Hemingford Abbots
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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 Cromwell Museum
Better known today as The Cromwell Museum!!
A memory of Huntingdon contributed by Korina Morris
Evacuation to Abbots Ripton 1939
My father, Gerald Blockley, originally from Derby, had just completed a degree in History from Unversity College, London and was appointed to teach at Bruce Grove School in Tottenham in 1939. He was evacuated with a lot of the children to Abbots Ripton in the autumn of 1939. He managed to find lodgings for all the children but none for himself, so the owner of the Manor House took pity on him and took him in to stay with him. It was a particularly bad winter with a lot of snow and they all used to meet up at the village pub. He had very happy memories of his time there. He volunteered to join the army from there.
A memory of Abbots Ripton contributed by vivienne charrett
Extracts From Hemingford Abbots & Cambridgeshire books
The parish church of St Margaret is built from local brown cobbles. The tower has a fine spire divided by two decorative bands above the spire lights. The chancel was rebuilt in c1800 in yellow brick. Children walk across the green.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories".
Until the 13th century, Huntingdon was a port on the River Great Ouse. Then the powerful Abbot of Ramsey built a weir across the river on his land at Hemingford Abbots, and he persuaded the Lord of neighbouring Hemingford Grey to do likewise. The explanation was to harness the river to drive watermills, but the real reason was to block navigation to Huntingdon, and increase their own rents and tolls from St Ives, which then became the head of navigation in the river.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Photographic Memories".
It is sometimes almost
unbelievable when
we realise how much
of our heritage has
been destroyed during
the past century. This
beautiful house would
seem to be such an
important asset to
the village, but like so
many others, all trace
of it has now gone.
In its place stands a
row of brick terraced
cottages. In the
distance, the thatched
building with the
brick chimney forms
part of the original
village school and the
School House. We may
be thankful that this
survives and is being
meticulously cared for
by its present owner.
An extract from from"Huntingdon, St Neots and St Ives Photographic Memories".
Hemingford Abbots is an attractive collection of brick, timbered and thatched cottages and houses, which originally started as just a small hamlet gathered around the church, but which subsequently grew westwards, towards Godmanchester.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Photographic Memories".
It is sometimes almost
unbelievable when
we realise how much
of our heritage has
been destroyed during
the past century. This
beautiful house would
seem to be such an
important asset to
the village, but like so
many others, all trace
of it has now gone.
In its place stands a
row of brick terraced
cottages. In the
distance, the thatched
building with the
brick chimney forms
part of the original
village school and the
School House. We may
be thankful that this
survives and is being
meticulously cared for
by its present owner.
An extract from from"Huntingdon, St Neots and St Ives Photographic Memories".