A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WILBRAHAM (Little), a parish in Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire; 1¾ mile NNW of Six-Mile-Bottom r. station, and 6 E of Cambridge. It includes Six-Mile-Bottom hamlet, and has a post-office under Cambridge. Acres, 1,800. Real property, £2,705. Pop., 353. Houses, 87. Spears, swords, knives, axes, bronze fibulæ, glass beads, pottery, and other relics were found here in an ancient Saxon cemetery. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £326.* Patron, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The church was recently repaired. There are a national school, a charity of £71 a year, and a commonage of 30 acres.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Little Wilbraham AP/CP Chesterton RegD/PLU Cambridgeshire AncC |
| Place names: | LITTLE WILBRAHAM | WILBRAHAM | WILBRAHAM LITTLE |
| Place: | Little Wilbraham |
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