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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Northstow like this:
NORTHSTOW, a hundred in Cambridge; bounded, on the N, by the Isle of Ely, on the E, by Staine hundred and Soham fen, on the S, by Chesterton and Flendish, on the W, by Papworth; and containing Girton parish, ten other parishes and part of another. Acres, 19, 651. Pop. in 1851, 5,096; in 1861, 4, 925. Houses, 1, 107.
Northstow 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 Northstow itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Northstow, in South Cambridgeshire and Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20599
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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