Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for March

March, market town and par. with ry. sta., Cambridgeshire, on river Nen, 14¼ miles E. of Peterborough, 15½ NW. of Ely, and 82 N. of London by rail, 19,141 ac., pop. 6190; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Wednesday. March has trade in coals, timber, and corn.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "market town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: March CP/Ch       Cambridgeshire AncC
Place: March

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