In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Willingham like this:
WILLINGHAM, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Chesterton district, Cambridge. The village stands 1½ mile N of Long Stanton r. station, and 6¼ E by S of S.T. Ives; and has a post-office under St. Ives, Hunts. The parish comprises 4,663 acres. Real property, £9,149. ...
Pop., 1,630. Houses, 379. Large quantities of cheese are made. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £677.* Patron, the Bishop of Ely. The church is decorated English, large, and good; includes a N chapel, with singularly constructed stone roof; and has a lofty pinnacled tower. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, an endowed school with £35 a year, alms houses with £35, and other charities £20.—The sub-district contains 13 parishes. Acres, 33,215. Pop., 9,633. Houses, 2,147.
Willingham through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Willingham in South Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4634
Date accessed: 30th April 2024
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