In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wentworth like this:
WENTWORTH, or Wingford, a parish in Ely district, Cambridge; 4½ miles W by S of Ely r. station. Post town, Ely. Acres, 1,437. Real property, £2,653. Pop., 180. Houses, 40. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £450.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ely. The church is partly Norman, chiefly early English, and all good. .
Wentworth through time
Wentworth is now part of East Cambridgeshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Cambridgeshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wentworth itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wentworth in East Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4632
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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