In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Grantchester like this:
GRANTCHESTER, a village and a parish in Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire. The village stands on the river Cam, near the Cambridge and Bedford railway, 2½ miles SSW of Cambridge; is believed to occupy or represent the site of a Roman station; and has a post office under Cambridge. The parish comprises 1, 519 acres. ...
Real property, £4, 363. Pop., 696. Houses, 149. The property is divided among a few. An old manor-house was a retreat of King's college in the time of plague. Roman remains have been found. Bricks are made. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £313.* Patron, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The church is partly decorated English, partly perpendicular; has a tower; and contains an ancient stone font, and an altar-tomb. There are a dissenting preaching-room, a national school, and charities £42.
Grantchester through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Grantchester in South Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5081
Date accessed: 18th May 2024
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