.110 CBATTERIS, CA~lBRIDGESJIIRE• [KELLY'S figures of men fighting; this, when found, was, in 8 per- manQl' of Benet College, Chattens. The principal land­ feet state of preservation. In several parts of the fen owners. are Algernon Gardner esq. Martin O'Connor lands laTge oak trees ha.ve. belln brought tq the ~~:dace esq. J. Edward Fryer esq. the Master and Fellows of from a great depth. Near here is Vermuyden's Drain, 80 Christ's Oollege, Cambrid.ge, John Stanley Nix esq. The named after Sir Cornelius Vermuyden, a. celebrated en- Limes, , Jame.s Curtis Smith esq. J'.P. of Grove gineer, who drained the Bedford level in 1649-53. St. House, Robert R. Ohilds esq. Arthur Ruston esq. 'and Matthias' Court, a piece of land of 24 acres, formerly held Herbert Forte9Cue Fryer esq. J.P. The Priory, Chatteris. in trust by the Bishops of Ely, was conveyed in 1869 to 24 The soil is clay, loam and fen land; subsoil, clay. The inhabitants of Chatteris as trustees, and the rent is. ap- chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, mangolds, carrots plied to the general improvement of the town. Algernon and potatoes. The land around has been rendered very Gardner esq. of 37 Grosvenor place, S.W. is productiv~ by draining and gaulting. The area of th8 lord of the manors of Chatteris Ramsey and Bartle-nuper- civil parish and Urban District is 13,683 acres of land Gardiners; Thomas Jennings esq. of Newmarket. is lord and 39 of water; rateable value, [,27,158; the population of the manor of Chatteris Nunns; the Master and :Fellows in 1901 was 4,711 .. • J of Corpus p1lristi college, Cambridge, are lords of the Parish Clerk, Joseph Basham. ( Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c. Post, M. O. & T. 0., T. M. 0., E. D.,. S. R &; A. & I. Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator~ North Witchford Office (Railway Sub-OffiC