Linton
Linton maps (2 available)
Map of Cambridgeshire
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
See this old map of Cambridgeshire
Personalised maps
Create an historic map centred directly on any postcode!
Linton books (10 available)
- 13 photos on Linton appear in 3 Frith books - View photos of Linton
- Read extracts and see photos from these books on Linton and Cambridgeshire
Linton memories
Read and share memories of Linton and Cambridgeshire inspired by Frith photos
Building history.
The photograph shows a shop and house which my grandmother ran between 1931 and 1952. It was then run by my uncle until it was sold as a house in 1979. My grandmother's name was Colville and she ran the shop as a general stores. Before the building was a shop it was a public house called the Axe and Compass and part of the building was a cobblers shop. The building itself goes back to 1599.
Contributed by Mrs DM Coe
The Grip
I moved into this cottage in 1953 with my parents and older sister. I remember very clearly looking out of the large window in the centre of the cottage wishing I was old enough to go to school with my sister. I was also very envious as she came home from school with a Coronation mug of the Queen and Prince Philip. When we first moved in, there was no inside bathroom or toilet and we got our water from a pump in the garden. I always loved that house even though I am convinced I saw a ghost there when I was about 8 years old ! The house number was 28, our phone number was Linton 558 and my ...read more here
Contributed by Carol Flynn
Cambridgeshire memories
The Grip
I moved into this cottage in 1953 with my parents and older sister. I remember very clearly looking out of the large window in the centre of the cottage wishing I was old enough to go to school with my sister. I was also very envious as she came home from school with a Coronation mug of the Queen and Prince Philip. When we first moved in, there was no inside bathroom or toilet and we got our water from a pump in the garden. I always loved that house even though I am convinced I saw a ghost there when I was about 8 years old ! The house number was 28, our phone number was Linton 558 and my ...read more here
A memory of Linton contributed by Carol Flynn
Building history.
The photograph shows a shop and house which my grandmother ran between 1931 and 1952. It was then run by my uncle until it was sold as a house in 1979. My grandmother's name was Colville and she ran the shop as a general stores. Before the building was a shop it was a public house called the Axe and Compass and part of the building was a cobblers shop. The building itself goes back to 1599.
A memory of Linton contributed by Mrs DM Coe
Extracts From Linton & Cambridgeshire books
This little lad demonstrates the ingenuity of a stile which maintains the integrity of the field boundary without the need for steps over the fence. Simply push the three rails down, and step over! This one is the only example of a clapper stile in Cambridgeshire.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Photographic Memories".
A possible relict from the 19th century enclosure, this stile was rebuilt in 1998, but the gate has now gone. When this picture was taken in the 1950s, the Linton estate farms were mainly arable, with only 200 acres recorded as grassland.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Living Memories".
In 1897 the vicar employed district visitors to serve the growing congregation, estimated at 1,200 people with 240 regular communicants. In 1959 the congregation had shrunk to around 11. Since this picture was taken the trees around the church have grown, and it cannot be seen from this tree by the brook.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Living Memories".
Linton had a regular market from the Middle Ages, and it was the last place outside Cambridge to maintain one, but it came to an end around 1860, supplanted by its shops.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Photographic Memories".
Across the river bridge is the White Swan, recorded as an inn in the early 17th century. It has been altered many times, and possibly enlarged after it was sold to a Cambridge brewer, Henry Mason, in 1823. The bus stop is nearby, and over the porch is written ‘coaches welcome’.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories".