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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stow Cum Quy like this:
STOW-CUM-QUY, a parish in Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire; 2¾ miles SE of Waterbeach r. station, and 5 ENE of Cambridge. It has a post-office, of the name of Quy, under Cambridge. Acres, 1,820. Real property, £3,080. Pop., 368. Houses, 80. The manor, with Quy Hall, belongs to Francis, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ely. Value, £52. Patron, the Bishop of Ely. The church is ancient. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £16. Jeremy Collier was a native.
Stow Cum Quy 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 Stow Cum Quy itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stow cum Quy, in South Cambridgeshire and Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6164
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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