Huntingdon, Hinchingbrooke House 1907
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Photo of Huntingdon, Hinchingbrooke House 1907

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The house was built around the remains of a former Benedictine nunnery. At the time of the Dissolution, Sir Richard Cromwell was given the estate by Henry VIII; it is said that as a child, Oliver Cromwell played here. Later, Hinchingbrook was taken by the Montagu, family who became the Earls of Sandwich (it was from one of the earls that the sandwich snack took its name). Hinchingbrook House is now home to the Sixth Form Centre of Hinchingbrook School, and is open to the public every Sunday afternoon in the summer.

Memories of Huntingdon, Hinchingbrooke House 1907

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Huntingdon, Hinchingbrooke House 1907

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I loved Hinchingbrooke School growing up and the house just intrigued me. I remember my first year of sixth form in the house and my friends and I decided to look around the grounds where we came across the graves of Oliver Cromwell's dogs behind the Wendy House. This was an amazing find and the stories we were told about the history of the house was wonderful. I would very much like to see a paranormal team within the ...see more