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PIDLEY-CUM-FENTON, a parish in St. Ives district, Huntingdon; 2¾ miles W by N of Somersham r. station and 5 N N E of St. Ives. Post-town, Woodhurst, under Huntingdon. Acres, 3, 739. Real property, £5, 276. Pop., 569. Houses, 121. The property is chiefly divided among ten. Much of the surface is fen. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Somersham, in the diocese of Ely. The church was rebuilt in 1865, at a cost of £1,050; is in the early English style; and has a tower and tiled spire. There are an endowed schooland charities, with aggregately £55.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Pidley Cum Fenton Ch/CP St Ives RegD/PLU Huntingdonshire AncC |
Place: | Pidley |
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