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Impington, Cambridgeshire

Historical Description

Impington, a village and a parish in Cambridgeshire. The village stands 1 mile ESE from Histon station on the G.E.R., and 2½ miles N from Cambridge, and was once a market-town. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Cambridge. The parish comprises 1668 acres; population, 418. A handsome mansion here called Impington Hall, belonged to the Pepys family, is frequently mentioned in Pepys' diary, and passed by marriage to the family of Coffin. A woman of this parish was enveloped in a snow-drift in 1799, remained in it nearly eight days and nights, and was taken out alive, and a monument recording the event now stands on the spot. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely; gross yearly value,, £138. The church is a small building of stone in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consists of nave, aisle, and chance, with porch and tower, and has a brass of the Burgoynes of 1500.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyCambridgeshire 
Ecclesiastical parishImpington St. Andrew 
HundredNorthstow 
Poor Law unionChesterton 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Impington from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cambridgeshire is available to browse.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Cambridgeshire 1575 and 1619 is available online.

DistrictSouth Cambridgeshire
CountyCambridgeshire
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtCB24
Post TownCambridge

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