In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cockayne Hatley like this:
COCKAYNE-HATLEY, or Hatiey-Port, a parish in Biggleswade district, Beds; adjacent to the boundary with Cambridge, 2 miles E of Potton r. station, and 5½ NE of Biggleswade. Post town, Potton, under St. Neots. Acres, 1, 161. Real property, £1, 141. Pop., 126. Houses, 25. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £151. Patron, the Rev. H.Cust. The church is a neat edifice, in the Norman style, with a tower
Cockayne Hatley through time
Cockayne Hatley is now part of Mid Bedfordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mid Bedfordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cockayne Hatley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cockayne Hatley in Mid Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3453
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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