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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Childerley like this:
CHILDERLEY, a parish in Chesterton district, Cambridge; 3¼ miles NE of Caxton, and 4½ WSW of Oakington r. station. Post town, Dry Drayton, under Cambridge. Acres, 1, 052. Real property, £1, 170. Pop., 50. Houses, 10. The parish is a meet for the Cambridge hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £20. Patron, N. Calvert, Esq. The church is in ruins.
Childerley 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 Childerley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Childerley, in South Cambridgeshire and Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2190
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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