Landwade
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Landwade is a parish in west Suffolk
, England
, four miles north of Newmarket. One of the smallest parishes in the county, it is only 1 kilometre from north to south and at most 500m from east to west.
The village is crossed by New River (formerly known as Monk's Lode), a small river that flows through Wicken Fen
and reaches the River Cam
at Upware
. The village's name probably derives in part from gewaed an Old English word meaning "ford".
in 1954, though it is now part of the parish of Exning in Suffolk.
Parishes of its size were generally absorbed in the middle ages, but Landwade survived thanks to the rebuilding of the church by Walter Cotton, lord of the manor, in the 15th century to serve as a burial place for his family.
The area around Landwade was occupied in Roman times, and a villa was situated just to the south of the modern parish.
The parish also contains Landwade Hall, a large house that was partially destroyed by bombers during the Second World War. The hall was the ancestral home of the Cotton family until they moved to Madingley
in the 18th century.
and has only been part of Suffolk since 1994.
Neighbouring Exning
and the northern part of Newmarket were historically a detached island of Suffolk in east Cambridgeshire, and when the detached parts of counties were slowly removed in the 19th century, Exning was allowed to remain in Suffolk by transferring the narrow parish of Newmarket All Saints from Cambridgeshire to Suffolk in 1895 forming a bridge only a few tens of metres wide to attach it to the rest of Suffolk.
In 1974 when the English counties were again adjusted, it was proposed that Newmarket and Exning be moved into Cambridgeshire, but this was voted down by residents in a referendum.
In 1994, further adjustments to the Suffolk-Cambridgeshire border were made and although only small parcels of land were transferred some houses changed county: two people moved from Suffolk to Cambridgeshire, and ten from Cambridgeshire to Suffolk. All of the houses affected were in the estate of Landwade Hall, and Landwade's church was among the buildings transferred to Suffolk.
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, four miles north of Newmarket. One of the smallest parishes in the county, it is only 1 kilometre from north to south and at most 500m from east to west.
The village is crossed by New River (formerly known as Monk's Lode), a small river that flows through Wicken Fen
Wicken Fen
Wicken Fen is a wetland nature reserve situated near the village of Wicken, Cambridgeshire, England.It is one of Britain's oldest nature reserves, and was the first reserve acquired by the National Trust, in 1899. The reserve includes fenland, farmland, marsh, and reedbeds...
and reaches the River Cam
River Cam
The River Cam is a tributary of the River Great Ouse in the east of England. The two rivers join to the south of Ely at Pope's Corner. The Great Ouse connects the Cam to England's canal system and to the North Sea at King's Lynn...
at Upware
Upware
Upware is a hamlet in Wicken civil parish, part of East Cambridgeshire, England, lying on the east bank of the River Cam.-History:Situated in the isolated south-west corner of the parish of Wicken, the hamlet of Upware is believed to have existed, and indeed been known by its present name, since at...
. The village's name probably derives in part from gewaed an Old English word meaning "ford".
History
Although it has existed since early medieval times, the parish of Landwade has always been comparatively small. By the late 13th century it consisted of around 300 acres of farmland and around 1400 acres of fen, but boundary changes between 1881 and 1954 reduced it to its present size of only 127 acres. The civil parish was amalgamated with Fordham, CambridgeshireFordham, Cambridgeshire
Fordham is a village in rural Cambridgeshire, England. Fordham is part of the East Cambridgeshire district. It is four miles north of Newmarket, as well as being close to the settlements of Soham, Burwell, Isleham, Mildenhall and Chippenham.-History:...
in 1954, though it is now part of the parish of Exning in Suffolk.
Parishes of its size were generally absorbed in the middle ages, but Landwade survived thanks to the rebuilding of the church by Walter Cotton, lord of the manor, in the 15th century to serve as a burial place for his family.
The area around Landwade was occupied in Roman times, and a villa was situated just to the south of the modern parish.
The parish also contains Landwade Hall, a large house that was partially destroyed by bombers during the Second World War. The hall was the ancestral home of the Cotton family until they moved to Madingley
Madingley
Madingley is a village near Coton and Dry Drayton on the western outskirts of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.Known as Madingelei in the Domesday Book, the village's name means "Woodland clearing of the family or followers of a man called Mada"....
in the 18th century.
County
Landwade is historically part of CambridgeshireCambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
and has only been part of Suffolk since 1994.
Neighbouring Exning
Exning
Exning is a village in Suffolk, England.It lies just off the A14 trunk road, roughly east-northeast of Cambridge, and south-south-east of Ely...
and the northern part of Newmarket were historically a detached island of Suffolk in east Cambridgeshire, and when the detached parts of counties were slowly removed in the 19th century, Exning was allowed to remain in Suffolk by transferring the narrow parish of Newmarket All Saints from Cambridgeshire to Suffolk in 1895 forming a bridge only a few tens of metres wide to attach it to the rest of Suffolk.
In 1974 when the English counties were again adjusted, it was proposed that Newmarket and Exning be moved into Cambridgeshire, but this was voted down by residents in a referendum.
In 1994, further adjustments to the Suffolk-Cambridgeshire border were made and although only small parcels of land were transferred some houses changed county: two people moved from Suffolk to Cambridgeshire, and ten from Cambridgeshire to Suffolk. All of the houses affected were in the estate of Landwade Hall, and Landwade's church was among the buildings transferred to Suffolk.