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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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
of
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 Great Britain road numbering scheme, roads, the B1169 and the A47 road, A47. The population of the civil par ...
, in
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfor ...
, England.
The village is on Murrow Bank, the B1187
road
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Th ...
, west from the town of
Wisbech
Wisbech ( ) is a market town, inland 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, bordering Norfolk and ...
. Its population is included 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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
of
Parson Drove
Parson Drove is a fen village and civil parish 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 ...
. Murrow has a village store, and The Bell Inn
public house
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which is owned by
Elgood's Brewery.
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.
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Formerly the village contained orchards and produced bulbs.]
References
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Villages in Cambridgeshire
Fenland District
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