Thorney, The Village Green c.1955
Photo ref: T33006
Made in Britain logo

More about this scene

The house facing the green was the Bedford's pied-a-terre from 1550-1910. The quoins are of re-used abbey stone, and the stone slate roofs came from Colleyweston in Northamptonshire. It was possibly at this house that the plans were made for constructing the Bedford Level.

An extract from Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories.

Featuring this image:

Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories

Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories

The photo 'Thorney, the Village Green c1955' appears in this book.

View Book

A Selection of Memories from Thorney

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 Thorney

Sparked a Memory for you?

If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

The Rose and Crown at Thorney was managed, I believe from the early 1930s by my Great-Aunt Ellen and her husband Joe. My mother, Daisy Steele (nee Camp), and other members of her family spent pre-Second World War summer holidays there, and during the war, presumably during the heavy bombing of London and the later V1 and V2 rocket attacks, my mother and I, along with other members of the family spent ...see more