Burwell
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Burwell books (10 available)
- 9 photos on Burwell appear in 4 Frith books - View photos of Burwell
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Burwell memories
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My first experience of England
When my family arrived in England from the US we went straight to our home which was located in Burwell. While my parents went to buy groceries for the kids we were able to start meeting our new playmates in the area. This was my first expereince with the difference in our english language. To this day I still get a laugh remembering when a young girl was leaving she said "Cheerio" and I thought to my self why is she talking about a cereal.
Contributed by Sandy barnett
Cambridgeshire memories
My first experience of England
When my family arrived in England from the US we went straight to our home which was located in Burwell. While my parents went to buy groceries for the kids we were able to start meeting our new playmates in the area. This was my first expereince with the difference in our english language. To this day I still get a laugh remembering when a young girl was leaving she said "Cheerio" and I thought to my self why is she talking about a cereal.
A memory of Burwell contributed by Sandy barnett
Playing in the corn fields
I lived in the cottage next to the Chapel, and played with Wendy, we used to cycle to Upware and Wicken fen. At one point we would sit on the haystacks after the farmers had finished them. I would go horse riding in the corn cut fields, wonderful thing to do.
One good memory was when it snowed, Mrs Dowdswell used to pour water on the playground so we could all slide on it. Not allowed to do that sort of thing for the children today, Health & safety and all that! The village used to have a few shops, which sold more or less anything you wanted, and two pubs. We had lots of places to play, cadnam, down ...read more here
A memory of Swaffham Prior contributed by Mary Whiting
GEORGE AND TAVERN..HIGH STREET
I AM TRACING RELATIVES ON MY FATHERS SIDE...RELATIVES I NEVER GOT TO KNOW. IN DOING MY RESEARCH, I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT MY FATHERS PARENTS (MY GRANDPARENTS) WERE PUBLICANS OF THE GEORGE AND TAVERN WHICH AT THAT TIME 1900 WAS IN SOHAM HIGH STREET. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GET HOLD OF ANY REFERNCE TO GEORGE AND TAVERN AROUND 1900...AND IF POSSIBLE GET HOLD OF ANY PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE GEORGE AND TAVERN..IF ANY EXHIST. MY GRANDPARENTS WHO WERE PUBLICANS AT THE GEORGE AND TAVERN WERE ..FREDERICK TURNER LAVENDER AND HIS WIFE SARAH. I HOPE TO VISIT SOHAM VERY SHORTLY..AS WELL AS THE VILLAGES OF WELNEY..UPWELL ...read more here
A memory of Soham contributed by EDWIN LAVENDER
Extracts From Burwell & Cambridgeshire books
When this photograph was taken, the tower mill which overlooks Burwell was still fully functioning. The last remaining windpump in Cambridgeshire was taken from nearby Adventurer’s Fen and resited at Wicken Fen in 1956.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Photographic Memories".
Boys fish beside the lode that was once busy with barges. On the opposite bank is a typical fen farmhouse with a steep roof and tall parapet gables. Boats were loaded at Hythe Lane.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories".
Burwell means ‘spring by the fort’. It was here at this fen-edge settlement that William the Conqueror and Geoffrey de Manderville made their defensive stand for the island of Ely. This is a typical fenland scene, with a huge sky forming the backdrop to the village. Steven’s Mill is built from clunch, and was plastered and tarred in the early 19th century. Inside it has three pairs of grinding stones. Burwell was the last place in England where clunch was quarried.
An extract from from"East Anglia".
Burwell means ‘spring by the fort’. This view shows the fen edge linear pattern of the village; here William the Conqueror and Geoffrey de Manderville made their defensive stand for the island of Ely. The 12th-century church tower is built of locally-mined clunch. It was used as a watch tower, and stands above the spring and the castle remains where Geoffrey de Manderville lost his life.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories".
The pump stands outside a workshop - or is this one of the village forges in regular use before the age of the motor car?
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories".