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.
GRANTCHESTER, a village and a parish in Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire. The village stands on the river Cam, near the Cambridge and Bedford railway, 2½ miles SSW of Cambridge; is believed to occupy or represent the site of a Roman station; and has a post office under Cambridge. The parish comprises 1, 519 acres. Real property, £4, 363. Pop., 696. Houses, 149. The property is divided among a few. An old manor-house was a retreat of King's college in the time of plague. Roman remains have been found. Bricks are made. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £313.* Patron, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The church is partly decorated English, partly perpendicular; has a tower; and contains an ancient stone font, and an altar-tomb. There are a dissenting preaching-room, a national school, and charities £42.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Grantchester AP/CP Chesterton RegD/PLU Cambridgeshire AncC |
| Place: | Grantchester |
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