Orwell, Cambridgeshire

Description
Orwell, a village and a parish in Cambridgeshire. The village stands adjacent to the Roman road to Cambridge, 3 miles NNW of Shepreth station on the Hitchin, Royston, and Cambridge line of the G.N.R., and 6 1/2 N of Royston. It has a post office under Royston; money order and telegraph office, Arrington. The parish comprises 2083 acres; population, 689. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. There are a large brewery and some malt-ings, The manor belongs to the Bendyshe family of Barrington Hall. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; gross value, £301 with residence. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is an ancient building of stone and flint; consists of nave, aisles, and fine chancel, with porch and tower; and contains monuments of Professors Stubbs and Mason, who were rectors. There is a Wesleyan chapel. A school was founded in 1745 by Dr Colbatch, and endowed with the rent of a farm in Bedfordshire.