[4] The Ordnance Survey map of 1897 shows the extent of the buildings to be clustered around the High Street and Fen Road, with Milton Hall occupying the greatest area.

[5] Compared with the Ordnance Survey map of 1901 showing just a modest expansion, but already possessing its two churches as well a school, smithy, brewery, and five public houses.

As part of the Great Eastern Railway the Cambridge-Ely line was opened in 1845 bypassing the village to the east but with no station.

[4] Cambridge North railway station, opened in May 2017, is within the parish boundaries but approximately 1.6 miles walk/bike from the centre of the village.

[6] The Cambridge Science Park lies within the civil parish boundaries, notably the innovative-looking Napp Research Centre.

It is separated from the main body of the village by the A14 dual carriageway road, but still accessible by foot/bike via the Jane Coston cycle bridge.

[23] [needs update] In 2023 Silsoe Odours completed a series of tests for Anglian Water measuring the perceived offense of smells from the sewage works in the area.

The survey was allegedly part of considerations by Anglian Water to move the sewage site to an alternative location.

[27] In July 2007, the council agreed in principle to hand the management of the park to Cambridge Sport Lakes Trust[28] which it did on 31 March 2008.