Maps

2,009 maps found.

Map Of Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire Ref. F04
Map Of Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire Ref. F18
1919, Waresley Ref. POP860724
1946, Elton Ref. NPO701100
1946, Kingston Ref. NPO748196
1946, Haddenham Ref. NPO724227
1946, Hartford Ref. NPO727804
1946, Duxford Ref. NPO696087
1946, Coates Ref. NPO672654
1946, Coldham Ref. NPO675032
1946, Comberton Ref. NPO676030
1946, Covington Ref. NPO679223
1946, Broughton Ref. NPO652748
1946, California Ref. NPO659676
1920, Highfields Ref. POP734472
1920, Holme Ref. POP738612
1901, Barham Ref. RNC633138
1899-1901, Barton Ref. RNC634314
1896, Whaddon Ref. RNE866763
1901, Sandhill Ref. RNC825028

Books

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Memories

26 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

William Foster

I have no memories of Gedney Hill but am searching for a William Foster who I know lived there at least between 1871 and 1901 - after this I lose him. He was born in 1841 in Parson Drove Cambridgeshire and was married to Elizabeth. Hope someone can help. Ken

A memory of Gedney Hill by Ken Rebetzke

West Hendon 1940s 1960s

My Harrison ancestors all came from Cambridgeshire, mostly from the Downham, where they were agricultural laborers and my father, Victor Alfred George Harrison was born in 1914 in Peterborough. His father, George William ...Read more

A memory of West Hendon by edgwaredr

Village Of Orwell

When I was a child, we moved to Orwell Grange, a large house on an estate of 7 acres. The village of Orwell stands on the A603 just 7 miles from Cambridge, where my mother taught shorthand and typing. Our home was also run as a ...Read more

A memory of Orwell in 1962 by Jeannette Howard

This Is Not A Memory But A Plea!

My late wife was born in March, Cambridgeshire but her mother was born in Great Wymondley in 1911, the date being 2nd July, 1911. This was just after the Census of that year. However, I would like to find the ...Read more

A memory of Great Wymondley in 1910 by Peter Frost

The Good Old Days

My memories are of walking to Kingsbury Sec school opposite Colindale Lane then we were transfered to the new Tylers Croft, Bacon Lane. The memories of playing football and cricket at Silver Jubilee Park, Townsend Lane where I ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1947 by Ray Filler Aka Baggett

The Young Family Cemetery Cottages

The Young family lived at 6 Cemetery Cottages from 1922 until the mid 1930s. My grandparents, Walter and Hilda Young, were married in the Hope Street Methodist Chapel in 1921. Walter was living in 27 Grey Street, ...Read more

A memory of Crook in 1920 by Pauline Barker

The Village Football Team Of The 1950s

I remember in the 1950s when Cherry Hinton had the best village football team in Cambridgeshire, and around the 1950s when Cherry Hinton was a village, sadly no more. Farms up the High Street. Smiths bakers ...Read more

A memory of Cherry Hinton in 1956 by Clarke Ron

The Norden Family Of West Wratting And Weston Colville

I have been researching the Norden Family History for my husband's uncle. His mother was born in London and he wondered why she came to live in Weston Colville with relatives. James Norden ...Read more

A memory of West Wratting in 1860 by Pauline Barker

The Carpenters Of Boxford

I would like to add a memory of Boxford, no, wonderful memories that I have of Boxford 65 years ago. As a child of four, I was evacuated with my grandmother Mary Jane Farthing, nee Carpenter, to Boxford to stay with her ...Read more

A memory of Boxford in 1930 by Alan Lloyd

Sacred Heart High School For Girls

I cannot remember when I went to the Convent but the first class I went in was Prep 4. I believe I left school approx summer 1957. Although I was not particulary keen on school I can say I enjoyed my time there. ...Read more

A memory of Chew Magna by Ruth Ball

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Captions

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Caption For Upwell, Village 1923

The county boundary between Cambridgeshire and Norfolk actually runs along the middle of the river at this point, so the church is in Norfolk, while the pub is in Cambridgeshire!

Caption For Burwell, Steven's Mill C1955

The last remaining windpump in Cambridgeshire was taken from nearby Adventurer's Fen and resited at Wicken Fen in 1956.

Caption For Castor, Peterborough Road C1955

Castor stands on the junction of the two main Roman roads in this part of Cambridgeshire, Ermine Street and King's Street.

Caption For March, Market Place C1955

Back in 1900, Kelly's Directory of Cambridgeshire said of March's Market Place:'the Fire Engine House is in the Market Place; there is one 40 horse power steam engine by Shand and Mason, with about half-a-mile

Caption For Linton, Clappers Stile C1955

This one is the only example of a clapper stile in Cambridgeshire.

Caption For Gamlingay, Mill Street C1965

Situated on the Cambridgeshire border with Bedfordshire, Gamlingay was once a thriving market town.

Caption For Bourn, High Street C1955

The hall itself, an Elizabethan mansion, was built on the site of a former castle built by the Sheriff of Cambridgeshire after the Norman conquest.

Caption For Royston, General View 1929

The higgledy-piggledy development of this small country market town which resulted from its unusual position on the county border of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire until 1896 is evident in this overall

Caption For Fulbourn, The Old Mill C1950

This is a fine old Cambridgeshire smock mill with four patent shuttered sails and a fantail; it was built in 1808, and ceased work in 1937.

Caption For Old Weston, The Village C1955

It is a typical building of the Cambridgeshire countryside, three rooms long with an entrance opposite the chimney stack.

Caption For Castor, The Church Of St Kyneburgha 1890

The cruciform church of St Kyneburga is the most important Norman church in Cambridgeshire.

Caption For Bourn, Bourne Mill C1955

The mill has been in the care of the Cambridgeshire Preservation Trust since 1932.

Caption For Eynesbury, Church Of St Mary The Virgin 1897

The Royalist chaplain to Prince Rupert was rector in 1629-31, followed much later by William Cole, the Cambridgeshire antiquary, from 1768.

Caption For Eaton Socon, The Green And The War Memorial C1960

Less than ten years later, Huntingdonshire was merged with Cambridgeshire, and the residents could truthfully say that they were amongst the few that had lived in the same house but in three counties

Caption For Eynesbury, St Mary Street 1897

Eyensbury is now in Cambridgeshire but was formerly in Huntingdonshire.

Caption For Willingham, The Mill C1955

This is the largest smock mill in Cambridgeshire.

Caption For Peterborough, Long Causeway 1904

The Local Government Act of 1972 ended the old borough, and created a large district in its place, incorporating the old Soke and extending into Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.

Caption For Royston, The Stone C1955

The town was 'carved' out of four parishes - Bassingbourn and Melbourn in Cambridgeshire and Therfield and Barkway in Hertfordshire.

Caption For St Neots, Poppyfields 2005

All these schemes mark a determination to make St Neots not only the largest town in Cambridgeshire but also the best and one of which all who live in it can feel proud.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, St James' Cathedral Church, Interior 1922

This shows the early 16th-century nave and aisle designed by John Wastell, the architect of King's College, Cambridge. Sir