Two thatched cottages with white walls and brick gable ends stand beside an empty road under a pale, overcast sky.

Rampton, 1929 (MoC234/54) location unknown

Rampton data

In 1066 Rampton was divided amongst five sokemen of Ely abbey and Eddeva the Fair. But after the Conquest the whole estate was taken by Picot, sheriff of Cambridge. The parish became the manor of Rampton Isles. In 1086 the tenant at Rampton was Roger.

A street view showing white-walled, thatched-roof cottages lining the side of a road on a bright, overcast day.

Rampton, 1929 (MoC232/54) location unknown

A circular, four-paneled village sign shows painted relief carvings of village scenes above a scroll reading RAMPTON.

Rampton Village sign (RGL2025)

Mike Petty:

https://archive.org/details/RamptonScrapbook1897To1990

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Rampton

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