HISTORICAL | FENSTANTON

UK’s first example of Roman crucifixion found in Cambridgeshire village

Billy_Muggins — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 10:30:26 +0000

The first example of a Roman crucifixion in the UK has been found in a Cambridgeshire village. Albion Archaeology discovered a large, previously unknown Roman roadside settlement in 2017 while carrying out an excavation in Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire on behalf of Tilia Homes (previously Kier Living). Finding Roman burials on such a site is common, and …

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Archaeological Discoveries In Fenstanton

Billy_Muggins — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 08:16:42 +0000

Albion Archaeology has identified a large, previously unknown Roman settlement in Fenstanton that lay on the road linking the Roman towns of Cambridge and Godmanchester. Their excavations were carried out in 2017-18 ahead of the new housing developments on Cambridge Road and at the former Dairy Crest site, the full results of which will shortly …

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Burial Ground Deeds

Billy_Muggins — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 08:59:46 +0000

The following is a literal transcription of the original. Thomas Coote, Esq to The Fenstanton Burial Board Dated 1st July 1875 Conveyance of a piece of Freehold Land situate at Fenstanton in the county of Huntingdon This Indenture made the fifth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy five between …

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Woolly mammoth and woolly rhino remains found in Fenstanton

Billy_Muggins — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 13:52:33 +0000

The remains of a woolly mammoth dating back to the ice age are among the latest remarkable finds from the team working on the £1.5 billion A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon project. Highways England experts, working alongside archaeologists from MOLA Headland Infrastructure, have discovered the partial remains of a woolly mammoth and woolly rhino, both at …

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Memories from former Fenstanton residents

Billy_Muggins — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 15:25:28 +0000

Mrs Elizabeth Hodgson of The Orchard, Fen Drayton grew up in Fenstanton and recalled a couple informally christened “the parcel people” who visited the village when she was a child “When I was about 10, in 1966, some strange people arrived in Fenstanton an old man and a woman. “They sat on the roadside, and …

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A Short Family History

Billy_Muggins — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 13:42:33 +0000

Margaret Saunders My paternal Grandfather was Charles Saunders, who was born near Warboys in Huntingdonshire, which was then the second smallest county in England. Now it is the County of Cambridgeshire. This was probably in about 1870. After his marriage to Sophia Annie Saunders they bought a farm at Wolvey, near Warboys. Their first born was …

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“Beyond Yesterday – a History of Fenstanton”

Billy_Muggins — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 08:50:45 +0000

Jack Dady’s “Beyond Yesterday – A History of Fenstanton” A completely rewritten hard-bound update of his book first published in 1986. A great wealth of social history together with a comprehensive listing of persons mentioned for the benefit of genealogists. click here for more information

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