Isleham
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| Isleham | |
|---|---|
| OS Grid Reference: | Template:Gbmappingsmall |
| Lat/Lon: | Template:Coor dm NW |
| Population: | 2347 (2001 Census) |
| Dwellings: | 937 (2001 Census) |
| Formal status: | village |
| Administration | |
| County: | Cambridgeshire |
| Region: | East Anglia |
| Nation: | England |
| Post Office and Telephone | |
| Post town: | Ely |
| Postcode: | CB7 |
| Dialling Code: | 01638 |
Isleham is a small village located in Cambridgeshire, England, of particular interest to members of the ancient Peyton family.
St Andrews Church, Isleham, is the burial site for important ancestors of the Peyton family. Many visitors who have Peyton ancestors visit the church throughout the year, and obtain rubbings of the famous brasses decorating the Peyton tombs. The church continues to be restored with the help of donations from Peyton families in the U.K. and U.S.A. An important location for anyone having Peyton family ties.
Its name seems to come from Anglo-Saxon Gísla hám = "the home of the hostages". It seems that in Anglo-Saxon societies the position of a hostage from one political group held by another political group, was sometimes more or less voluntary, and the meaning of the word could slip into "representative".