CAMBRIDGE, England, an inland county bounded on the north by the county of Lincoln; on the west by Northampton, Huntingdon and Bedford; on the south by Hertfordshire and Essex; and on the east by Suffolk and Norfolk. A great part of the northern half of the county belongs to the fen district and is very flat; farther south it is undulating, and in the south east some heights occur. The principal rivers are the Cam or Granta, and the Ouse, with the Nene in the north. An important portion of the county, including the Isle of Ely, belongs to the great artificially drained tract known as the Bedford Level (q.v.). About nine-tenths of the total acreage of • the county is now pro ductive, and a greater proportion of land is under corn crops than in any other county in the kingdom. Potatoes, turnips and mangold are the chief green crops. The southern portion of the county abounds in dairy farms, celebrated for the production of excellent butter and cheese. The part of the county extending from Gogmagog Hills to Newmarket is chiefly ap propriated to sheep-walks. The chief mineral
productions are the phosphatic nodules known as coprolites, lime and clay for brick and tiles; and peat is cut for fuel. For parliamentary pur poses the county is divided into four divisions Wisbech, Chesterton and Newmarket, and the parliamentary borough of Cambridge, each re turning one member to Parliament. Adminis tratively the ancient county embraces the two counties of Cambridge and the Isle of MY. There are two municipal boroughs, Cambridge i and Wisbech. The educational institutions in clude a day training college for schoolmasters, and the new Homerton undenominational train ing college for women at Cambridge, and a theological college founded in 1876 at Ely; there are also more than 225 elementary schools in the county. Area, 553,241 acres. Pop. 198,074. See also CAMBRIDGE, UNIVERSITY OF.