Earith, Huntingdonshire

Historical Description

Earith, a township in Bluntisham parish, Huntingdonshire, on the river Ouse, at the boundary with Cambridge, 5¼ miles NE by E from St Ives. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under St Ives, and fairs on 4 May, 25 July, and 1 Nov., chiefly for cattle. Bulwerks is supposed to be a Roman camp of some 4 acres. There ar— Quaker, Particular and General Baptists, and Wesleyan chapels. Fruit is grown here in considerable quantities, and there is a moderate trade carried on in coal, timber, and building materials.

Administration

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

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

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Earith from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Earith)

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Earith are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)