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"Rampton is a parish, 3½ miles east from Oakington station on the St. Ives and Cambridge branch of the London and North Eastern railway and 7 north from Cambridge, in the hundred of Northstow, union of Chesterton, petty sessional division and county court district of Cambridge, rural deanery of North Stow and archdeaconry and diocese of Ely. "
The County Council are the chief landowners. The soil is very heavy subsoil, blue clay. The land is in excellent cultivation. producing good crops of wheat, barley, beans and peas The area is 1,372 acres; the population in 1921 was 229. By Local Government Board Order No. 15,898 (March 25, 1884), a part of Willingham parish, known as Hallowmas, was transferred to Rampton. The enclosure of the common lands was effected in 1852.
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
The Monumental Inscriptions in the graveyard of All Saints are recorded in the Cambridge Records Office for the years 1727-1978. These inscriptions are also available on microfiche from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
The Census Records from 1841-1891 can be found in the Cambridge Record Office. In addition the 1851 Census for Rampton is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
The church of All Saints is a small rubble building in mixed styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle, south porch and an embattled western tower containing 3 bells: the chancel arch is Transitional Norman, the bold and low piers of the nave Early English, the chancel Decorated and the tower Perpendicular: the chancel has am aumbry and piscina: the south aisle also retains piscina, and there is a low-side window with an iron grating: under an arched recess in the north wall of the chancel is a recumbent effigy, c. 1350, representing one of the De Lisle family, former lords of this place in the nave is a slab with floriated cross and inscription in Lombardic characters to Sir Nicholas de Huntingdon, c. 1330, and on the tower is a sun-dial; the roof of the nave is thatched, but has timber framing of fine English oak: the church was partially restored and re-seated in 1900-1915 : the chancel was re-roofed and the north and south walls raised to their original height in 1910: there are 130 sittings. The register dates from the year 1678, but there is a transcript dating from the year 1599.
[Kelly's Directory - 1929]
Rampton, Holy Trinity: Records of baptisms 1674-1965, marriages 1675-1931, burials 1674-1812 and banns for 1754-88 reside in the Cambridge Record Office.The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-1643 and 1653-1854 can be found in the Cambridge University Library. Indexes to transcripts exist in Cambridge Record Office for baptisms 1599-1811, marriages 1599-1809, and burials 1599-1812. These were published in Transactions of Cambs and Hunts Archaeological Society, volume 1, 1902 with additions and corrections for baptisms, marriages and burials for the years 1674-1812. Index transcripts also exist in Cambridge Record Office for 1813-51. Non-indexed transcripts also exist for baptisms 1599-1811, marriages 1599-1809, and burials 1599-1812 at Huntingdon Record Office.
Wesleyan Methodist Church: Records exist at the Cambridge Record Office for the Cambridge Wesleyan Circuit of which Rampton 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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