Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Girton

Girton.-- par. and vil., in co. and 3½ miles NW. of Cambridge, 1674 ac., pop. 484; P.O.; here is Girton College (1873), connected with the University of Cambridge, and designed for the higher education of women.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Girton AP/CP       Cambridgeshire AncC
Place: Girton

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