In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Little Ouse like this:
OUSE (Little), a chapelry in Hilgay parish, Norfolk. It comprises a detached part of the parish, on the Little Ouse river and on the S border of the county; and was constituted in 1865. Post-town, Downham. Pop., not separately returned. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ely. Value, £280. Patron, the Bishop of Ely. See Hilgay.
The location is that marked as "Little Ouse" on the modern 1:25,000 map. Additional information about this locality is available for Hilgay
Little Ouse through time
Little Ouse 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 Little Ouse itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Little Ouse, in East Cambridgeshire and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23780
Date accessed: 09th May 2024
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