a market-town of Cambridgeshire, in the hundred of Chilford, forty-six miles from London, and ten from Cambridge. The ancient Roman road, the Ikeneld Street, runs to this town, and the river Granta flows at the end of it. The market day is Thursday. The population amounted in 1801 to 1157, in 1811 to 1373, in 1821 to 1519, and in 1831 to 1678.