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Kimbolton books (13 available)
- 9 photos on Kimbolton appear in 3 Frith books - View photos of Kimbolton
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Staty Fair.
The Staty Fair is really called 'The Statute Fair' as it is held one night only but the high street is actually blocked off for 48 hours.
My family have lived in Kimbolton for over 500 years, my grandad had the butchers shop in the high street 'Whitemans', and my nan had the 'Saddle' public house. During the war they lived at number 40 and had doctors and nurses staying with them.
All my family return to Kimbolton and are buried in the cemetery.
Contributed by Lisa Wright
Cambridgeshire memories
Staty Fair.
The Staty Fair is really called 'The Statute Fair' as it is held one night only but the high street is actually blocked off for 48 hours.
My family have lived in Kimbolton for over 500 years, my grandad had the butchers shop in the high street 'Whitemans', and my nan had the 'Saddle' public house. During the war they lived at number 40 and had doctors and nurses staying with them.
All my family return to Kimbolton and are buried in the cemetery.
A memory of Kimbolton contributed by Lisa Wright
Spaldwick Windmill
The Belton family has a long association with Spaldwick as millers, witnessed by a hill being in the family name, (O.S. map 153), just north of the village.
My mother's sister Violet Bass, from nearby Kimbolton, was married to John Belton.
John, my uncle, inherited the windmill as well as a further windmill at Alconbury and a *water driven mill at Houghton, now owned by the National Trust. The Belton family had a very healthy corn milling business in this area of Huntingdonshire, (sad that it had to be gobbled up by Cambs.). I have documents associated with the business as well as John's 'verge' pocket watch, which formerly belonged to a "Charles" Belton, (father?). I have also, letters written ...read more here
A memory of Spaldwick contributed by Paul Digby
The Swan
I became landlady of The White Swan as it was then, with my husband Gordon, who has since died. It had previously been run as an up market restaurant, but had not been successful. We concentrated on the village life, bringing the community together. Introduced bar skittles, darts, and instead of the restaurant, kept to plain English home-made cooking. We always had a themed New Year party, and people would be queueing outside on a Saturday night. The hardest three years work of my life, and while there were many happy memories, there were more unhappy ones. I was so glad to leave it. I have visited only once since, in the mid 90s. ...read more here
A memory of Old Weston contributed by Angela Cain
Extracts From Kimbolton & Cambridgeshire books
This view looks away from Kimbolton Castle along the High Street. Although most of the frontages are Georgian, with a pleasing variation in roof lines, many of the houses are actually a good deal older. The 13th century church spire, with its three tiers of lucarnes - the windows which pierce it - appears above the rooftops.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Photographic Memories".
The High Street in Kimbolton was the market place for the surrounding villages and the site of the ‘Staty’ Fair that is still held every September. This was the hiring fair for farm labourers and domestic servants; today it is just fun. As the road curves around the churchyard there is a milestone ‘60 miles to London’. The old market hall stood near the war memorial.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories".
This is the High Street, the main street in Kimbolton. The George Hotel is now a private house. The garage beyond it, with a fake timber-framed frontage, has long gone. Local sources state that the timber frame was indeed a fake - the battens were held in place by old football boot studs!
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Living Memories".
Many of the buildings on the High Street were re-fronted in Georgian times; inside some of the shops and inns we can see the earlier jettied timber frames. The George Hotel was once two medieval houses. Nearby is the garage selling Cleveland petrol, and a child sits on the wall of Castle Green.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories".
Flanders and Sons, builders and coffin makers, occupied the large house on the left until recently. There was talk of redeveloping the site, but fortunately it has not changed apart from the volume of traffic, which would make it dangerous to stand in the street to reproduce this photograph!
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Living Memories".