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Mepal, Cambridgeshire

Historical Description

Mepal, a village and a parish in Cambridgeshire. The village stands on the navigable New Bedford or Hundred Foot river, 4 miles SE of Chatteris, 7 W by N of Ely, and 1¼ N from Sutton station on the Ely, Sutton, and St Ives branch of the G.E.R., and has a post office under Ely; money order and telegraph office, Sutton. The parish comprises 1714 acres; population of the civil parish, 390; of the ecclesiastical, 382. Fortrey Hall, formerly an ancient country mansion, is now a farmhouse. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; gross value, £280 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ely. The church is a building of flint and stone in the Early English style. There is a Union chapel.

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 parishMepal St. Mary 
HundredSouth Witchford 
Poor Law unionEly 

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


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Mepal from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

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


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 districtCB6
Post TownEly

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