In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Eltisley like this:
ELTISLEY, a parish in Caxton district, Cambridge; contiguous with Hunts, 2½ miles WNW of Caxton, and 5¾ N of Gamlingay r. station. Post town, Caxton, under Royston. Acres, 1, 922. Real property, £1, 559-Pop., 478. Houses, 97. The property is much sub-divided. A nunnery stood here in the Saxon times; is said to have been the burial-place of Pandionia, a Scottish princess; and was destroyed about the time of the Conquest. The parish is a meet of the Cambridgeshire hounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £51. Patron, G. O. Newton, Esq. The church is good; and there are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.
Eltisley 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 Eltisley has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of South Cambridgeshire. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Eltisley and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Eltisley in South Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3249
Date accessed: 19th June 2013
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