Murrow, Cambridgeshire


Murrow is a village in the civil parish of Wisbech St Mary, in Cambridgeshire, England.
The village is on Murrow Bank, the B1187 road, west from the town of Wisbech. Its population is included in the civil parish of Parson Drove. Murrow has a village store, and The Bell Inn public house which is owned by Elgood's Brewery.

History

In 1376, Murrow was written as 'Morrowe' and derives from Old English mor and raw of houses.
The Early English style Corpus Christi chapel was erected in 1857, built by Rev. Henry Jackson at his own expense.
Murrow was part of the ecclesiastical parish of Wisbech St Mary, formed under the 1870 Leverington Rectory Act. Emmanuel church was built in 1873 during the incumbency of Rev. A.W. Roper.
Formerly the village contained orchards and produced bulbs.
Murrow once had two railway stations, on the M&GNJR, and on GN&GEJR. As it had two stations, Murrow also had a Station Road, and a Station Avenue.