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Chippenham, Cambridgeshire

Historical Description

Chippenham, a village and a parish in Cambridgeshire. The village stands on the verge of the county, 2½ miles from Isleham station on the G.E.R., and 4:½ NE by N of Newmarket, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Soham. The parish includes also the hamlet of Bad-lingham. Acreage, 4301; population, 612. The manor was given in 1148 by William de Mandeville to the Knights Hospitallers, who built a preceptory on it; passed after the Dissolution to the Russells, CromwelFs connections by marriage, one of whom entertained Charles I. here; and belongs now to the Tharp family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely; net yearly value, £178. The church is a building of stone in the Gothic style, was restored in 1893 at a cost of £1700. It is rich in frescoes. There is a Congregational chapel. Chippenham Hall is a chief residence standing in a park of about 400 acres.

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 parishChippenham St. Margaret 
HundredStaploe 
Poor Law unionNewmarket 

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.

DistrictEast Cambridgeshire
CountyCambridgeshire
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtCB7
Post TownEly

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