campaign. Designed by Denis Cheason and made by Barry Sharman, the silhouette design is formed from a number of separate images. The top part of design is based on a Roman belt discovered in a burial ground near Girton College. The centre is derived from the family coat of arms of Anne-Maria Cotton, who endowed the first Girton village school, together with geese, kept at Washpit, that provided quills for use in the University of Cambridge. The flowers near the village's name are corn marigolds which were once common in the village, and at the base is the cross of Saint Andrew to whom the parish church is dedicated. Village life Girton has three public houses: the Old Crown opened in around 1840, The George (formerly the George and Dragon) which was opened by a blacksmith in the 1850s, and The Traveller's Rest a modern addition on Huntingdon Road on the outskirts of Cambridge. The village's first pub, the White Horse, was opened in around 1760 but closed in the late 20th century. The village hosts the black squirrel, a rare variant of the grey squirrel. Education Girton College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, is situated within the village. Formed in 1869 under the name of the College for Women at Benslow House, it was originally based in Hitchin in Hertfordshire, before moving to its current site in 1873, at which time it took its current name. Until 1976 it admitted only women. The village also contains a primary school, Girton Glebe. Built in 1951, it replaced the village's original school, built in 1845, as well as Gretton School, a special school for pupils with autism spectrum disorders. Governance Girton Parish Council was established in 1894, and consists of 15 members as of 2022. Girton is part of the Girton ward, along with Dry Drayton and Madingley, and returns two councillors to South Cambridgeshire District Council. Between 1894 and 1974 it was part of Chesterton rural district. It is part of the Bar Hill ward, along with Bar Hill, Dry Drayton, and Lolworth, of Cambridgeshire County Council. For Westminster representation, Girton is part of the South Cambridgeshire constituency. People from Girton Emma Turner (1866-1940) ornithologist and pioneering bird photographer Vic Watson (1897-1988) West Ham United's record goal scorer References External links Girton village website Sustainable Girton website Girton Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire South Cambridgeshire District