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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Wickham like this:
WICKHAM (West), a parish, with a village, in Linton district, Cambridge; 3½ miles NE by E of Linton r. station. It has a post-office under Cambridge. Acres, 2,937. Real property, £3,744. Pop., 550. Houses, 112. The manor belongs to Earl Hardwicke. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £88. Patron, Earl Hardwicke. The church is ancient.
West Wickham 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 West Wickham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Wickham, in South Cambridgeshire and Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3830
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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