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Impington (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 52 15 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.2500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 000 07 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 0.1167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Site of an ancient settlement; in 990s passed from Duke of Brithnoth to Abbot of Ely, went to de Lisle family in the 12th century, then to Chauvent, Colville, and Burgoynes families; half of population died in Black Death; noted for architecture by Walter Gropius; Village College, designed by Gropius and Maxwell Fry, opened in 1938; home of Samuel Pepys. |
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| Impington (preferred,C,V)
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............ | name probably dates from 6th cen., named after Saxon tribe called Empings |
| Epintone (H,V,Anglo-Saxon-P,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Impington (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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probably first inhabited by ancient Britons, later taken over by Romans |
| village (C) |
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