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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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WICKEN, a parish, with a village, in Newmarket district, Cambridge; 2¾ miles SSW of Soham, and 7 NW of Newmarket r. station. Post town, Soham. Acres, 3,812. Real property, £7,363. Pop., 995. Houses, 237. The property is much subdivided. Ancient coins and other antiquities have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £90. Patron, the Church Patronage Society. The church is ancient. There are two Methodist chapels and an endowed school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Wicken CP/AP Newmarket RegD/PLU Cambridgeshire AncC |
| Place: | Wicken |
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