ELM, a parish in Wisbeach district, Cambridge; on the Wisbeach canal, contiguous with Norfolk, and near the Wisbeach and Cambridge railway, 2 miles SSE of Wisbeach. It has a post office under Wisbeach. Acres, 11, 105. Real property, £22, 737. Pop., 1, 729. Houses, 379 An ancient earthwork goes hence toward Lincolnshire; and Roman urns and coins have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £400.* Patron, the Bishop of Ely. The church is good; and has a tower and spire. The vicarage of Friday-Bridge is a separate benefice. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. An endowed school has £53; town lands yield £70; and other charities have £85.

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