GAMLINGAY, a parish in the hundred of LONGSTOW,
county of CAMBRIDGE, 2 miles (N. E. by N.)
from Potton, containing 1256 inhabitants. The living
is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Ely,
rated in the king's books at £ 5, and in the patronage of
the Bishop of Ely: there is also a sinecure rectory,
rated at £ 15.14.2., and in the patronage of the Warden
and Fellows of Merton College, Oxford. The church
is a handsome edifice, dedicated to St. Mary. There
is a place of worship for Baptists. In this parish is an
almshouse for eight poor widows, endowed with a bequest
of £2000 South Sea Annuities, by Mrs. EJizabeth
Lane; and a small charity school has a trifling en-
dowment. A market was formerly held here, but it has
for many years been discontinued, having been transferred
to the neighbouring town of Potton, in Bedfordshire.