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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Papworth like this:
PAPWORTH, a hundred in the S W of Cambridge; containing Papworth, St. Everard parish, nine other parishes, and part of Papworth, St. Agnes. Acres, 27, 387. Pop. in 1851, 6, 782; in 1861, 6, 670. Houses, 1, 451.
Papworth 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 Papworth itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Papworth, in South Cambridgeshire and Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21046
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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