Rampton

Other current and historical names

Rantone

Built-Up Area: Rampton
Parish/Community: Rampton
District/Borough: South Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°17'31"N 0°5'18"E
Eastings/Northings: 542527, 268054
OS Grid: TL425680
Mapcode Local: GBR L68.C4T
Mapcode Global: VHHJP.HN27

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Rampton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Rampton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Rampton.-- par. and vil., in co. and 7 miles NW. of Cambridge, 1312 ac., pop. 232.

Rampton in the Domesday Book

A village in Northstowe hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

- Overlords in 1066: Edeva the fair; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one; Freemen, five
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Picot of Cambridge
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 7 cottagers; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 ploughs

British Place Names

Rampton, Cambridgeshire

Rampton is a village in Rampton , Cambridgeshire

Rampton in historic gazetteers

Rampton in the Domesday Book