Description
Guilden Morden, a village and a parish in Cambridgeshire, on the river Rhea, adjacent to Beds and Herts, 4 miles N from Ashwell station on the G.N.R., and 6 NW from Roy-ston. There is a post office under Royston; money order and telegraph office, Ashwell. Acreage, 2599; population, 819. The manor belongs to the Hardwicke family. Large quantities of coprolites have been obtained. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely; net yearly value, £340 with residence. Patron, Jesus' College, Cambridge. The church, which is a building of flint and stone in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consists of nave, chancel, and aisles, with porch and tower; was repaired in 1856, and has monuments of the Hayes and the Storeys. There is a Congregational chapel. Odsey is an adjacent hamlet.
Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
