Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire

Description
Fulbourn, a village in Cambridgeshire. It stands under Gogmagog Hill, adjacent to the Cambridge and Newmarket branch of the G.E.R., 5 miles ESE of Cambridge, and has a station on the railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Cambridge. It includes two parishes£All Saints and St Vigor, though all the parochial assessments are united. The living of All Saints is a vicarage, and that of Sfc Vigor a rectory, both being in the diocese of Ely. The livings were consolidated in 1876; joint net yearly value, £550 with residence. Patron, St John's College, Cambridge. All Saints' Church was taken down in 1776. St Vigor's Church is a building of stone chiefly in the Decorated style. It has some interesting tombs and monuments, and an old carved oak pulpit. There are a Congregational chapel and some valuable charities. There is an annual fair held on the second Monday and Tuesday after Trinity. The county lunatic asylum here was erected in 1858 at a cost of about £40,000, and it has since been greatly enlarged. It now has accommodation for 500 patients.