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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Croydon like this:
CROYDON-CUM-CLAPTON, a parish in Caxton district, Cambridge; 3¾ miles W by N of Shepreth r. station, and 6 S of Caxton. Post town, Arrington, under Royston. Acres, 2, 711. Rated property, £2, 080. Pop., 508. Houses, 102. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory and a vicarage-Clapton a rectory, Croydon a vicarage-in the diocese of Ely. Value, £449.* Patron, J. F. Gape, Esq. The church is good; and there is a national school.
Croydon 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 Croydon itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Croydon, in South Cambridgeshire and Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3813
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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