In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wicken like this:
WICKEN, a parish, with a village, in Newmarket district, Cambridge; 2¾ miles SSW of Soham, and 7 NW of Newmarket r. station. Post town, Soham. Acres, 3,812. Real property, £7,363. Pop., 995. Houses, 237. The property is much subdivided. Ancient coins and other antiquities have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £90. Patron, the Church Patronage Society. The church is ancient. There are two Methodist chapels and an endowed school.
Wicken through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wicken in East Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1605
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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