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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 80In practice the new glebe was still occupied by the Thornhills' tenant farmers until after 1885. 81At inclosure …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… farm. 37By the 1890s most farms had been left in the Thornhills' hands, as three out of five, 1,080 a. in all, … 1983 near the north-east end of the street. 48 By 1840 the Thornhills had a brickyard on 5 a. in a field north of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… probably stood then as later on a site provided by the Thornhills in the angle between the two roads south of Church …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1880s to the 1970s. 7Between 1955 and 1970 most of the Thornhills' Boxworth land was sold, c. 800 a. south of the … in 1960. 9Only Page's farm, 352 a., remained with the Thornhills in 1983. 10 The medieval Overhall manor house …