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Burwell, Cambridgeshire history
Etymology
The name “Burwell” refers to a fort (burh-) close to a spring (-well) The first record of the name dates from 1060. It appears in the 1086 Domesday Book as Burewelle, Burwella and Burwelle.
Early settlement
There is evidence of prehistoric human activity in the vicinity of Burwell. Flint tools such as axes dating from the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic have been found. During the Neolithic, peat began to form on the fenland round the village, which partly buried the prehistoric sites. Activity continued into the Bronze Age, as did activity near the spring. Settlement continued after Roman colonisation of Britain.
Waterway
Burwell Lode is a man-made waterway that connects it with the River Cam. The village and lode gained importance with the opening in the 1850s of the Burwell Chemical Works. Commercial use of the lode ceased in 1963 when the traffic in sugar beet stopped in 1963.
Burwell Castle
Spring Close is the site of an unfinished castle in Spring Close, whose final wall was knocked down by the Fire Brigade testing a fire hose in the 1930s. It was built during “The Anarchy”, the mid-12th-century conflict in the reign of King Stephen.
Barn Fire
On 8 September 1727, a travelling puppet show was filled with onlookers in a Burwell barn in what is now Cuckolds Row, near the centre of the village. The doors were nailed shut to stop further people getting in, an act that led to tragedy. Richard Whittaker, an ostler employed by the owner of the barn came back to feed the horses. He made his way to the stable, clambered over a partition with a candle lantern and peered in to watch. It was reported that with no way to escape, 80 of the 140 people inside perished in the ensuing blaze.
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