GUILDEN-MORDEN, a parish in the district of Royston and county of Cambridge; on the river Rhea, adjacent to Beds and Herts, 5 miles N of Ashwell r. station, and 6 NW of Royston Post town, Steeple-Morden, under Royston. Acres, 2, 506. Real property, £4, 508. Pop., 906. Houses, 192. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Lord Hardwicke. Large quantities of coprolites are obtained. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £350. Patron, Jesus College, Cambridge. The church consists of nave, chancel, and aisles, with porch and tower; was repaired in 1856; and has monuments of the Hayes and the Storeys. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £19.

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