW having only lost to Camb City 4 and beat March 4-3. They drew with CoP4 2-2 so it should be a decent game.
We have to leave at the crack of sparrows to get to the pitch for an 1100 start so any frost might make it a bit doubtful. So it alarm clocks set and gloves on for another top of the table clash as second meet third.

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Glinton is a village to the north of the City of Peterborough, England. Historically in Northamptonshire, it has a population of 3,130 (2001 Census) and consists of about 1,200 dwellings. It is separated from the urban sprawl of Peterborough and the new township of Werrington by the A15, the Peterborough bypass.

Signpost in Glinton
The origin of the place name Glinton is uncertain. It may mean "village on the Glym brook" (i.e. the Brook Drain) or could possibly be derived from the Old Danish klint (hill), or Middle Low German glinde (enclosure or fence) or the Old English glente, meaning look-out place.
Glinton was mentioned in the Domesday Book and evidence suggests that it dates from prehistory. There is evidence of early settlement at Glinton, dating back to the Iron Age. Extensive Roman remains, including a beautifully preserved well, were found during construction of the A15 bypass in 1996, as well as a fine example of a medieval drainage system. Further Roman remains were found in Peakirk Road near the junction with the High Street and it is thought that the area was the site of a Roman farmstead that supplied the larger settlement of Werrington.
The spire of St Benedict's church is considered by many expert] to be one of the finest needle spires in England, second only to Salisbury Cathedral. It is the subject of one of John Clare's poems Glinton Spire. Clare, although born in Helpston, went to school in the church, and there is an inscription dated 1808 on the door frame of the church.