Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Welney

Welney, par. and vil., Cambridgeshire and Norfolk - par., 5292 ac., pop. 1026; vil., 8 miles SW. of Downham Market; P.O. Large sheets of water form decoys for wild fowl.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Welney CP       Welney CP/Ch       West Welney CP       Cambridgeshire AncC       Norfolk AncC
Place: Welney

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