In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thetford like this:
THETFORD, a chapelry in Stretham parish, Cambridge; 2¾ miles S by W of Ely r. station. It has a post-office under Ely. Acres, 1,630. Real property, £2,865. Pop., 306. Houses, 64. The living is annexed to Stretham. The church was partly rebuilt in 1863.
Thetford through time
Thetford 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 Thetford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thetford in East Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3828
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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