In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Childerley like this:
CHILDERLEY, a parish in Chesterton district, Cambridge; 3¼ miles NE of Caxton, and 4½ WSW of Oakington r. station. Post town, Dry Drayton, under Cambridge. Acres, 1, 052. Real property, £1, 170. Pop., 50. Houses, 10. The parish is a meet for the Cambridge hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £20. Patron, N. Calvert, Esq. The church is in ruins.
Childerley through time
Childerley is now part of South Cambridgeshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Cambridgeshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Childerley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Childerley in South Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2190
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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