__NOTOC__ Murrow is a village in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

Wisbech St Mary Wisbech St Mary is a village in the Fenland District of Cambridgeshire, England. It is west of the town of Wisbech. It lies between two roads, the B1169 and the A47. The population of the civil parish (including Guyhirn and Thorney Toll) at th ...

, in

Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and North ...

, England. The village is on Murrow Bank, the B1187

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, west from the town of

Wisbech Wisbech ( ) is a market town, inland Port of Wisbech, port and civil parish in the Fenland District, Fenland district in Cambridgeshire, England. In 2011 it had a population of 31,573. The town lies in the far north-east of Cambridgeshire, bord ...

. Its population is included in the

Parson Drove Parson Drove is a fen village in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. A linear settlement, it is west of Wisbech, the nearest town. The village is named after the central thoroughfare along which the village developed, a green drove, much ...

. Murrow has a village store, and The Bell Inn

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which is owned by

Elgood's Brewery Elgood's is a family-owned regional brewery in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, which was established in 1795. History The North Brink Brewery, on the north bank of the River Nene in Wisbech, was established in 1795 and purchased six years lat ...

History

In 1376, Murrow was written as 'Morrowe' and derives from Old English mor (marsh) and raw (row) of houses. The Early English style Corpus Christi chapel was erected in 1857, built by Rev. Henry Jackson at his own expense. Murrow was part of the ecclesiastical parish of Wisbech St Mary, formed under the 1870 Leverington Rectory Act. Emmanuel church was built in 1873 during the incumbency of Rev. A.W. Roper. Formerly the village contained orchards and produced bulbs. Murrow once had two railway stations, on the M&GNJR, and on GN&GEJR. As it had two stations, Murrow also had a Station Road (originally Mill Road, renamed Station Road, and renamed back to Mill Road), and a Station Avenue.

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* Villages in Cambridgeshire Fenland District {{Cambridgeshire-geo-stub