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Parsonage Farm, Burwell (Religious Houses of Cambs, 1988)

History of Parsonage Farm

Listed Building

Farmhouse with parlour wing to east of tower-house proportions with attached late medieval barn partly derelict to west. Three building periods; late C16 farmhouse includes the end bay and gable wall of the earlier barn and possibly other medieval fragments in the strange alignment of the parlour wing and service rooms; enclosure of area to east of stair turret and service rooms early to mid C17.

Ramsay abbey had a large estate in the vicinity and they planned a new settlement at the head of Burwell Lode because of the importance of the waterway in the early medieval period. This manor house replaced on on the site of the Castle and dates from the 14th century. The barn may have been used as a public building, perhaps a trading hall.

1861 Parsonage

Thomas T Ball [son of Edward Ball and his first wife, Ann Dunn], 39, merchant’s clerk, b Burwell

May, 36, b Norfolk

Anna M, 11, b Burwell

Edward M, 8, b Burwell

Alfred S, 7, b Burwell

Walter, 6, b Burwell

Ernest F, 4, b Burwell

Thomas L, 2, b Burwell

Emma Arber, 21, servant, cook, b Suffolk

Louisa Carmer, 21, servant, housemaid, b Suffolk

Eliza Bowman, 28, servant, nurse, b Suffolk

1871

Salisbury Ball, 34, farmer of 365 acres employing 11 men, 10 boys, 3 women coprolite digger (36 men 10 boys) miller (2 men 1 boy) landowner 144 acres

Emily, 32, b Yorks

Percy Fielding, 6, b Burwell

James Edward, 5, b Burwell

Julia Ann, 4, b Burwell

Frederick Eustace, 2, b Burwell

Florence Fielding, 1 mos, b Burwell

Ann Marsh, 74, monthly nurse, b Burwell

Mary Elizabeth Harding, 21, cook, b Swaffham Prior

Lucy Marsh, 19, nurse maid, b Bottisham

Zikah Marsh, 16, housemaid, b Burwell

1891

Salisbury Ball, 54, farmer and miller, b Burwell

Emily, 52, b Yorks

Julia A, 24, b Burwell

Florence, 20, b Burwell

Sarah E Brown, 18, b Swaffham Prior

1901 Parsonage Farm

Frederick Ball, 32, farmer ?? overseer collector of taxes, b Burwell

Jessie B, 38, b Scotland

Eustace T, 16 mos, b Burwell

Noel M, 3 mos, b Burwell

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