lB8 MEPAL. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. [KELLY'S.

:MEPAL is & parish and vilLage in the Isle of Ely, xi formerly a private road with a toll gate, was constructed ·miles naTth from SntJton station on tlhe EJy, Sntwn and during the Civil war by Gen. Henry Ireton, the Par­ St. Ives bllallch Qf the Great Eastern railway, 7 west of liP.mentary commaiJder, to convey troops from Chatteris Ely city and 4 SO'U.th-east from Chatteris, in the to Ely. In 1902 it waWitchford, Ely union, pooty sessi>Onal division and now a farmhouse, derives its name from .Tames Fortrey county C()url; district, rural de&netry of Ely .and in the esq. an exile from Brabant in the reign of James II. a:rchdeaconry of Wisbooh and dliocese of Ely. The The principal landowners are the Ecclesiastical Com­ Hundred Foot river, which is navigable- from Bedford missioners, who 11re lords of the manor. The soil is to Lynn, runs through the villoage, and forms an im­ loam, with fen land; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are portant means of communi-oa.tion. The name of the wheat, potatoes, oats and barley. The area is 1,693 viH&ge is said to be a cont~ion of "Meopa's hall," acres of land and 15 of water; rateable value, £2,524; Meopa being ·a Saxon lord. The church of St. Mary, the population in 19II was 3-41 in the civil and 330 in anciently belonging, a.coording rt;o the in.scription on the the ecclesiasticaol parish. , tomb of Alan d~ Walsingham, sub-prior and sacristan By Local Government Board Order No. 15,876 (March of Ely cat'hedlflaJ, to the church of Ely, is .a building 24, x884), a part of Witcham was trans·ferred to Mepal. of flint and stone in the Early English style, consisting Post Office.-Frederic Newton, sub-postmaster. Letters of chancel, nave, 8'0'Uth porch ·and a western iumet • oontaining one bell : the cha1ncel was l"e•stored by tlhe arrive from Ely at 8.1_') a.m. & 3.30 p.m.; mondays Rev. Charles S. Harris LL.M. rector (1876-84), •and the~ & thursdays, 8.15 a.m. & 2.15 p.m.; dispatched at chu:rch in 1905 a.t a cost of £6oo, oand in 1908 the 10.20 a.m. & 5.50 p.m. The nearest money order & interi·or was reseated ·and a· vestry added at a cost of telegraph office is at Sutton, about ~~ miles distant £200 : there are xoo sittings. The register dat·es from School Managers. the yea;r I559· The living is a r.ectory, net ye~a,rly value Meet 2nd tuesday in Jan. April, July & Oct. in School, £2oo, including 50 aeores 'Of glebe •and residence, in the at 7.30 p.m. gift of the Dean and Chapter of Ely, and held since Formed xst July, xgo3. Four foundation managers, one 1903 by the Rev. Ralph Adye Ram M.A. of Oorpus appointed by the County Council & one by the Parish Cbristi College, Cambridge. Here is a Ba.ptist (Union) Council ; Rev. R. A. Ram, correspondent chapel. A market was he·ld here up to 1834, when it Public Elementary School (mixed), built in 1875, for 8o wts removed to ChatteTis. A sum of about £xo yeoa,rly, children; Mrs. Ellen Ann Setchfield, mistress arising from 6 ac.res and known as "As.pland's Charity,'' . . is d~stributed in money oalt Christmas. Ireton's Way, County Constabulary, P.C. Albert Edward Newell 1 . . PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Fisher John, farmer' Pearson Brothers, farmers Crang Misses, Rectory cottage Giddens Amos, farmer Pearson Ja.mes Jonas, farmer Lee Capt.Chas.Alexander, Ash cottage Goodjohn Jane (Mr-s.), farmer Pearson Thomas, farmer, Wisteria ho Ram Rev. Ralph Adye M.A. (rector), Goodjohn Waiter, farmer Rayner Albert, farmer, Bridge. farm The Rectory Goodman .Toseph, engineer Rayner Errima (Mrs.), farmer COMMERCIAL. Ingram Alfred, poultry dealer Rayner John, farmer .Angood Robert, farmer J ames Robert, Three Fishes P .H Richardson Alfred Fryer. farmer Atkin William & Son, farmers Kilby William Henry, baker & grocer Saunders Jemima (Mrs.), farmer Atkin Harriet (Mrs.), farmer Kisby William, farmer SculthoTpe Robt. Jas. beer retailer Baker William, farmer, Meadlands Ladson Tom, Red Lion P.H Setchfield Alexander, blacksmith Barrs George Wm. Cross Keys P.H Newton Frederic, grocer & draper. Waters Charles, ferryman Faux Waiter, farmer Post office MILTON is a parish and village, on the road from College, Cambridge, and held since 1900 by the ReT. Cambridge to Ely and on the river Cam, 2! miles north- George William Evans M.A. of that college, rural dean east from Waterbeach station on the Ely and Cam- of Quy and honorary canon of Ely. Here is a Baptist bridge line of the Great Eastern railway and 3! north- chapel, erected in 1865. with sittings for 150 persons, north-east from Cambridge, in the Western division of and a village readin~ room. The charities, now (1916) the county, hundred of North Stow, union of Chester- producing about £6o ·yearly, are administered by ton. petty sessional division and county court district trustees under a scheme framed by the Charity Corn­ of Cambridge, rural deanery of Quy and archdeaconry missionPrs; three parts of the total sum are applied and diocese of Ely. The church of All Saints is a for the use of the poor, and one-fourth to the church. building of rubble and stone in mixed sty;Ies, with The Misses BaumgartMr are ladies of the manor. The some remains of Norman work, and exhibits various principal laLdowners are King's and Pembroke Colleges, peculiarities of construction: it consists of chancel, Cambrid,ge, J. V. Pryor esq. and the County Council. nave, north aisle, south aisle, south porch and a western The soil is loam ; subsoil, clay and gravel; a consider­ tower of the Late Decorated period containing a clock able portion has been laid down to grass and part is and 3 bells: the north aisle, which had been demolished, strong fen land. The crops are wheat, barley, peas, was rebuilt in r864: the chancel retains its· Norman beans, potatoes and turnips. The area, as extended, arch and a double piscina, which, however, has been is 3,o8r acres of land and 7 of water; rateable value, mutilated by the insertion in the Perpendicular period £8,663; the population in 19II was 536, but as ex­ of three graduated sedilia: there are some good tended, 740. The population of the ecclesiastical parish miserere benches: the altar-rails were brought from in I9II was 536. King's College chapel, Cambrid.ge, and on the north By the Cambridge (Extension) Order, 19u, which side is an altar tomb with a brass, dated 1553 : the came into operation April xst, 1912, that part of nave dates from about the year 1300 and is of Late Ch t rto · ·1 · h dd d C b 'd M · Geometric character: on the south side of the chancel es e n ClVl parJs not a e to a.m rl ge um- cipal Borough was transferred to Milton civil parish. arch is a singular recess, possibly a hagioscope : in the .. church is a fine monument by Flaxman to Mrs. Knight, Parish C.lerk,. J~mes Carlton. d. x8oo, and one by Chantrey to Mr. Samuel Knight, Post & M. 0 Office.-George Setchfield, sub-postmaster. d~ 1B2q: a stained window was placed in the north aisle Letters arrive from Cambridge by mail cart at 5 a. m. in 1892 by the Rev. John Chapman, rector, to the & r.15 pm.; dispatched at n a.m. & 8 p.m.; no memory of his wife, who died in x8·8g: there are 269 sunday delivery. Waterbeach, 2! miles distant, is tM sittings, 179 being free. The register of baptisms dates nearest telegraph office fToin .t~e year. 1707; marriages, 1754; burials! 1 7°~· Public Elementary School (mixed), erected in 1836, for The hvmg, wh1ch had formerly a rector and VlCar, IS 105 children. Albert E Ballard master now a consolidated rectory, net income £270, with ' · ' residence and 288 acres of glebe, in the gift of King's . Carrier.-Camps, from Waterbeach to· Cambridge, sat

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. COMMERCIAL. Edmunds & Co. (George A. Brown, Bowyer John William, Butt lane Cambridge Corporation Sewage Farm manager), fruit growers, nursery­ Dunn Thomas ·Wm. M.A. Milton ho (Henry Smith, manager) men & florists, The Nurseries Evans Rev. Canon George Wm. M.A. Constable Wm. John, White Horse P .H Essex Thos. Wm. Jolly Brewers P.H (rector k rural dean), The Rectory Coulson Alpheous, thrashing machine Goodin Fredk. Wait. farmr.&dairymn Gunnell Misses owner & farmer Gwilliams Frederick, farmer Honey John Edward, The Red house Coulson .Tames, market gardener Hum.phreys Albert Leigh, marKe• -Redfern William Beales D.L., J.P. Coulson George, market gardener gardener . Milton hall Coulson William George, Wagon & Micklejohn Fredk. Lion & Lamb P .B Rqbinson Mrs. Shirley lodge Horses P.H Mill& Ern est Edward, farmer .. Wi1son Frederick Easy Simeon, farmer