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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Snailwell like this:
SNAILWELL, a parish in Newmarket district, Cambridge; 2¾ miles N of Newmarket r. station. Post town, Newmarket. Acres, 2,014. Real property, £2,409. Pop., 257. Houses, 25. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £535.* Patron, J. Tharp, Esq. The church is ancient, and has a Norman tower. Charities, £5.
Snailwell is now part of EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Snailwell itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Snailwell, in East Cambridgeshire and Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4626
Date accessed: 17th February 2026
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