Little Catworth, Huntingdonshire
Historical Description
Catworth, Little, a chapelry in the ecclesiastical parish of Stow Longa, Huntingdonshire, 3½ miles North of Kimbolton, and 8 ESE of Thrapston. Post town, Catworth, which is the money order office; telegraph office, Kimbolton. The church is in ruins. Little Catworth is attached for civil purposes to Great Catworth.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Huntingdonshire | |
Civil parish | Longstow | |
Hundred | Leightonstone | |
Poor Law union | St. Neots |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Little Catworth from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Catworth, Little)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Huntindonshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Little Catworth are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)