HADSTOCK, a village and a parish in the district of Linton and county of Essex. The village stands near the boundary with Cambridgeshire, 1 mile S of Linton r. station, and 4 ENE of Chesterford; was once a market town; and still has a fair on 28 June. The parish comprises 1,870 acres; and its post town is Linton, under Cambridge. Real property, £2, 714. Pop., 511. Houses, 112. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to S. Malthus, Esq: Traces have been seen of a Roman villa. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £267.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is Norman and cruciform; has a tower; and was recently in disrepair. A well set round with stones, and called St. Botolph's well, is in the churchyard. There is a free school.

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