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"Cambridgeshire,
(Cambs.) inland eastern county of England; bounded North by
Lincolnshire, East by Norfolk and Suffolk, South by Essex
and Herts, West by Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Northamptonshire;
greatest length, North and South, 48 miles; greatest breadth,
East and West, 28 miles; average breadth 16 miles; area, 524,935
acres; population 185,594. The North section of the county,
including the Isle of Ely and part of the Great Bedford Level,
is a large flat expanse of country, which, for the most part,
formerly consisted of fen and marsh. It is now intersected
in all directions by wide trenches or canals. The land, thus
drained and reclaimed, is a rich, black soil, and bears excellent
crops. From this tract the pleasant vale of the Cam stretches
away to the south-west, and contains a great number of excellent
dairy farms. Cambridgeshire comprises 17 hundreds, 172 parishes
with parts of 7 others, the parliamentary and municipal borough
of Cambridge (1 member and Cambridge University 2 members),
and the municipal borough of Wisbech (pronounced Wizbeech)."
[Bartholemew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887]
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