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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cheveley like this:
CHEVELEY, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred in Newmarket district, Cambridge. The parish lies on the verge of the county, near the Newmarket railway, 3¼ miles SE of Newmarket; and has a post office under Newmarket. Acres, 2, 527. Real property, £1, 517. Pop., 607. Houses, 136. ...
The property is divided among a few. Cheveley Park belongs to the Duke of Rutland. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £704. Patron, the Rev. J. T. Bennet. The church is ancient but pretty good. A free grammar school has £80; alms-houses, £19; and other charities, £9. -The sub-district contains nine parishes. Acres, 2, 645. Pop., 6, 489. Houses, 331. -The hundred contains four parishes. Acres, 1, 905. Pop., 4, 570. Houses, 917.
Cheveley 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 Cheveley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cheveley, in East Cambridgeshire and Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1570
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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