In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Harston like this:
HARSTON, a village and a parish in Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire. The village stands on the river Cam, near the Hitchin and Cambridge railway, 5 miles SSW of Cambridge; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Cambridge. The parish comprises 1, 48 0 acres. Real property, £3, 543. ...
Pop., 782. Houses, 174. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £200.* Patron, the Bishop of Ely. The church is perpendicular English; was recently restored; and consists of nave, aisles, and transept, with a tower. There are a free school, and charities £8.
Harston through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Harston in South Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1586
Date accessed: 15th May 2024
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