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Pampisford, Cambridgeshire

Historical Description

Pampisford, a parish, with a village, in Cambridgeshire, and a station about 1½ mile from the village on the Cambridge and Colchester or Haverhill branch of the G.E.R., 1 E of Whittlesford station on the G.E. main line, 1¾ N of the boundary with Essex, and 4¼ miles WNW of Linton. It has a post office under Cambridge; money order and telegraph office, Sawston. Acreage, 1607; population, 329. There is a parish council consisting of five members and a chairman. Pampisford Hall, a large mansion of brick, about a mile from the village, stands in the midst of beautiful grounds, and was a seat of the Hamond family, who owned the manor and much of the land. It is now the property of the Binney family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely; net value, £50 with residence. The church, which is surrounded by some beautiful elms, is an ancient building of flint and rubble with traces of Norman, and consists of chancel, nave, N aisle, S porch, and western tower with spire. It has an ancient rood-screen and a Norman font.

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 parishPampisford St. John the Baptist 
HundredChilford 
Poor Law unionLinton 

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


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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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 districtCB22
Post TownCambridge

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