In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burrough Green like this:
BURROUGH-GREEN, a parish in Newmarket district, Cambridge; 2¾ miles ESE of Dullingham r. station, and 5½ S of Newmarket. It has a post office under Newmarket. Acres, 2,217. Real property, £3,461. Pop., 427. Houses, 93. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £705.* Patron, Charles Porcher, Esq. The church is old but good, and has a tower and several ancient monuments. There is an endowed school with £30 a year.
Burrough Green through time
Burrough Green 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 Burrough Green itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burrough Green in East Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2577
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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