In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Prickwillow like this:
Prickwillow, eccl. dist., Ely Holy Trinity, Ely St Mary, and Littleport pars., Cambridgeshire, and Lakenheath and Mildenhall pars., Suffolk, on E. side and partly in city of Ely, pop. 1297; P.O.
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Prickwillow through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Prickwillow has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of East Cambridgeshire. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Prickwillow and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Prickwillow in East Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23837
Date accessed: 20th May 2013
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