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- 6 photos on Fenstanton appear in 4 Frith books - View photos of Fenstanton
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My Parents Lived there
My sister and her husband Mr. & Mrs. E. Parkinson built a bungalow and shop on the corner of the main street and Pound Road. They kept it for many years and during that period my Mother and Father moved there and lived in Pound Road for a number of years before returning to Wales. My wife and I visited a number of times and we sometimes went out on the river in the punts that were moored at the Boat House. There was a small restaraunt in the Boat House. A very nice village on the side of the Ely river. We often walked to the adjacent village of Hemmingford Abbots, Houghton Mill and into Ely town. The Church is ...read more here
A memory of Hemingford Grey contributed by Roy Newton
The Rendevous Cafe
The year this picture was taken I lived in a flat above the Rendevous Cafe in the building directly behind the statue. Owned by Pat and John Harvey, this was home to a newly arrived American family, and this town has lived in the hearts of my sister and me ever since. I love to return whenever I can and am happy to feel right at home again each time!
A memory of St Ives contributed by Linda Christie
The Lanes
This photo shows me, my mother and two of my sisters walking home, in either 1967 or 1968. I am the small boy looking back towards the camera. We lived in a bungalow not visible in the photo, on the left hand side almost opposite the large house on the right. This house was owned by Mrs Turner, from whom we would buy our eggs and whenever we went round there, she would always give us a Nuttalls Mintoe.
A memory of Over contributed by sean baker
I was a Barnardoe's boy
I have received a dud email from a Gavin Ashton, please get in contact again, I would like to hear from you.
Irwin Parker
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A memory of Bluntisham contributed by irwin parker
Extracts From Fenstanton & Cambridgeshire books
The landscape designer Lancelot
`Capability` Brown is buried here
at Fenstanton with his wife and
children. He bought the manor of
Fenstanton in 1768 for £13,000.
Brown would have been proud of
the pollarded walkway through the
churchyard, which even today is
perfectly maintained. A bell was
given to the church in 1981 by the
John Howland Society of America:
at the time of religious intolerance,
Howland emigrated from Fenstanton
to America aboard the Mayflower in
1620. The fine spire dominates the
skyline and announces Fenstanton
across the low-lying Fenland.
An extract from from"Huntingdon, St Neots and St Ives Photographic Memories".
We are looking away from the High Street down Chequer Street. The post-enclosure brick cottages on the left have now been replaced with modern housing. In the distance is the Manor House, once home of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, the famous landscape gardener.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Living Memories".
We are looking along Chequer Street towards Honey Hill; the shape of the community has
changed little. The Chequers pub (centre right) is now a private house; the next building has been
demolished, but Chequers House, in the foreground, has been restored, and today sports fine
wrought iron railings and a splendid iron gate arch. The Rover 90 is parked outside a row of late
19th-century terraced cottages. These have been replaced by a row of similar, but modern, terraced
houses. The large traffic island (centre) today splits a one-way system, and in the spring is a delight
of yellow daffodils.
An extract from from"Huntingdon, St Neots and St Ives Photographic Memories".
The Manor House, built in the late 17th century, was the home of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, the great landscape gardener. He was lord of the manor of Fenstanton, and his monument is in the church. The house has shaped parapet gables - we can just see them beside the chimney stack. Beyond the green there is a row of post-enclosure brick cottages.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories".
There is a somewhat run-down look in this view. Inside the church (not visible in this photograph) lies the tomb of Capability Brown, who became a cult figure among the aristocracy for his stylised landscaping. He was presented with the manors of Fenstanton and Hilton by the Earl of Northampton in payment for work at Castle Ashby.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Photographic Memories".