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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Harlton like this:
HARLETON, or HARLESTON, a parish in Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire; on a Roman road, near the river Rhea, 3 miles W of Harston r. station, and 6 SW of Cambridge. Post-town, Cambridge. Acres, 1,100. Real property, £1,632. Pop., 302. Houses, 63. The property is divided among a few. The parish is a meet for the Cambridgeshire hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £420.* Patron, Jesus College, Cambridge. The church is good; and there are a national school, and charities £35.
Harlton 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 Harlton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Harlton, in South Cambridgeshire and Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3803
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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