Hemingford Grey
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Map of Cambridgeshire
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Hemingford Grey books (13 available)
Wisbech Town and City Memories
Paperback
Ely and the Fens Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Hemingford Grey memories
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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
Contributed by Roy Newton
Cambridgeshire memories
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
Extracts From Hemingford Grey & Cambridgeshire books
This delightful backwater of the Great Ouse is about as charming as you can get. The church is mostly medieval, and the unusual truncated style of its spire is the result of a hurricane in 1741. The debris from the spire is said still to lie on the river bed.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Photographic Memories".
The church of St James at
Hemingford Grey comprises
a chancel, a vestry, north
and south aisles, a nave, a
tower and a south porch. In
1741, the spire was blown off
in a great gale. The stump
was leveled off and the spire
was never replaced. A major
restoration was carried out
in 1859 at a cost, found by
public subscription, of £1200.
Inside the door to the south
porch stands a fine early
medieval octagonal font,
whilst opposite this, against
the north wall, a superb organ
by Bryceson Bros of Highbury
provided accompaniment to
the voices of the congregation.
The gentle Great Ouse not
only formed the northern
boundary of the village, but
it was a main source of trade
and communication with
Huntingdon and St Ives. Today
it is used by pleasure craft.
An extract from from"Huntingdon, St Neots and St Ives Photographic Memories".
Next to the towpath is a traditional riverside cottage with a brick parapet gable. Facing the small green is Riverview, a fine 18th-century brick house - it was the home of the artist Dendy Sadler in 1900. He built a studio at the back of the house, and used local people and places in his genre paintings.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories".
This is a famous view of the Ouse as it bends towards the parish church. The photograph is taken from the slipway near the green. Small motor boats and cabin cruisers are moored by the river banks near the boat house. There is a warning to go dead slow as they pass the boat house.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories".
Built around 1130, the Manor
is supposed to be the oldest
continuously inhabited house
in Britain. Lucy Maria Wood
Boston, born in December 1892,
bought the building in 1939
and spent two years restoring
it. During the Second World
War she kept open house for
the RAF officers stationed at the
nearby airfield at Wyton, and
arranged musical and literary
evenings. She used the Manor
as an inspiration for her series
of six children`s stories known
as the Green Knowe books.
An extract from from"Huntingdon, St Neots and St Ives Photographic Memories".