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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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SHEPRETH, a parish, with a village, in the district of Royston and county of Cambridge; on the Hitchin and Cambridge railway, 5 miles NE by N of Royston. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Royston. Acres, 1,269. Real property, £2,714. Pop., 339. Houses, 78. S. manor belonged to Chatteris nun nery; passed, through the Laxtons and others, to the Layers; and belongs now to B. H. Wortham, Esq. Dockwra and Tyrrel manors belong to W. R. Woodham, Esq.; and Wimbish manor, to J. l. Ellis, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £92. Patron, B. H. Wortham, Esq. The church was recently in disrepair. There are an Independent chapel, a small free school, allotments for the poor, and other charities £14.
(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: | Shepreth AP/CP Cambridgeshire AncC |
| Place: | Shepreth |
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