Coldham, Cambridgeshire Explained

Official Name:Coldham
Country:England
Region:East of England
Os Grid Reference:TF434029
Coordinates:52.6058°N 0.1175°W
Post Town:Wisbech
Postcode Area:PE
Postcode District:PE14
Dial Code:01945
Shire County:Cambridgeshire
Shire District:Fenland

Coldham is a hamlet in Elm civil parish, part of the Fenland district of the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Coldham is the site of a wind farm on a large farm estate of the Cooperative Group near the settlement.[1]

The parish formerly had a church dedicated to St. Ethelreda built in 1876. Mrs E.B. Tanqueray, whose husband was Bertram Tanqueray, vicar of Coldham, wrote 'The Royal Quaker', a novel about Jane Stuart publisher in 1904 by Methuen.[2] This church was declared redundant in 2000 and has since been converted into a house.[3] The former war memorial from the church is now located at St Mark's, Friday Bridge.[4] The settlement formerly had a railway station on the Great Eastern Railway, although there are proposals to reinstate a station as part of the Wisbech and March Bramley Line project.[5]

History

Coldham, formerly known as 'Pear Tree Hill', was formed as a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1874.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.theguardian.com/vestas/coldham.wind.farm Advertising feature: Wind power to the people
  2. Web site: Elm. British History. 17 May 2022.
  3. http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=486 War Memorials.org
  4. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/Coldham/ Genuki.org.uk
  5. http://www.bramleyline.org.uk/ Wisbech & March Bramley Line official website
  6. Book: History of Wisbech and Neighbourhood, p392. A.J.Gardiner. Gardiner & Co. 1898.