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British Library accessions LDHS material
LDHS is pleased to announce that the British Library has accessioned all the material which Hilary Stroude recently sent to them. This material included research booklets which Hilary and her researcher produced c 2005 onwards. It also included a large selection of the Longstanton Life magazines that related particularly to Northstowe. A full set of…
Northstowe Arts Sculpture Project for the Heritage Annex
LDHS is delighted to have been asked to support the Northstowe Arts Sculpture Project for the Heritage Annex. More details can be found at https://www.ldhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/202301_Update_NN.pdf
2022 Newsletter and AGM
The LDHS 2022 Newsletter is now available and can be found at 2022 Newsletter. The AGM will take place on 15th September and full details can be found on our talks page. We hope to see you at the AGM and afterwards for our talk about the 1947 floods.
Heritage Building On It’s Way
For everyone who has been following the work of the Heritage Society over the last 15 + years will know that we have long campaigned for Northstowe, Longstanton, Oakington & Westwick, RAF Oakington and Oakington Barracks to have a heritage facility. The history that the villages share with the new town is unique and it…
LDHS Supports Northstowe Community Events
May 2022, saw the 5th anniversary of residents moving into Northstowe town and the Heritage Society was delighted to be asked to support their celebrations. In June both Northstowe and Longstanton celebrated the Platinum Jubilee and once again LDHS exhibited a selection of our archives. Both events were well supported and it gave the Heritage…
Northstowe Heritage Guide
LDHS has produced a guide to Northstowe history which covers the history and heritage of Northstowe and the neighbouring villages of Longstanton, Oakington and Westwick. This guide is now available on the Northstowe website
LDHS Talks – please give us your views
LDHS Talks – currently on hold Due to the current concerns regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus) LDHS has decided to postpone our talks until it is safe to hold them again. We would appreciate your feedback regarding when to restart our talks, this short survey should only take a couple of minutes to complete – please give…
LDHS Update December 2021
LDHS has been protecting and promoting the heritage of Longstanton, RAF Oakington and Oakington Barracks (the airfield is now the site of the new town of Northstowe) since May 2007, and in that time we have made significant contributions to the development of the new town. Below are just some of the successes we have…
Cambridgeshire Crucifixion Victim Buried In Fenstanton
Sometimes, local history discoveries can be shocking but significantly advance our understanding of past customs and practices across our local region. Fenstanton is a village lying between Longstanton and St Ives (not very far away at all) and features in an article that has appeared in a national newspaper, the Daily Mail. This discovery helps…
New Research helps answer questions about Local Plague Burials.
All Saints’ church, Longstanton burnt down in the summer of 1349 which would have been in the midst of an outbreak of the plague, which is on record as having reached Crowland Abbey lands in Oakington, Dry Drayton and Cottenham in the autumn of 1348. It is unlikely that the timing of this fire and…