A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BALSHAM, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in the district of Linton, Cambridge. The village stands near Worsted Street, 3¼ miles S of Six-Mile-Bottom r. station, and 4 NE by N of Linton; and has a post office under Cambridge. The parish comprises 4,402 acres; and includes part of the Gogmagog hills. Real property, £5,854. Pop., 1,162. Houses, 266. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £1,104.* Patrons, the Governors of the Charterhouse, London. The church is handsome, and has a tower. There are an Independent chapel, and charities £49. Hugh de Bottesham, founder of Peter house College, Cambridge, was a native. See Gogmagog Hills.-The subdistrict contains six parishes. Acres, 17,772. Pop., 3,925. Houses, 866.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Balsham AP/CP Balsham SubD Cambridgeshire AncC |
| Place: | Balsham |
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