Walewich or Watewich

I have made the reference suggested by “W.B.M.” Canute was residing at Walewich, and the Abbot of Ely was consecrated there by the Archbishop of Canterbury. This “Walewich” can be no obscure place, and we need not look for it in Cambridgeshire. I am inclined to think that the word ought to have been written Warewich, i.e. Warwick. Soham Mere (Mare de Soham) once covered 1369 1⁄2 acres.—Lyson’s *Cambridge*, 254. Portum Pusillum, if not Littleport, was a place upon the Cam or the Ouse, within sight of Ely Minster. Does your correspondent suppose that Northmouth was among the fens? If so, he may…