Girton, Cambridgeshire

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Girton is a village in Cambridgeshire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Girton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Girton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Girton.-- par. and vil., in co. and 3½ miles NW. of Cambridge, 1674 ac., pop. 484; P.O.; here is Girton College (1873), connected with the University of Cambridge, and designed for the higher education of women.

Girton in the Domesday Book

A village in Northstowe hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

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