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Cromwell's hill

 

Somewhere in this flattest of Fenland landscapes there is supposed to be a small hill, built by Oliver Cromwell. Upon it he placed his cannon, supposedly to bombard the church of St. John the Baptist (TF390091). See also Murrow.

 

Source: Cambridgeshire Federations of Women's Institutes: 'The Cambridgeshire Village Book' (Countryside Books, 1989), p.141.