Nearby parishes within Cambridgeshire include Yelling, Graveley, Great Paxton and St Agnes.

Gazetteer John Marius Wilson defined Toseland as:"a parish and a hundred in Hunts.

[8] Toseland Hall is a 17th-century Grade II* listed manor house to the west of the village centre, built from brick with a tiled roof.

[9][10] The Manor is two storeys high and contains attics, and the moulded bricks are constructed with a geometric pattern.

[11] It was built by Nicholas Luke around 1600 who at the time was also the lord of the manor, which has been owned by various prominent figures such as the Dean of Ely in 1624.

[12] During the 1881 census the property was occupied by Alfred Maine who was a farmer who owned more than 350 acres of land, which since then has been used for agricultural purposes such as cultivating crops.

The parish is approximately 58 m (190 ft) above the sea level; Toseland's post code (PE19) is categorised as non-residential.

[24] Toseland is part of the electoral division of Buckden, Gransden and The Offords[22] and is represented on the county council by one councillor.

According to the 2011 UK neighbourhood statistics census Toseland was listed as part of Yelling and the combined population was recorded as 411.