XXV111 TOPOGKAPHICAL EEMAEKS. 



the top of the hill between Wimpole and Great Eversden 

 244.9 ; the Ordnance trigonometrical point near Newmarket 

 261.3; the base of Balsham Church-tower 378 feet; the 

 base of the tower of Ely Cathedral 51.6. 



I am indebted for- these latter heights, to the kindness of 

 Colonel Sir Hemy James who had them extracted for me 

 from the records of the Ordnance Survey. 



A few of the names of places mentioned in this book 

 require explanation. 



Mare Way. There are two ancient roads thus named. 

 One in District 3 runs along the top of the range of chalk- 

 hills on the north-east side of Wimpole Park. The other 

 in District 4, extends from Aldreth High Bridge, by Balsar's 

 Hill, to a spot between Willingham and Rampton. It was 

 apparently continued by Cuckoo Lane (between Westwick 

 and Cottenham Field) to Histon. On the Ordnance Map 

 it is called Ancient Bridle Way. 



Hill of Health. After this name had been in use for 

 about two centuries it totally disappeared upon the en- 

 closure of St Giles's Parish. It is the moderately elevated 

 ground lying to the south of the Huntingdon road just 

 outside of the town of Cambridge. It is now partly planted 

 and partly occupied by a gentleman's house. 



Hinton Moor. This was once an exceedingly wet fen. 

 It is now completely drained and cultivated. The footpath 

 leading from Cambridge to the Church at Cherry Hinton 

 and the carriage-road to the same village, cross it. It once 

 extended from the Hills Road, near Red Cross, nearly to 

 the Stone Bridge in Coldham's Lane. 



Hall Wood near Wood Ditton. This wood has been 

 completely removed and its site brought into cultivation. 



Triplow Heath is now enclosed and cultivated. 



