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Stow cum Quy, Cambridgeshire

Historical Description

Stow-cum-Quy, a parish in Cambridgeshire, with a station on the Cambridge and Mildenhall branch of the G.E.R., and 5 miles ENE of Cambridge. Post town, Cambridge; money order and telegraph office, Bottisham. Acreage, 1879; population, 387. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The manor, with Quy Hall, belongs to the Francis family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely; net value, £218 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Ely. The church is an ancient embattled building of flint in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, N and S porches, and an embattled western tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel. Jeremy Collier was a native.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyCambridgeshire 
Ecclesiastical parishStow cum Quy St. Mary 
HundredStaine 
Poor Law unionChesterton 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cambridgeshire is available to browse.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Cambridgeshire 1575 and 1619 is available online.

DistrictSouth Cambridgeshire
CountyCambridgeshire
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtCB25
Post TownCambridge

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