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COMBERTON, a parish in Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire; on Bourn brook, 2 miles NW of Harston r. station, and 5 WSW of Cambridge. It has a post office under Cambridge. Acres, 1, 925. Real property, £3, 131. Pop., 562. Houses, 110. The property is much sub-divided. Part of the land is common. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £153. Patron, Jesus' College, Cambridge. The church is later English, and good. Charities, £25.
(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: | Comberton Parish Chesterton Poor Law Union/Registration District Cambridgeshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Comberton |
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