Friday Bridge, Cambridgeshire
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 Clocktower |
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  Friday Bridge |
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| OS grid reference | TF4604 |
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| District | Fenland |
| Shire county | Cambridgeshire |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Wisbech |
| Postcode district | PE14 |
| Dialling code | 01945 |
| Police | Cambridgeshire |
| Fire | Cambridgeshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
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Coordinates: 52°37′15″N 0°09′48″E / 52.6209°N 0.1632°E
Friday Bridge is a village in Elm (where the population is included) civil parish, part of the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is 3 miles south of Wisbech.
The ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1860 from the civil parish of Elm.
The clock tower in the village is the war memorial.[1] Friday Bridge was the site of a World War II prisoner of war camp which was converted to a hostel for migrant workers in the late 1940s.[2]
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