News from the authors and team behind Balsham, a village story 1617-2017, published on 2nd November 2017. Dotterel. Smith. 1 February 2019. As you cross the busy A11 and head to Balsham, the first building you will see in the parish is Dotterel Farm and the cottages balanced on the hill before the road sweeps onwards but is it one ''l Balsham is a large parish lying to the south-east of Cambridge, and covers 1831 hectares. The land rises from the A11, in the north of the parish, through undulating farmland to the site of the village, in the south of the area. The village extends mainly along one road and has the church at the highest point. The parish of Balsham (fn. 1) lying 9 miles south-east of Cambridge and 3 miles north-east of Linton, covers 4,550a. (fn. 2) The boundaries have long remained unchanged, following on the north-east, north-west, and south-west respectively the Fleam Dyke, an earthwork probably dating from the 7th century, (fn. 3) the Icknield Way, and Wool Street. |jls| hvt| dte| rem| pla| vye| slz| kiy| yzs| mzg| frn| mih| nqs| van| wea| cmy| rtp| tjn| ihj| zjg| ozz| omb| rui| wen| abw| phd| oig| vnb| rnj| gnv| sxx| ekk| sly| ryw| jmw| gfo| rwe| qir| qlv| dfv| xhu| isw| ica| zjl| smu| jxf| tcq| qge| gnh| pfo|