In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Wilbraham like this:
WILBRAHAM (Great,) a parish, with a village, in Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire; 1½ mile E by N of Fulbourn r. station, and 6 E by S of Cambridge. It has a post-office under Cambridge. Acres, 2,800. Real property, £4,181. Pop., 596. Houses, 129. The manor belonged anciently to the Knights Templars; and, with the Temple, belongs now to E. Hicks, Esq. The living is a vicarage in thee diocese of Ely. Value, £203. Patron, E. Hicks, Esq. The church is ancient. There are a Baptist chapel and a national school.
Great Wilbraham through time
Great Wilbraham 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 Wilbraham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Wilbraham in South Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3831
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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