Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WENDY

WENDY, a parish in the district of Royston and county of Cambridge; 5 miles NNW of Royston r. station. Post town, Arrington, under Royston. Acres, 947. Real property, £1,477. Pop., 128. Houses, 26. The property be1ongs to the trustees of the late Hon. T. Windsor. The living is a vicarage, united with Shingay, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £200.* Patrons, the Trustees of the Hon. T. Windsor. The church was rebuilt in 1867. There is an endowed school with £30 a year.


(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: Wendy CP/AP       Cambridgeshire AncC
Place: Wendy

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