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 […]

Below is an update on the Northstowe phase 2 planning application written by our District Councillor, Alex Riley. ‘Yesterday I attended the meeting of the South Cambs Planning Committee which looked at the revised proposals for the Northstowe Phase 2 (3500 homes + Town Centre, etc.)  The main change to be considered was that instead […]

For those of you who are local the name Mike Petty is well known. Founder of the Cambridgeshire Collection and a keen local historian Mike has devoted his time to investigating Cambridgeshire history and making it accessible to the public. Here are his scrapbooks on Longstanton and Oakington. oakington-scrapbook-1897-to-1990 longstanton-scrapbook

Today’s posts include: Aerial view of an Anglo Saxon villa found near the Barhill/ A14 junction. Mike Petty scrapbook entries relating to Longstanton. A new Public Consultation relating to affordable housing on Northstowe Phase 2. https://www.facebook.com/Longstanton-District-Heritage-Society-175316876176234/  

Phase 1: the former Hatton Farm/ golf course site; Phase 2: the site of RAF Oakington/Oakington Barracks and Phase 3: RAF Oakington/ Oakington Barracks and Oakington & Westwick names associated with the land before the arrival of the airfield. As building has now commenced at Northstowe, South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) is encouraging the local community […]