Soham
Also known as Soham, Cambridgeshire
Soham ( ) is a town and civil parish in the district of East Cambridgeshire, in Cambridgeshire, England, just off the A142 between Ely and Newmarket. Its population was 12,336 at the 2021 census.
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- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Soham
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- Soham Town Sign.jpg
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- Soham town sign
- UK place.civil_parish
- Soham
- UK place.population
- 12,336
- UK place.area_total_sq_mi
- 8.2
- UK place.shire_district
- East Cambridgeshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Cambridgeshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- UK place.post_town
- ELY
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- Name and early geography
- St Felix
- Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa 'The African'
- William Case Morris{{Anchor|William Morris}}
- Soham rail disaster
- Soham murders
- Schools in Soham
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Soham ( ) is a town and civil parish in the district of East Cambridgeshire, in Cambridgeshire, England, just off the A142 between Ely and Newmarket. Its population was 12,336 at the 2021 census.
==History== ===Archaeology=== The region between Devil's Dyke and the line between Littleport and Shippea Hill shows a remarkable amount of archaeological findings of the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. A couple of hoards of bronze objects were found in the area of Soham, including one with swords and spearheads of the later Bronze Age as well as a gold torc, retrieved in 1938.
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