The Cam, Cambridgeshire
Historical Description
Cam, The, a river of Cambridgeshire. It rises at Ashwell, near the boundary with Beds, runs 14 miles north-eastward, past Barrington to Granchester, receives there the Granta coming 12 miles from the west, and becomes navigable, proceeds thence 2¾ miles north by eastward to Cambridge, and goes thence 13 miles north-north-eastward past Chesterton, Waterbeach, and Upware to a confluence with the Ouse, 3½ miles above Ely. It was widened and otherwise improved in its course past Cambridge in 1869 at a cost of about £6000.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cambridgeshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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