WHITTLESFORD, a village, a parish, and a hundred, in Cambridge. The village stands 1 mile W of the London and Cambridge railway, and 7 S by E of Cambridge; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Cambridge, and a r. station.—The parish comprises 1,915 acres, and is in Linton district. Real property, £3,800. Pop. in 1851, 719; in 1861, 800. Houses, 160. The manor belongs to J. H. Tickell, Esq. An hospital was founded here, by Sir W. Colville, before the time of Edward I.; and has left some remains. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £200. Patron, Jesus College, Cambridge. The church is ancient. There are an endowed school with £60 a year, and charities £97.-The hundred contains 5 parishes. Acres, 11,078. Pop., 4,121. Houses, 868.

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