Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HADDENHAM

HADDENHAM, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Ely district, Cambridge. The village stands in the fens, 3 miles N of the Old West river, and 6½ SW of Ely r. station; and has a post office under Ely. The parish includes also the hamlets of Aldreth and Hill Row. Acres, 8, 912. Real property, £20, 047. Pop., 1, 976. Houses, 413. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged formerly to the priory of Rochester; and belongs now to the Earl of Hardwicke. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £235. Patron, the Archdeacon of Ely. The church stands on a slight acclivity; is about three centuries old; has a lofty spire, visible for many miles; and was in 1865 in disrepair. A new burial ground was formed in 1862. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, and two free schools with £74 and £38; and one of the schools was rebuilt by subscription in 1863. The subdistrict contains also two other parishes. Acres, 18, 085. Pop., 3, 998. Houses, 860.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Haddenham CP/AP       Haddenham SubD       Ely RegD/PLU       Cambridgeshire AncC
Place: Haddenham

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