Brampton, Cambridgeshire

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Brampton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, about 2mi south-west of Huntingdon. It lies within Huntingdonshire, a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and a historic county of England. According to the 2001 UK census, Brampton had a population of 5, 030, but this fell slightly to 4, 862 in the 2011 UK census. HistoryHistorically, Brampton was variously known as Brantune, Brantone or Bramptone, and Brauntone or Brampton . Scattered human remains dating back 1600–2000 years have been found in one or more gardens of houses near the local primary school. The exact origin of these has yet to be determined. In the Domesday Book survey of 1086, Brampton was listed as Brantune in the Hundred of Leightonstone in Huntingdonshire It had two manors, yielding aggregate rents to their lords of the manors in 1066 of £20, which had increased to £21. 5 by 1086. Domesday recorded a total of 42 households, which gives a population estimate of 125–200. The area expressed in hides

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Brampton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, about 2mi south-west of Huntingdon. It lies within Huntingdonshire, a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and a historic county of England. According to the 2001 UK census, Brampton had a population of 5, 030, but this fell slightly to 4, 862 in the 2011 UK census. HistoryHistorically, Brampton was variously known as Brantune, Brantone or Bramptone, and Brauntone or Brampton . Scattered human remains dating back 1600–2000 years have been found in one or more gardens of houses near the local primary school. The exact origin of these has yet to be determined. In the Domesday Book survey of 1086, Brampton was listed as Brantune in the Hundred of Leightonstone in Huntingdonshire It had two manors, yielding aggregate rents to their lords of the manors in 1066 of £20, which had increased to £21. 5 by 1086. Domesday recorded a total of 42 households, which gives a population estimate of 125–200. The area expressed in hides

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