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

TOFT, a parish in Caxton district, Cambridgeshire; 2½ miles WNW of Lords-Bridge r. station, and 6 WSW of Cambridge. Post town, Caxton, under Royston-Acres, 1,242. Real property, £1,912. Pop., 359. Houses, 79. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with Caldecote, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £463.* Patron, Christ's College, Cambridge. Charities, £20.

Toft through time

Toft 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 Toft itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5544

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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