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IMPINGTON is a small parish, 3 miles north from Cambridge, and immediately adjacent to Histon station on the St. Ives and Cambridge section of the Great Eastern railway, in the Western division of the county, hundred of Northstow, union of Chesterton, petty sessional division and county court district of Cambridge, rural deanery of North Stowe and archdeaconry and diocese of Ely. The church of St. Andrew, restored in 1879, is a small building of stone in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a low embattled western tower containing 3 bells: the wooden south porch is an interesting structure of the 15th century: the chancel retains some carved work, and in the church are several curious fragments of alabaster figures: during the restoration a fine fresco painting of St. Christopher was discovered on the north wall, where it is still preserved: there is also on the floor under the tower a very fine brass with effigies to John Burgoyne and his wife, ob. 1525, and a fine tombstone inscribed to Thomas Wibrow, ob. 1669: there are 200 sittings. The registers date from the year 1562. The living is a discharged vicarage, net yearly value from 60 acres of glebe £135, in the gift of and held since 1882 by the Rev. Dennis Hall M.A. of the University of Cambridge, who resides at No. 2 Newnham, Cambridge.

In this village resided Elizabeth Woodcock, who, on her return from Cambridge, February, 1799, was enveloped in a drift of snow, under which she remained nearly eight days and nights; she was taken out alive, and lived until the July following: a monument recording the event has been erected by subscription, on the spot where she was found.


Impington Hall, a handsome mansion, frequently referred to in Pepys' Diary, was built by a member of that family, but was some years ago transferred by marriage from the family of Pepys to that of Coffin, and is now the property and residence of W. A. Macfarlane-Grieve esq. who is the principal landowner; it stands in a park of 56 acres, containing some fine old timber, fish ponds and a small lake. The Master and Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge, are lords of the manor of Impington Burgoynes. The soil is red loam and stiff clay; subsoil, clay, producing good crops of wheat and barley; it is also excellent fruit growing land. The area is 1,668 acres; rateable value, £3,4I7; the population in 1881 was 398, and in 1891 was 418. By the Divided Parishes Act, 1882, and Local Government Board Order, No. 18,936 (March 24, 1886), detached parts of Histon were added to Impington.

RICHARD CRACKNEL Pedigree
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Christening: 22 SEP 1717 Balsham, Cambridge, England

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Father: RICHARD CRACKNEL Family
Mother: ANNE

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RICHARD CRACKNALL Pedigree
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Spouse: ANN GNAT Family
Marriage: 02 OCT 1707 Linton, Cambridge, England
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RICHARD CRACKNEL Pedigree
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Christening: 27 NOV 1698 Balsham, Cambridge, England
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Father: JAMES CRACKNEL Family
Mother: ANNE
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RICHARD CRACKENELL Pedigree
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Christening: 15 DEC 1611 Burrough Green, Cambridge, England
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Father: WILLIAM CRACKENELL Family
Mother: BRIGET
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This interesting surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and has two possible sources. Firstly, the surname may be a nickname for a naive person, from the Middle English "woodcock", a compound of the Olde English pre 7th Century "wude", wood, and "cocc", cock, bird, a bird easily caught. Roger Wudecoc is noted in the 1176 Pipe Rolls of Hertfordshire. Secondly, the surname may be locational from any of various places named with the Olde English elements "wudu", wood, and "cot", cottage, shelter, as for example, Woodcott in Cheshire and Hampshire, or from Woodcote in Hampshire, Surrey, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Shropshire. Locational surnames were developed when former inhabitants of a place moved to another area, usually to seek work, and were best identified by the name of their birthplace. Adam de Wudecota is listed in the Pipe Rolls of Shropshire (1193). In the modern idiom the surname can be found as Woodcock, Woodcocks and Woodcott. On November 4th 1565, William Woodcock married Johan Averidge at the Church of St. Mary at Hill, London, and the christening of Richard, son of Ambrose Woodcock, took place at St. Lawrence Jewry's, London, on March 14th 1585. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Wdecoch, which was dated 1175, in the "Pipe Rolls of Norfolk", during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

This long-established surname, now widely recorded in the East Anglian counties of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, is primarily of Anglo-Saxon origin, and a locational name either from Crakenhall, a parish north west of Bedale in the North Riding of Yorkshire, or from Crakehill also in the North Riding. Recorded respectively as "Crachele" and "Crecala" in the Domesday Book of 1086, and as "Crak(e)hale" in 12th Century documents pertaining to Yorkshire, both places are so called from the Olde English pre 7th Century "craca", crake (or the Old Norse "kraka", crow), with the Olde English "halh", nook, recess, remote valley; hence, "halh frequented by corn (crakes)". Locational surnames, such as this, were originally given to local landowners, and the lord of the manor, and especially as a means of identification to those who left their birthplace to settle elsewhere, thus resulting in a wide dispersal of the name. In some instances, however, Cracknell may have originated as a nickname for a maker of cracknels or crisp biscuits, deriving from the Middle English "cracknel", referred to in "Promptorium Parvulorum" (a medieval dictionary), as "Crakenelle, brede, crepetullus fraginellus". On March 3rd 1558, Johannes Cracknell was christened at Balsham, Cambridge, and on February 25th 1560, the christening of John Cracknell took place at Great Bealings, Suffolk. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Elias de Crackenhal, which was dated 1220, in the "Curia Regis Rolls of Yorkshire", during the reign of King Henry 111, known as "The Frenchman", 1216 - 1272. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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The Family of Richard Cracknell, circa 1720, probably from Enfield in Middlesex [England]. ... born about 1780; and came from March, in Cambridgeshire. ...

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On March 3rd 1558, Johannes Cracknell was christened at Balsham, Cambridge, and on February 25th 1560, the christening of John Cracknell took place at ... The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Elias de ...

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1881
James WOODCOCK Head M Male 27 Coates, Cambridge, England Ag Lab
Sarah WOODCOCK Wife M Female 27 Coates, Cambridge, England
Sarah A. WOODCOCK Daur Female 1 Coates, Cambridge, England


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Source Information:
Dwelling Coates Field
Census Place Whittlesey St Mary & St Andrew, Cambridge, England
Family History Library Film 1341404
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 1693 / 18
Page Number 2

HENRY CRACKNELL Pedigree
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Birth:
Christening: 11 FEB 1637 Brinkley, Cambridge, England
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Father: SILVESTER CRACKNELL Family
Mother: BRIGITT

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HENRY CRACKNEL Pedigree
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Spouse: ANN WOOLARD Family
Marriage: 09 NOV 1668 Linton, Cambridge, England
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Mary Ann Cracknell Compact Disc #51 Pin #652465 Pedigree
Sex: F

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Birth: abt 1856

Balsham, Cambridge, England

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Father: Jeffery Cracknell Disc #51 Pin #652470
Mother: Jeffery Cracknell (Mrs.) Disc #51 Pin #652471

Marriage(s)
Spouse: James Goward Hobbs Disc #51 Pin #652458
Marriage: 6 Jul 1874
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MARY Pedigree
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Christening: 28 JUL 1644 Dullingham, Cambridge, England
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Father: RALPH CRACKNELL Family
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Mary Cracknell Pedigree
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Christening: 11 NOV 1641 Dullingham, Cambridge, England
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Father: Robert Cracknell Family
Mother: Mary Haslewood
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MARY CRACKNELL Pedigree
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Birth:
Christening: 23 MAR 1633 Burrough Green, Cambridge, England
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Father: JOHN CRACKNELL Family
Mother: MARY

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MARIE CRACKNELL Pedigree
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Christening: 05 NOV 1620 Brinkley, Cambridge, England
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Father: SILVESTER CRACKNELL Family
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1881

William CRACKNELL Head M Male 59 Horseheath, Cambridge, England General Labourer
Mary CRACKNELL Wife M Female 58 Horseheath, Cambridge, England
John CRACKNELL Son U Male 22 West Ham, Essex, England General Labourer
Thomas CRACKNELL Son U Male 20 West Ham, Essex, England Plumbers Assistant
William CRACKNELL Head M Male 25 West Ham, Essex, England General Labourer
Jane CRACKNELL Wife M Female 27 Braxted, Essex, England
William T. CRACKNELL Son Male 4 West Ham, Essex, England
Charles S. CRACKNELL Son Male 1 West Ham, Essex, England


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Source Information:
Dwelling 25 Star St
Census Place West Ham, Essex, England
Family History Library Film 1341409
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 1712 / 69
Page Number 26

1881

Charles CRACKNELL Head M Male 25 Balsham, Cambridge, England Plate Layer
Abigail CRACKNELL Wife M Female 23 Ely, Cambridge, England
George A. CRACKNELL Daur Female 2 m Cambridge, England


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Source Information:
Dwelling 68 Kingston St
Census Place Cambridge, Cambridge, England
Family History Library Film 1341398
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 1666 / 84
Page Number 12

William CRACKNELL Head M Male 47 March, Cambridge, England Engine Proprietor (Ag.Mach)
Mary Ann CRACKNELL Wife M Female 49 March, Cambridge, England
William CRACKNELL Son U Male 23 March, Cambridge, England
Charles CRACKNELL Son U Male 19 March, Cambridge, England


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Source Information:
Dwelling Whittlesea Road
Census Place March, Cambridge, England
Family History Library Film 1341403
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 1690 / 76
Page Number 3


1881