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Bishop's Charity Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Fulbourn

Historical Forms

  • Bysshopes 1435 MinAcct
  • Rev. Jeffery Bishop's Charity 1806 EnclA

Etymology

Bishop's Charity Fm is Bysshopes 1435MinAcct , Rev. Jeffery Bishop 's Charity 1806EnclA . Geoffrey Bishop , Vicar of All Saints, Fulbourn (1458–76), gave for the use of the poor a messuage called Guild -Hall , a croft and 63 acres of arable (Cole xix, f. 14).