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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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