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Bottisham Lock, Waterbeach, baptism 1886 (Cambridgeshire Collection)

Bottisham Lock, Waterbeach

History of Bottisham Lock

The Cambridge Chronicle report 24.9.1886: The ordinance of baptism was administered to six persons on Sunday afternoon in the river Cam by Mr G Williams. The candidates were five females and one youth. The greatest decorum was manifested on the occasion, and many hundred on the river bank were witnesses.

River Cam at Bottisham Lode (MoC108.57)

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