Wednesday, July 22 TEVERSHAM (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Chesterton, hundred of Flendish, county of Cambridge, 3 ½ miles (E.) from Cambridge; containing 220 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from Cambridge to Newmarket, and comprises by admeasurement 1187 acres.
Tuesday, July 21 TADLOW (St. Giles), a parish, in the union of Caxton and Arrington, hundred of Armingford, county of Cambridge, 4 ½ miles (E. S. E.) from Potton; containing 173 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £6. 17., and in the gift of the Master and Fellows of Downing College, Cambridge, who are the impropriators : the great tithes have been commuted for £5. 10., and those of the vicar for £125. 8.; there are 9 acres of glebe.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
Saturday, May 2 MURROW, a hamlet in Leverington parish, Cambridge; 5 miles WSW of Wisbeach. It formerly had a chapel.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Monday, April 6 ABINGTON, GREAT (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Linton, hundred of Chilford, county of Cambridge, 2 ¼ miles (N. W.) from Linton ; containing 358 inhabitants. This place was formerly in the possession of the Veres, Earls of Oxford, to one of whom a market on Friday, to be held here, was granted about 1256, with a fair on the festival of St. Lawrence, both of which have been long discontinued. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £7. 16. 3.; net income, £62 ; patron and impropriator, T. Mortlock, Esq. The tithes, with some exceptions, were commuted for land under an inclosure act in 1801. A school for girls is supported by subscription.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
Monday, April 6 ABINGTON-IN-THE-CLAY, or Abington-Pigots (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of royston, hundred of Armingford, county of Cambridge, 4 ½ miles (W. N. W.) from Royston; containing 232 inhabitants. It had formerly the privilege of holding a market on Friday, granted about the year 1335 to the Bassingbourns. The parish comprises 1239a. 8p., of which 885 acres are arable, 268 meadow, 64 wood, and 19 occupied by cottages. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £16. 2. 3 ½., and in the gift of M. G. F. Pigott, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £354, and there are 28 acres of glebe. A school is supported by subscription.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
Monday, April 6 ABINGTON, LITTLE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of linton, hundred of chilford, county of cambridge, 2 ¾ miles (N. W. by N.) from Linton; containing 277 inhabitants. This place appears to be of some antiquity, its church having been given by Stephen, Earl of Brittany, to the monastery of St. Mary in York, subsequently to which, the prior of Pentney, in Norfolk, possessed it. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £7. 6. 5 ½.; net income, £875 patron, T. Mortlock, Esq. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment by an inclosure act in 1801.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
