COVENEY:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1835.
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"COVENEY, a parish in the southern division of
the hundred of WITCHFORD, Isle of ELY, county of
CAMBRIDGE, 6 miles (W. N. W.) from Ely, containing,
with the chapelry of Manea, 982 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Ely, rated in the king's books at £5, and in the patronage
of Lord Rokeby. The church is dedicated to
St. Peter."
- "MANEA, a chapelry in the parish of COVENEY,
southern division of the hundred of WITCHFORD, Isle
of ELY, county of CAMBRIDGE, 7 miles (S.E. byS.) from
March, containing 657 inhabitants. There is a place
of worship for Wesleyan Methodists."
[Description(s) transcribed by Mel Lockie ©2010]
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