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Fitton End
Fitton End is a hamlet in the civil parish of Newton-in-the-Isle, in the Fenland district, in the county of 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. It has a population of 70. References Hamlets in Cambridgeshire Fenland District {{Cambridgeshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fitton Croft Farm - Geograph
Fitton is a surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Fitton (Baron Fitton of Gawsworth) (16301698), Irish barrister and judge * Andrew Fitton (active from 2007), British businessman and football club owner * Arthur Fitton (190284), English footballer and cricketer * Benjamin Fitton (active from 2006), British singer songwriter * Michael Fitton (born 1980), Irish film & TV Special Effectshttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm12105598/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 * Darrell Fitton (active from 1994), English electronic musician * Darryl Fitton (born 1962), English professional darts player * Dexter Fitton (born 1965), English cricketer * Doris Fitton (18971985), Australian actress and theatrical director * Edward Fitton the elder (152779), Irish provincial governor * Edward Fitton, the younger (15481606), English Member of Parliament and administrator in Ireland * Fitton baronets, a title in the Baronetage of England 161743 :* Sir Edward Fitton, 1st Baronet (15721619 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newton-in-the-Isle
__NOTOC__ Newton-in-the-Isle is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Fenland District of the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, The village is to the north of Wisbech. History The "Isle" in Newton-in-the-Isle refers to the Isle of Ely. The village is situated on the Silt Fen (also known as the Townland), formed before the Bronze Age. Newton was not listed in the ''Domesday Book'' and was probably settled later, with its first mention appearing in 1210. According to ''Gardiner'', "[i]n 1286 Sir Roger de Colvil[l]e married Desiderata, grand-daughter of Sir Stephen de Maresco, Lord of the manor, lord of Newton, Walsoken, and Tydd St Giles, Tidd St Giles, and through her acquired Newton which became the chief residence of the (House of Colville (Colvin), Colville) family for over 500 hundred years", until it was sold in 1792. The College of St Mary by the Sea was founded here during the reign of Henry IV of England, Henry IV by John Colville (died 1394) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fenland District
Fenland is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. It was historically part of the Isle of Ely and borders the city of Peterborough to the northwest, Huntingdonshire to the west, and East Cambridgeshire to the southeast. It also borders the Lincolnshire district of South Holland to the north and the Norfolk district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk to the northeast. The administrative centre is in March. The district covers around of mostly agricultural land in the extremely flat Fens. The population of the district was 98,262 at the 2011 Census. It was formed on 1 April 1974, with the merger of the Borough of Wisbech, Chatteris Urban District, March Urban District, Whittlesey Urban District, North Witchford Rural District and Wisbech Rural District. In 2022 the council was reported to be the second most complained about in the county. Settlements in Fenland District Its council covers the market towns of Chatteris, March, Whittlesey and Wisbech (which is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Northamptonshire to the west. The city of Cambridge is the county town. Following the Local Government Act 1972 restructuring, modern Cambridgeshire was formed in 1974 through the amalgamation of two administrative counties: Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely, comprising the Historic counties of England, historic county of Cambridgeshire (including the Isle of Ely); and Huntingdon and Peterborough, comprising the historic county of Huntingdonshire and the Soke of Peterborough, historically part of Northamptonshire. Cambridgeshire contains most of the region known as Silicon Fen. The county is now divided between Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council, which since 1998 has formed a separate Unitary authorities of England, unita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamlets In Cambridgeshire
A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. The word and concept of a hamlet has roots in the Anglo-Norman settlement of England, where the old French ' came to apply to small human settlements. Etymology The word comes from Anglo-Norman ', corresponding to Old French ', the diminutive of Old French ' meaning a little village. This, in turn, is a diminutive of Old French ', possibly borrowed from ( West Germanic) Franconian languages. Compare with modern French ', Dutch ', Frisian ', German ', Old English ' and Modern English ''home''. By country Afghanistan In Afghanistan, the counterpart of the hamlet is the qala ( Dari: قلعه, Pashto: کلي) meaning "fort" or "hamlet". The Afghan ''qala'' is a fortified group of houses, generally with it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
