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.
DRAYTON (Fen), a parish in the district of St. Ives and county of Cambridge; on an affluent of the river Ouse, at the boundary with Huntingdon, 2 miles SW of Swavesey r. station, and 3¼ SE by S of St. Ives. Post town, Fen-Stanton, under St. Ives. Acres, 1, 496. Real property, £4, 059. Pop., 445. Houses, 107. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £100. Patron, Christ's College, Cambridge. The church was restored in 1855. A Wesleyan chapel was built in 1866.
(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: | Fen Drayton CP/AP Cambridgeshire AncC |
| Place names: | DRAYTON | DRAYTON FEN | FEN DRAYTON |
| Place: | Fen Drayton |
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