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DITTON-FEN, or Fen-Ditton, a parish in Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire; on the river Cam and the Ely railway, 2¼ miles NNE of Cambridge. Post town, Chesterton, under Cambridge. Acres, 1,862. Real property, £4, 052. Pop., 581. Houses, 133. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £404.* Patron, the Bishop of Ely. The church was recently renovated. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Fen Ditton Parish Chesterton Poor Law Union/Registration District Cambridgeshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | DITTON FEN | DITTON FEN OR FEN DITTON | FEN DITTON |
| Place: | Fen Ditton |
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