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St Mary Churchyard

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Location	:	Swaffham Bulbeck, East Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate	:	52.2363700, 0.2762500
Description	:	Swaffham Bulbeck is a parish in the ancient Hundred of Stain, 6 miles south-west of Newmarket, and the same distance from Six-Mile-Bottom railway station. Swaffham Bulbeck is located about 8 miles from the city of Cambridge, and 6 miles from the famous horse-racing town of Newmarket. The parish of Swaffham Bulbeck is part of the Diocese of Ely and the Deanery of Fordham and Quy. The benefice consists of five parishes, Swaffham Bulbeck, Swaffham Prior, Bottisham, Lode and Quy. The village is situated on Swaffham Lode, a navigable cut or canal, from the river Cam. It is located just beyond the end... Read More	Swaffham Bulbeck is a parish in the ancient Hundred of Stain, 6 miles south-west of Newmarket, and the same distance from Six-Mile-Bottom railway station. Swaffham Bulbeck is located about 8 miles from the city of Cambridge, and 6 miles from the famous horse-racing town of Newmarket. The parish of Swaffham Bulbeck is part of the Diocese of Ely and the Deanery of Fordham and Quy. The benefice consists of five parishes, Swaffham Bulbeck, Swaffham Prior, Bottisham, Lode and Quy. The village is situated on Swaffham Lode, a navigable cut or canal, from the river Cam. It is located just beyond the end of Swaffham Bulbeck Lode, a man-made waterway connected to the River Cam. The Hamlet of Commercial End, at the northern edge of the village, was an important inland port from medieval times, although the waterway had been in use since Roman times. It was the Romans who dug this canal to allow trade between their various farms and villages. The history of the area however can be traced back to the Bronze Age, at least a thousand years before the Roman occupation of Britain. Nearby are the remains of a Benedictine nunnery, founded by one of the Bolebecks/Bolebecs in the reign of King John [of Magna Carta fame] hence ‘Bulbeck'. That line came over from Rouen in Normandy, soon after the Norman Conquest and they established a manor house and founded a small convent of nuns in about 1150. Some remains of the convent still exist at `The Abbey.' Swaffham means a farm or settlement of the Swabians, a tribe from south-west Germany who settled in the area in the sixth century. The church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. The west tower was built in the early 13th century and is the most ancient part of a very ancient building. The tower is 12.5 feet square with three storeys and is supported by eight buttresses. It is built of locally quarried clunch (from Burwell). There is also a cemetery in the village which opened in 1877.

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St Mary Churchyard is located at High Street Swaffham Bulbeck, East Cambridgeshire District ,Cambridgeshire , CB25 0LXEngland.
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Latitude: 52.2363700
Longitude: 0.2762500

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Swaffham Bulbeck Cemetery
Swaffham Bulbeck, East Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.2404330, 0.2794270

2. Bottisham Cemetery
Bottisham, East Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.2217100, 0.2620800

3. Holy Trinity Churchyard
Bottisham, East Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.2207558, 0.2609813

4. Swaffham Prior Cemetery
Swaffham Prior, East Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.2506740, 0.2962160

5. St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard
Swaffham Prior, East Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.2510981, 0.2962463

6. Saint James Churchyard
Lode, East Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.2408700, 0.2447000

7. Lode Baptist Chapel
Lode, East Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.2409600, 0.2436900

8. St. Mary's Churchyard
Lakenheath, Forest Heath District, England
Coordinate: 52.2457189, 0.3143020

9. St Nicholas Churchyard
Great Wilbraham, South Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.1963890, 0.2638060

10. St Mary the Virgin Churchyard
Burwell, East Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.2697130, 0.3280880

11. St. George's Churchyard
Six Mile Bottom, South Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.1861900, 0.3117400

12. National Stud Equine Cemetery
Newmarket, Forest Heath District, England
Coordinate: 52.2272000, 0.3644800

13. Burwell Cemetery
Burwell, East Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.2802890, 0.3337960

14. St. Peter Churchyard
Horningsea, South Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.2418000, 0.1846800

15. Horningsea Cemetery
Horningsea, South Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.2358100, 0.1832900

16. Burwell Baptist Churchyard
Burwell, East Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.2852900, 0.3255400

17. Waterbeach Baptist Church
Waterbeach, South Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.2652204, 0.1913064

18. Exning New Cemetery
Exning, Forest Heath District, England
Coordinate: 52.2600090, 0.3665360

19. St Vigor & All Saints Churchyard
Fulbourn, South Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.1832222, 0.2231111

20. All Saints Churchyard
Teversham, South Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.2046650, 0.1880510

21. Waterbeach Cemetery
Waterbeach, South Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.2735800, 0.1888600

22. Fulbourn United Reformed Church
Fulbourn, South Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.1793500, 0.2232800

23. St Martin Churchyard
Exning, Forest Heath District, England
Coordinate: 52.2639000, 0.3745000

24. Fen Ditton Cemetery
Fen Ditton, South Cambridgeshire District, England
Coordinate: 52.2233300, 0.1696700

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