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"IMPINGTON is a small parish, 3 miles north from Cambridge, and immediately adjacent to Histon station on the St. Ives and Cambridge section of the Great Eastern railway, in the Western division of the county, hundred of Northstow, union of Chesterton, petty sessional division and county court district of Cambridge, rural deanery of North Stowe and archdeaconry and diocese of Ely."
"The soil is red loam and stiff clay; subsoil, clay, producing good crops of wheat and barley; it is also excellent fruit growing land. The area is 1,668 acres; rateable value, £3,4I7; the population in 1881 was 398, and in 1891 was 418. By the Divided Parishes Act, 1882, and Local Government Board Order, No. 18,936 (March 24, 1886), detached parts of Histon were added to Impington."
[Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire 1900]
The Monumental Inscriptions for St. Andrew churchyard, 1669, 1803-1990, are recorded in the Cambridge Records Office.
The Census Records from 1841-1891 can be found in the Cambridge Record Office. In addition the 1851 Census for Impington is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
"The church of St. Andrew, restored in 1879, is a small building of stone in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a low embattled western tower containing 3 bells: the wooden south porch is an interesting structure of the 15th century: the chancel retains some carved work, and in the church are several curious fragments of alabaster figures: during the restoration a fine fresco painting of St. Christopher was discovered on the north wall, where it is still preserved: there is also on the floor under the tower a very fine brass with effigies to John Burgoyne and his wife, ob. 1525, and a fine tombstone inscribed to Thomas Wibrow, ob. 1669: there are 200 sittings. The registers date from the year 1562"
[Kelly's Directory - 1900]
Impington, St. Andrew: Records of baptisms 1558-1692, 1718-1994, marriages 1559-1691, 1718-1837, burials 1558-1692, 1718-1867 and banns 1755-1970 reside in the Cambridge Record Office. The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-1640, 1660-1862 can be found in the Cambridge University Library. Indexed transcripts exist in the Cambridge Record Office for baptisms, marriages and burials 1558-1748.
Wesleyan Methodist Church: Records exist for the Cambridge Wesleyan Circuit of which Impington is part.
Land Tax: records were compiled afresh each year and contain the names of owners and occupiers in each parish, but usually there is no address or place name. These records reside in the Cambridge Record Office for the years 1798 (on microfilm), 1829-32, and 1880-1948.
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