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Synonyms for witchford or Related words with witchford
cheddington
bardney
scopwick
honiley
bradenham
folkingham
honington
podington
harrietsham
sawbridgeworth
haddenham
broadwindsor
potterne
fowlmere
swavesey
metheringham
ninfield
pitstone
kempsford
tetbury
colerne
membury
edenham
tempsford
wymeswold
kirmington
gamlingay
goxhill
landbeach
uffculme
odiham
swineshead
hucclecote
corscombe
coleshill
wanborough
ellesborough
somersham
wellow
highworth
crewkerne
oakington
ugborough
detling
bluntisham
bottesford
maxstoke
pontesbury
dunkeswell
comberton
Examples of "witchford"
Two hundreds of the Isle of Ely, North
Witchford
and South
Witchford
, took their name from the place and had their meeting-place at
Witchford
.
Witchford
Village College is situated on the edge of the village of
Witchford
, close to the city of Ely.
Royal Air Force
Witchford
or RAF
Witchford
is a former Royal Air Force station located south west of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England and north of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
Witchford
houses the secondary school
Witchford
Village College that serves all of the surrounding villages, including Haddenham, Little Thetford, Mepal, Stretham, Sutton, Wilburton and Witcham.
North
Witchford
was a rural district in England from 1894 to 1974. It was named after the ancient hundred of North
Witchford
.
Witchford
Village College (sometimes abbreviated to W.V.C.) is a secondary school in the village of
Witchford
. Currently, around 737 students, aged 11 to 16, and approximately 30 teachers. The new Principal is Chris Terry.
Witchford
is a village near Ely in Cambridgeshire, England with a 2011 population of 2,385.
During the 19th century the Isle of Ely was divided into the hundreds of Wisbech, North
Witchford
, South
Witchford
, and Ely, the Liberty of Whittlesey and Thorney, and the borough of Wisbech.
Community Education at
Witchford
Village College offer courses from Book-Keeping and Florsitry, to Jewellery Making and Digital Photography.
At the time of the Domesday Survey in 1086 the county was divided into the hundreds as they are now, except that the Isle of Ely, which then formed two hundreds having their meeting-place at
Witchford
, were subsequently divided into the four hundreds of Wisbech, Ely, North
Witchford
and South
Witchford
, while Cambridge formed a hundred by itself. The hundred of Flendish was then known as Flamingdike.
A museum dedicated to RAF
Witchford
is located in the village.
Witchford
College serves students living predominantly in East Cambridgeshire. The catchment area of the school includes:
Witchford
Village College has two partner schools, with which student exchange trips can take place. The schools are as follows:
A total of 99 bombers despatched on operations from
Witchford
were lost, 8 being Stirlings and 91 Lancasters.
An annual race known as the Grunty Fen Half Marathon has been run annually since 1991. The race starts and ends at
Witchford
Village College.
including Bassingbourn, Bottisham, Comberton, Cottenham, Impington, Linton, Melbourn, Sawston, Soham, Swavesey and
Witchford
. The most recent, Cambourne Village College, opened in September 2013.
An extensive history of the station, with some coverage of RAF Mepal, is contained in 'Memories of RAF
Witchford
' by Barry and Sue Aldridge.
George Edward Power (16 May 1849 – 29 October 1904) was an English cricketer. Power was a right-handed batsman. He was born at
Witchford
, Cambridgeshire.
As there is no documented direction for "Cratendune", the place could be anywhere. These modern places are all within of the present day site of Ely cathedral. The cathedral is built on boulder clay resting on a Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay bed; the old course of the River Great Ouse is south-east. The highest point in the area at is south-west towards
Witchford
aerodrome, now disused. At
Witchford
, south-west, Fowler found an Anglo-Saxon cemetery: see below.
The parish of Grunty Fen was situated in the hundred of South
Witchford
and covered an area of 1793 acres. At one stage the parish was considered extra-parochial, with the area divided between the parishes of Ely,
Witchford
, Wentworth, Haddenham, Wilburton, Stretham, and Little Thetford. In 1921 its population was only 97, and in 1933 the parish was merged with that of neighbouring Wilburton.