In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Chishill like this:
CHISHALL (Great), a parish in the district of Royston and county of Essex; on the verge of the county, 5 miles SE of Royston r. station, and 8 W by N of Saffron-Walden. Post town, Elmdon, under Saffron-Walden. Acres, 1, 410. Real property, £2, 571. Pop., 473. Houses, 105. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £173. Patron, the Rev. R. Wilkes. The church is good.
Great Chishill through time
Great Chishill 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 Great Chishill itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Chishill, in South Cambridgeshire and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2191
Date accessed: 06th November 2024
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