In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Leightonstone like this:
LEIGHTONSTONE, a hundred in Huntingdonshire; bounded by the counties of Bedford and Northampton, and by the hundreds of Normancross, Hurstingstone, and Toseland; and containing the parish of Alconbury, twenty-nine other parishes, and parts of three others. Acres, 53,696. Pop. in 1851,10,890; in 186l, 10,789. Houses, 2,333.
Leightonstone through time
Leightonstone is now part of Huntingdonshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Huntingdonshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Leightonstone itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Leightonstone in Huntingdonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20577
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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