A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
REACH, a hamlet in Swaffham-Prior and Burwell parishes, Cambridge; 5½ miles W N W of Newmarket. It was a place of considerable importance before the Norman conquest; was afterwards a market-town; and nowhas a school-church, erected in 1860 on the site of a ruined-chapel, a recently erected Independent chapel, and a mixed national school. Pop. of the S.-P. portion, 337; of the B. portion, 111. Houses, 77 and 21.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Cambridgeshire AncC |
| Place: | Reach |
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