ELM, a parish in the hundred of WISBEACH, Isle
of ELY, county of CAMBRIDGE, 2 miles (S. S.B.) from
Wisbeach, containing 1368 inhabitants. The living is
a vicarage to which the curacy of Emneth is annexed,
in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Bishop of Ely, rated
in the king's books at £14. 15. 10., and in the patronage
of the Rector of Elm with Emneth; the rectory is a
sinecure, rated in the king's books at £ 17, and in the
patronage of the Bishop of Ely. The church is
dedicated to All Saints. Thomas Squire, in 1689,
bequeathed a school-room with a house and lands,
now producing about £50 a year, for teaching poor
children.