Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HARDWICKE

HARDWICKE, a parish in Caxton district, Cambridge; 2 miles N of Lord's Bridge r. station, and 4 E of Caxton. Post-town, Caxton, under Royston. Acres, 1,410. Real property, £1,413. Pop., 240. Houses, 39. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Pembroke College, Cambridge. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £288.* Patron, the Bishop of Ely. The church is early perpendicular English, and good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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

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