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WILBRAHAM (Great,) a parish, with a village, in Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire; 1½ mile E by N of Fulbourn r. station, and 6 E by S of Cambridge. It has a post-office under Cambridge. Acres, 2,800. Real property, £4,181. Pop., 596. Houses, 129. The manor belonged anciently to the Knights Templars; and, with the Temple, belongs now to E. Hicks, Esq. The living is a vicarage in thee diocese of Ely. Value, £203. Patron, E. Hicks, Esq. The church is ancient. There are a Baptist chapel and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Chesterton Poor Law Union/Registration District Cambridgeshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | GREAT WILBRAHAM | WILBRAHAM | WILBRAHAM GREAT |
| Place: | Great Wilbraham |
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