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Historical and architectural notes on the parish churches in and around Peterborough (1868)

Sweeting, Walter Debenham, 1839-, Ball, William. ill · London : Whittaker & Co. · leaf 118

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to strew the church mth grass or hay, cutin the Innhams, a meadow, which on that account claims to be tithe-free. The feast is on the first Sunday in July. This custom isnow discontinued. The strewing churches with rusheswas at one time very common. It is still practised atsome few churches in the… … EYE 87 <1B])J. This is a large and long- villag-e though the parishlitself is but small. It is perhaps the only one in thisneighbourhood which exhibits a marked decrease in thepopulation : there are 600 or 600 fewer inhabitants thanin 1861. The name in old records was written Eya, orEea. It has…

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