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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Welches Dam like this:
WELCHES-DAM, an extra-parochial tract in North Witchford district, Cambridge; 6½ miles NW of Ely. Acres, 2,980. Real property, £3,166. Pop., 132. Houses, 25.
Welches Dam is now part of FENLAND District. Click here for graphs and data of how FENLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Welches Dam itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Welches Dam, in Fenland and Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1603
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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