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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Little Chesterford like this:
CHESTERFORD (Little), a parish in Saffron-Walden district, Essex; on the river Granta, 1 mile SSE of Chesterford r. station, and 3 NNW of Saffron-Walden. It has a post office under Saffron-Walden. Acres, 1, 260. Real property, £1, 899. Pop., 276. Houses, 55. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Great Chesterford, in the diocese of Rochester. The church is ancient but very good; and has a brass of 1462. Charities, £41.
Little Chesterford is now part of UTTLESFORD District. Click here for graphs and data of how UTTLESFORD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Little Chesterford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Little Chesterford, in Uttlesford and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6585
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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