CHERRY-HINTON, a parish in Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire; on the Cambridge and Newmarket railway, under Gogmagog hills, 2 ¼ miles ESE of Cambridge. It has a post-office under Cambridge. Acres, 2,043. Real property, £4,942. Pop., 734. Houses, 157. The property is divided among a few. Cherry-trees were once plentiful; saffron is produced; and chalk fossils and iron pyrites are found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £164. Patron, Peter House, Cambridge. The church is early English, in good condition; and contains some monuments and an ancient font. A school has £35 from endowment; and other charities £61.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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