Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WICKHAM (West)

WICKHAM (West), a parish, with a village, in Linton district, Cambridge; 3½ miles NE by E of Linton r. station. It has a post-office under Cambridge. Acres, 2,937. Real property, £3,744. Pop., 550. Houses, 112. The manor belongs to Earl Hardwicke. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £88. Patron, Earl Hardwicke. The church is ancient.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: West Wickham CP/AP       Linton RegD/PLU       Cambridgeshire AncC
Place names: WEST WICKHAM     |     WICKHAM     |     WICKHAM WEST
Place: West Wickham

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