| Coldham | |
|---|---|
  Coldham Location within Cambridgeshire | |
| OS grid reference | TF434029 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Wisbech |
| Postcode district | PE14 |
| Dialling code | 01945 |
| Police | Cambridgeshire |
| Fire | Cambridgeshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
Coldham is a hamlet in Elm civil parish, part of the Fenland district of the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Coldham is the site of a wind farm on a large farm estate of the Cooperative Group near the settlement.[1]
The parish formerly had a church dedicated to St. Ethelreda built in 1876. Mrs E.B. Tanqueray, whose husband was Bertram Tanqueray, vicar of Coldham, wrote 'The Royal Quaker', a novel about Jane Stuart publisher in 1904 by Methuen.[2] This church was declared redundant in 2000 and has since been converted into a house.[3] The former war memorial from the church is now located at St Mark's, Friday Bridge.[4] The settlement formerly had a railway station on the Great Eastern Railway, although there are proposals to reinstate a station as part of the Wisbech and March Bramley Line project.[5]
History
Coldham, formerly known as 'Pear Tree Hill', was formed as a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1874.[6]
References
- ↑ Advertising feature: Wind power to the people, The Guardian online
- ↑ "Elm". British History. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ↑ War Memorials.org
- ↑ Genuki.org.uk
- ↑ Wisbech & March Bramley Line official website
- ↑ A.J.Gardiner (1898). History of Wisbech and Neighbourhood, p392. Gardiner & Co.