In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whittlesford like this:
WHITTLESFORD, a village, a parish, and a hundred, in Cambridge. The village stands 1 mile W of the London and Cambridge railway, and 7 S by E of Cambridge; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Cambridge, and a r. station.—The parish comprises 1,915 acres, and is in Linton district. ...
Real property, £3,800. Pop. in 1851, 719; in 1861, 800. Houses, 160. The manor belongs to J. H. Tickell, Esq. An hospital was founded here, by Sir W. Colville, before the time of Edward I.; and has left some remains. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £200. Patron, Jesus College, Cambridge. The church is ancient. There are an endowed school with £60 a year, and charities £97.-The hundred contains 5 parishes. Acres, 11,078. Pop., 4,121. Houses, 868.
Whittlesford through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whittlesford in South Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4633
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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