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LDHS is delighted to announce that after years of campaigning, the Section 106 agreement for Northstowe phase 2 contains the following legally binding commitment: The S106 for Northstowe Phase 2 includes the provision for a Heritage Core Group to take forwards the issues over heritage assets in and around Northstowe, including the provision of a […]

LDHS will hold its AGM on Friday 1 September at 7.30pm. (Only members can vote on the business outlined in the agenda). The AGM will be followed (c 8.00PM) by the September talk which is being given by our local retired doctor Gordon Hewlett. (Please be aware the date at the start of this post […]

The heritage society is sad to report that one of our earliest supporters and contributors has died. Norman Collinge was a good friend of the heritage society and one of the earliest contributors to the LDHS archives. A frequent visitor to The Manor he will be missed but never forgotten. Sadly Norman and many of […]

Please see below for details of the LDHS talk this Friday evening. ‘Suffragettes and Votes for Women’ by Mary Dicken LDHS FRIDAY 2017 0505

  Cambridge North railway station is due to open on 21 May. Served by the Guided Busway residents from Longstanton, Northstowe and Oakington and Westwick will have direct off-road access to this station and from there London etc. This improvement to travel facilities will mean that non-locals will have better access to this area and can […]

A reminder that the LDHS talk this Friday is on the Archaeology and Records of our local National Trust property, Wimpole Hall. Please come along to this talk and learn about this property so next time you visit you will know a little more about the history of the house and the landscape in which […]

An interesting view of old Longstanton which includes a reference to Home Farm http://www.bbc.co.uk/…/domes…/dblock/GB-536000-264000/page/5

Oh dear Longstanton never really stood a chance! Having followed the Northstowe project from the John Prescott days it comes as no surprise that politics and Northstowe remain so intertwined, or so it would appear from this article http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cameron-backer-set-for-windfall-from-500m-property-sale-g29r2h39p

Glad to see that RAF Waterbeach museum has re-opened in memory of Oliver Merrington. If the developers of Waterbeach barracks can fund a museum on the site then the developers of the new town of Northstowe have no excuse for not doing the same. Our work continues….. http://www.waterbeachbarracks.co.uk/waterbeach-museum-reopens-in-memory-of-oliver-merrington/

With the approach of Christmas it would be nice to think that we can all start to wind down, relax and look forward to the festive season. Sadly in the world of developers and development this is often the time when planning applications are submitted – timed so that the public consultation runs over the […]