March (Cambridgeshire)
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 33 ' N , 0 ° 5' E | ||
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| Residents | 18,040 (as of 2001) | ||
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| Part of the country | England | ||
| Shire county | Cambridgeshire | ||
| District | Fenland | ||
| Civil Parish | March | ||
March is a town and an administrative division in the District of Fenland in Cambridgeshire , England. Located on the River Nene , March is 23 miles from Cambridge . In 2001 the city had 18,040 inhabitants. March was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Mercha / Merche .
Attractions
The church of St. Wendreda , also Wendreth, is the oldest church in the city. With the exception of the West Arcade, it belongs to the Decorated Style and the Perpendicular Style . The church is the only one consecrated to Wendreda, a saint and healer from the 7th century who was the sister of St. Etheldreda and daughter of King Anne of East Anglia is considered. The roof, built between 1470 and 1520, "the most splendid timber roof of Cambridge", a double hammer-beam vault with 118 angel figures, behind which the beams seem to disappear, enjoys an excellent reputation. Simon Jenkins calls it “finest English angel roof”.
traffic
The A141 road runs past March and meets the A47 road around 8 km north .
March is on the railway line from Cambridge via Ely to Peterborough . The station counted over 400,000 travelers in 2017/2018.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ordnance Survey: March. Ordnance Survey Linked Data, accessed May 25, 2017 .
- ^ GENUKI: Distance from MARCH [TL416969]. Retrieved May 25, 2017 (English).
- ↑ KS01 Usual resident population Census 2001 (Microsoft Excel table). ons.gov.uk. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ^ The Domesday Book Online: Cambridgeshire LZ. Retrieved May 25, 2017 (English).
- ^ Nikolaus Pevsner : The Buildings of England: Cambridgeshire. Yale University Press, New Haven / London 2002, ISBN 0-300-09586-4 , p. 438.
- ↑ England's Thousand Best Churches. Allen Lane, 1999, ISBN 0-7139-9281-6 , p. 50.