Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SNAILWELL

SNAILWELL, a parish in Newmarket district, Cambridge; 2¾ miles N of Newmarket r. station. Post town, Newmarket. Acres, 2,014. Real property, £2,409. Pop., 257. Houses, 25. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £535.* Patron, J. Tharp, Esq. The church is ancient, and has a Norman tower. Charities, £5.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Snailwell CP/AP       Newmarket RegD/PLU       Cambridgeshire AncC
Place: Snailwell

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