In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Guyhirn like this:

GUYHIRN, a chapelry, with a railway station, in Wisbeach St. Mary parish, Cambridge; on the New Nen river, 6½ miles SW of Wisbeach. It has a postoffice under Wisbeach. Pop., nearly 600. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ely. Value, £80. Patron, the Vicar of Wisbeach.

Guyhirn through time

Guyhirn is now part of FENLAND District. Click here for graphs and data of how FENLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Guyhirn itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Guyhirn, in Fenland and Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23834

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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