A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WELNEY, a chapelry in Upwell parish, Cambridge and Norfolk; on the old Bedford river, 6 miles NE by E of Manea r. station, and 10 ESE of March. It has a post-office under Wisbeach. Acres, 5,292. Real property of the Cambridge part, £5,043; of the Norfolk part, £6,854. Pop., 477 and 624. Houses, 105 and 131. The property is subdivided. Extensive sheets of water, for decoying wild ducks, are here; and form fine skating-ground in winter. A boat, 8 feet below the river's bed, was found in 1635. Roman coins, urns, and other relics, have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £1,300.* Patron, W. Townley, Esq. The church was built in 1850, and is in the early English style. There are Baptist and Methodist chapels, and a free school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Cambridgeshire AncC Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Welney |
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