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Encyclopedia Britannica



SOHAM

This article appears in Volume V25, Page 345 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SIV-SOU
SOHAM , a town in the Newmarket parliamentary division of Cambridgeshire, England, 5 M. S.E. of Ely by a: branch of the
Great
  Eastern railway. Pop. (1901), 4230. It lies in the midst of the flat fen country. To the west a rich
tract
 , still known as Soham Mere, marks the place of one of the many wide and shallow sheets of water in the
district
  now drained. The church of St Andrew is cruciform and had formerly a central tower; the existing western tower is of fine and ornate Perpendicular
work
 . The
body
  of the church, however, is mainly transitional Norman with additions principally Decorated) including a beautiful
east
  window, much ancient woodwork, and other details of
interest
 . The grammar school
dates
  from 1687. The road from Soham to Ely was constructed as a causeway across the fens by Hervey le
Breton
 , first bishop of Ely (1109-1131), The trade of the town is agricultural, fruit-growing and market-gardening being largely carried on in the vicinity.


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