Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PIDLEY-CUM-FENTON

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))

Linked entities:
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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