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Somersham, Church Of St John The Baptist 1898
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The palace of the bishops of Ely must have influenced this almost completely 13th-century church dedicated to St John. Inside there is a fine 14th-century king post roof with carved bosses. Very little remains of the palace except for two large fish ponds and the medieval bridge across the moat. On the south side of the palace was a huge deer park, Somersham Chase, that survived until the enclosures.

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A Selection of Memories from Somersham

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Somersham

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I lived in Somersham until I was 14 years old. We lived in Park Hall Road, and played in the fields opposite where we could climb the trees and see into the garden of the Manor House. The owner of the house at that time had 2 or 3 English Bull Terriers and they barked a lot at us safe in the chestnut trees. Sometimes in the evenings we would go to Manley's fish and chip shop for 2 pennyworth of chips and go and sit ...see more
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Kirton/Graham Ancestry
This is a message for Ian Graham: Dear Ian, Hope all is well with you? We are fine, having just become grandparents, we are being kept pretty busy! I have lost your email address but found you here. I have been contacted by an American lady who descends from one of your grandmother’s brothers. Do you want her contact details? Best wishes, Lin
Somersham, High Street c1965
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Holidays With Grandad
Thank you for showing the photo of Bank Houses, the house on the right was where my grandad lived and I spent a lot of very happy holidays there. His garden was aways full of lovely things to eat and as I lived in an industrial part of North Yorkshire with only a small back yard this was like heaven. Grandad would take me to the pub over the road for his lunchtime pint and everyone would make a fuss of me. ...see more
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Growing Up In Somersham
I was born in Somersham in 1940, in my grandmother's house, which was 1 West End. My own house was known then as 6 Trinity Terrace, since changed to 90 High Street. Until the mid 1950s a lot of the houses were quite primitive, no indoor sanitation, the Terrace had a pump for the 6 houses.  The only heating was a fire in the living room, the bedrooms were always freezing.  My memories are of a friendly ...see more
Somersham, High Street c1965
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