Extract from Kelly's Directory of Cambridgeshire 1929

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 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. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £270, with residence, in the gift of the representatives of the late Rev. Francis Strung, and held since 1929 by the Rev. Frank Ingle, of King's College, London. There is a Mission Hall used by different religious denominations. There is a " Town Lands Charity," amounting to about £28 yearly. There is also an ancient church estate, the yearly proceeds of which are expended in the maintenance of the church fabric and generally in the conduct of divine service. To the east, and a little south of the church, is the site of the ancient seat of the de L'Isles ; it is a quadrangular piece of ground, enclosed by a wide moat, and popularly known as "The Giants Hill." The base of the ancient Village Cross occupies its original position on the Green. 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, knows as Hallowmas, was transferred to Rampton. The enclosure of the common lands was effected in 1852.

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