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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.
WISBEACH-ST. MARY, a parish, with Guyhirn chapelry and Murrow hamlet, in Wisbeach district, Cambridge; 2¾ miles SW by W of Wisbeach r. station. Post town, Wisbeach. Acres, 9,606. Pop. in 1851, 2,115; in 1861, 1,887. Houses, 434. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £714.* Patron, the Bishop of Ely. The church is later English. The p. curacy of Guyhirn is a separate benefice. There are an Independent chapel, an endowed school with £40 a year, and charities £147.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with Guyhirn chapelry and Murrow hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Cambridgeshire AncC |
| Place: | Wisbech |
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