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Between 1965 and 1974, the administrative county covering March was called Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely. [13] March Urban District was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. District-level functions passed to the new Fenland District Council. A successor parish called March was created covering the area of the abolished urban ...
Whitemoor Prison was built on the site of an old railway marshalling yard and was opened in 1991 by Norma Major. [citation needed]In September 1994 while under the governorship of Brodie Clark, six prisoners including London gangster Andy Russell, Paul Magee and other IRA members, escaped from the prison's Special Secure Unit after smuggling a gun into the prison. [1]
Fenland is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. It was historically part of the Isle of Ely. The district covers around 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi) of mostly agricultural land in the extremely flat Fens. The council is based in Fenland Hall, in March.
The passing of the Wisbech, St. Ives and Cambridge Junction Railway Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. ccclvi) authorised the construction of two lines from March railway station: a 7.8-mile (12.6 km) line to the Market town and Port of Wisbech which was reached by an almost straight north-easterly route across The Fens and a line south to the market town of St Ives.
Fenland Hall is a municipal building on County Road, March, Cambridgeshire, England, which serves as the headquarters of Fenland District Council.The building was originally called "County Hall", and was built in 1908–1909 by Isle of Ely County Council to be its meeting place and offices.
Norwood Road is a 2.6-hectare (6.4-acre) nature reserve in March in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. [1] This site has a deep pond, marshland and hawthorn scrub. There are wetland birds such as coots, moorhens and mallards, and other wildlife includes noctule bats and ...
The building was acquired and refurbished by the March Civic Trust, with funding from a former mayor, Peter Skoulding, in 2005. [10] The left-hand section of four bays were converted for retail use at that time. [2] After Britannia's shield and arm broke off in November 2010, the statue was restored in summer 2011. [11]
Pages in category "March, Cambridgeshire" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...