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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))
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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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