Littleport (England)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Littleport (England)
Other forms of name
nnaa Littleport, Eng
nne Littleport (Cambridgeshire)
Coordinates
0.3046 0.3046 52.4568 52.4568 (gooearth )
E0001800 E0001800 N0522700 N0522700 (geonames )
Associated country
Great Britain
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 143104242
Wikidata: Q1997485
Library of congress: n 83062651
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 52°27ʹ00ʺN 000°18ʹ00ʺE)
  • Littleport, Cambridgeshire: official guide, 1970.
  • BGN gaz., 1968(Littleport, town & parish)
  • Mun. yrbk., 1982(Littleport, parish in E. Cambridgeshire District, County of Cambridgeshire)
  • Barth. gaz. of places in Brit., 1986(Littleport, Cambridgeshire, vil.; no others cited)

Wikipedia description:

Littleport is a town in East Cambridgeshire, in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Ely and 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Welney, on the Bedford Level South section of the River Great Ouse, close to Burnt Fen and Mare Fen. It is served by Littleport railway station. There are two primary schools, Millfield Primary and Littleport Community, and a secondary, Vista Academy. The Littleport riots of 1816 influenced the passage of the Vagrancy Act 1824.

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