[158]: Footpaths, however, lead across the fen from its termination to Fulbourn and to Wilbraham.
[159]: Hughes' Geography of Cambs, p. 77.
[161]: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
[162]: SS. Mary, John, Katharine, Paul, Magdalene, John Baptist, Etheldreda, Peter, Margaret, Wilfrid.
[163]: These are SS. Michael, James, Katharine, Gabriel, Margaret, ? ? John Baptist, Peter, Asaph, Bridgett, John, Andrew, Nicolas, Winifred.
[164]: See p. [153]. After this preliminary domestic castigation he was again flogged on the morrow in the University Schools by the Proctors. A second offence meant expulsion from the University!
[165]: "Chester," "Caster," "Cester," are various Anglicised forms of the Latin "castra" (= camp), which our conquering forefathers applied to the Romano-British cities which they so ruthlessly destroyed in the first sweep of their invasion.
[166]: On the western bank, hard by, is a large meadow known as Lingay Fen, which is always (artificially) flooded during the winter, in hopes of a frost. It forms an excellent skating ground, on which even National Championships have been decided.