Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WARBOYS

WARBOYS, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in St. Ives district, Hunts. The village stands 3½ miles S by E of Ramsey r. station, and has a post-office‡ under Huntingdon. The parish comprises 8,100 acres. Real property, £12,270. Pop., 1.911. Houses, 411. The property is much divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £1,000.* Patron, T. Daniel,. Esq. The church is early English, and has a tower and spire. There are a dissenting chapel, a national school, and charities £36.—The sub-district contains 5 parishes. Acres, 16,115. Pop., 3,355. Houses, 722.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Warboys Parish       Warboys Registration Sub-District       Huntingdonshire Ancient County
Place: Warboys

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