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THRIPLOW, a parish and a hundred in Cambridge. The parish lies 2¾ miles WSW of Whittlesford r. station, and 7 NE by E of Royston; and is in Royston district. Post town, Royston. Acres, 2,489. Real property, £3,639. Pop., 502. Houses, 98. The property is divided chiefly among five. T. Heath was a grand rendezvous of the army under Fairfax and Cromwell in July 1647. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £129.* Patron, the Bishop of Ely. The church is ancient. There are an Independent chapel and two public schools. -The hundred contains ten parishes. Acres, 16,160. Pop., 5,388. Houses, 1,174.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Thriplow CP/AP Thriplow Hundred Cambridgeshire AncC |
Place: | Thriplow |
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