DIRECTORY.] . W j,TCHFO~D. _94-J (Marked thus t should be addressed Embling William, farm bailiff to the Oldham Edward Sharp, farmer, Tho- Wisbech.) exors of the late Thomas Wing, lomas Drove tBowles Saml. Brook cot. New drove Th?lomas Drove tPopely Abraham,farmer,Spinney frm .Jones Rev. Rd.Deverenx M.A.Vicarage Enghsh Albert, Chequers P.B. Tho- Retchless J oseph, carman Longland Mrs. Moat Field cottage F·lohmasJDrove hI' ht .. Savory Henry lreorge, sohoolmaster . IS er 8lI1es, w ee wng "" car- Schrimshaw Rt. farmer, Wisbech fen Simpson Horace Farr, road surveyor, COlOlEBCIAL. penter. Tholomas Drove Foster James, carpenter &; wheel- Temperance villas Bloodworth Joseph, farmer &; fruit wright &; sub-postmaster Skells John, butcher,Tholomas DroVlt grower, Trafford 110use Foster Walter Joseph, wheelwright Skells Valentine Bell, farmer tBowles William Alfred,' fruit grower, Garford Joseph. farmer, Inham hall Tawn Abraham &; Son, coal dealers New drove, North Brink tGarner Walter J ames, fruit grower Tawn Benj. shopkeeper &; coal dealer Britain Wm. farmer, Rummers farm &; farmer, New drove, North Brink Tomlin Robert, miller (wind " Burrowil Sarah Jaoe (Mrs.), Coach &; Gray Christopher, blacksmith steam), Tholomas Drove Horses P.H Grimwade Jane (Mrs.). fruit grower Wadsley Wm. farmer &; fruit grower £hilds John, beer retailer Hardiment David. sexton Wakefield Fredk. J ames, blacksmith £lark Thomas, farmer, Ripes house Holmes Henry John, beer retailer Wakefield J ames Alfred, blacksmith £lifton Harry, farmer, Sand bank Judge Jesse Wilsuo, bricklayer Wakefield John William, chimney £olman Geo. farmer, Tholomas Drove Judge John, farmer. Bummers sweeper, 'l'holomas Drove tCordon William, fruit grower, NonD Kilham Jamell Alfred, farmer, Wil- tWaling James, farmer, Bevis hall Brink lock farm North Brink tCross Thomas, farmer, New drove, Kitchin Robt. Ward. station master Waling James Henry, thrashing North Brink Knowles William, fruit grower, Tho­ machine proprietor 'Ouly Ephraim, frmr. Tholomas Drove lomas Drove tWaling Robert, thrashing machine Dawes John, nurseryman Lewin Jas. Wheel ion, &; fruit grower proprietor, Bevis hall, North Brink Desborongh Thomas, farmer &; fruit Linfer William,farmer, Chestnut farm Whitfield John Ashley, farmer grower, Station farm Mead William, farmer grazier, The Poplars Diggins Thomas, beer retailer tNicholson John, farmer, New drove, Williamson Thomas, farmer, fruit grower &; landowner, Manor house ,Eagle Harry, boot maker North Brink , is a parish standing on a hill about three· clay. The chief crops are wheat, beans, barley and oats. ·quarters of a mile from the high road from Ely to Chat­ The area is 2,216 acres; rateable value, £3,023; the tens, abont ~ miles north-east from Sutton station, on population in 1901 waoS 297 in the civil and 370 in 'the the Ely and St. Ives branch of the Great Eastern ecclesiastical parish, and are wholly engaged in husbandry. railway, and abont 6 west from Ely, in the Western divi· By an Order which came into operation March 25, 1885, sion of the county, South Witchford hundred, Ely union, detached parts of this parish were amalgamated with petty se8sional division and county court district, in the Coveney and Manea, the latter in North Witchford , rural deanery of Ely, and in the peculiar union: at the same date detached parts of Ely St. Mary's, urchidiacona! jurisdiction of the BiShOp of Ely. The Ely Trinity and Witchford were amalgamated with this church of St. Martin, erected in the 13th century, is a parish. structnre of brick in the Early English style, consisting Parish Clerk, Henry Sykes. -()f chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles containing one bell: there is a Nor­ WITCHAM GRAVEL is a , formed by an man font with curious carved figures, a carved stone Order of the Isle. of Ely County Council, February 5. pulpit and an oak screen: the nave was thoroughly 1896. It is included in the Urban District of Ely. The restored in 1897, new roofed and reseated in oak: the area is 389 acres; rateable value, £391; the population • church affords 220 sittings. The register dates from the ID 1901 was 7- year 1663. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £200, including 19 acres of glebe'; with residence, in the Post &; Postal Order Office.-Miss Mary Dickinson, sub­ gift of the Dean and Chapter of Ely, and held since 1893 postmistress. Letters arrive through Ely at 7.30 a.m. ; by the Bev. John Griffith Cheshire M.A. of St. Catharine's dispatched at 6.30 a.m. &; 5.30 p.m.; 10.10 a.m. sun­ College, Cambridge. There is a small Wesleyan chapel. days. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at rebuilt in 18g8. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners, whp l8utton, 2 miles distant are lords of the manor, Miss Martin and Messrs. Williau. Public Elementary School (mixed), erected in 1871, for Priestly, William Ambrose and Harold Henry Wiles art' 60 children; average attendance, 45; Miss Ethel Reed, mistress the principal landowners. The soil is gravel; subsoil, • Cheshire Rev. John Griffith M.A. Haylock Lawrance, farmer PriesUey William, farmer Vicarage Hiam Robert, farmer, Hale fen Reed Ethel (Miss), schoolmistress COMMERCL\.L. King Christopher, farmer Saberton Richard, farmer Sharp Hannah (Mrs.), beer retailer lhnvard• William Pattison, beer reUr Leach Sarah (Mrs.), beer retailer Cattell Georg-e, farmer I.eedin~ William, poultry dealer Stapleton Thomas, beer retailer Flanders Willi8lI1. farmer Papworth Samuel, grocer 3ykes Henry, parish clerk Giddens Arthur, White Horse P.R Pate George, farmer Vye Samuel Dean, farmer Harvey Arthur J. farmer, assistant PooIe Freeman, shoe maker Vye William WaIter, farmer Dverseer &; clerk to Parish Council

WITCHFORD (anciently Wycheford) is a parish in the restorations were concluded in :1887: there are 300 lsle of Ely (giving name to the two hundreds), in the sittings. The register dates from the year 1778. The south of which it is situated, on the road from Ely to St. living is a vicarage, net yearly value £300, including 26 lves, 2 miles north-by-west from station on acres of glebe, with residence, built in 1847, in the gift the Ely, Sutton and St. Ives section of the Great Eastern of the Dean and Chapter of Ely, and held since 1884 by railway, and 3 south-west from Ely, in the Western divi­ the Rev. Benjamin Marner Lloyd, of St. Bees. Here is $ion of the county, Ely union, petty sessional division a Baptist ch:lpel, erected in 1871, with sittings for 135 ~nd county court district, and rural deanery of Ely, and persons. St. Andrew's Hall, erected in 1903, on a site in the peculiar archidiaconal jurisdiction of the Bishop of given by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. is used for }:ly: it is entirely ag-ricultural. The church of St. parish and other meetings. The Ecclesiastical Commis­ .Andrew, as appears from the mandate of Bishop Arundell, sioners. who are lords of the manor, and Messrs. Francis dated at Downham 4 Dec. 1376, and preserved in the .Tohn Beldam and WaIter Wright are the chief land­ dIocesan registry, was consecrated 12th Dec. in that owners. The soil is clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops year: it was originally Norman, and incorporate-s the are wheat and beans. The area is 2,156 acres; rateable materials of the ancient structure, but is chiefly an value, £2,592; the population in 1901 was 364 in the edifice of stone in the Early English and later str1es, civil and 378 in the ecclesiastical parish. The ecclesias­ cunsisting of chancel, nave, north porch and an embattled. tical parish includes the formerly extra-parochial places "\\'1l4ern tuwer containing 3 bells, dated 1671: the east of Wolvey Hills and Wolvey Holes. By an Order which window is stained: the church retains 8 Norman font and came into operation March 25, 1884. detached parts of the chancel has a piscina and a double aumbry, and there this parish were amalgamated with Witcham and ~fanea, as another double aumbry in the north wall of tae nave: and on Marcli 25, 1886, another detached part was amal­ ·the tower is Early English of the 13th century, and the gamated with . • nave and chancel are Decorated of the 14th century: the church Wa.$ thoroughly restored in 1851, and further Sexton, Miller Constable. ,