BEVIS, TREVOR.

Changing March.

March: Westrydale Press, 1988. 90168029X. A look at the history of the Cambridgeshire town of March. Landscape format. 21cms x 29.5cms. Pp.62, black & white aerial and other photos + line drawing illustrations by the author throughout. Red card covers. VG.

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Book number: 40628

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Cambridgeshire

Keywords: Trevor Bevis Changing March Cambridgeshire Town Local History Photos Illustrated 37984 East Anglia: : Cambridgeshire

BEVIS, TREVOR.

Snippets from Old Peterborough.

March: Privately published by T.A.Bevis, 1994. 0901680559. "Little bits of history are tucked away in every nook and cranny of towns and villages, in streets, museums, libraries, churches, humble and great houses. Legend and fact mingle, mouldering in darkened corners, in minds and then put away. Here are a few snippets linking our tumultuous and wearying times with the leisurely, homely pace of yesteryear." Pp.42, several black & white photos and line drawings throughout. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 40921

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Cambridgeshire

Keywords: Trevor Bevis Snippets Old Peterborough Cambridgeshire Legends Fens Local History Nene Norman Cross Kingsley Barnack John Clare 42058 East Anglia: : Cambridgeshire

BIRKS, ELEANOR.

Papworth Hospital and Village Settlement. Pendrill Varrier-Jones' Dream Realised.

Cambridge: Papworth Hospital, 2007. "This book covers the scientific, medical and socio-political history of Papworth. A further history from the settlers perspective is envisaged by Mr Frank Jordan, the village archivist." Pp.xii/65, many black & white photo illustrations. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 49488

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Cambridgeshire

Keywords: Birks Papworth Hospital Village Settlement Pendrill Varrier Jones Cambridge Tuberculosis 51230 East Anglia: : Cambridgeshire

CLEMENTS, J.H.

A Brief History of Ely and Neighbouring Villages in the Isle by J.H.Clements, 1868.

Cambridgeshire Libraries & Information Service, nd.(c.1990). Facsimile reprint of "A Brief History of the City of Ely, and Neighbouring Villages in the Isle, from the Best Sources, with Other Subjects of Interest" originally printed, published and sold by Clements and Son, Ely, 1868. Pp.68, owner's details to top of p.3. Paperback, black & white illustrated cover has crease to rear G+.

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Book number: 50224

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Keywords: Clements Brief History Ely Isle of Ely Cambridgeshire Local History Littleport Riots Fenland Villages 51737 East Anglia: : Cambridgeshire

KEYNES, FLORENCE ADA.

High Stewards of the Borough of Cambridge: An Enquiry.

Cambridge: Privately Printed at the University Press, 1954. 1st edition. Provides a sketch of the medieval background of the office of High Steward which does not itself appear in English municipal life until the close of the Middle Ages. There is also a brief account of the holders of the office in Cambridge until the 1950s. Written when the author was 93. Pp.32, errata slip tipped in, these errors corrected neatly in ink to the two pages concerned. Paperback, owner's name (P.R.Smythe) to top of front cover. G+. ** Florence Ada Keynes (née Brown; 1861 – February 1958) was the mother of the renowned economist John Maynard Keynes who became the first High Steward to be born in the Borough in 1943. She was the first female councillor of Cambridge Borough Council, and was also a town magistrate. At 70 years of age, Keynes became Mayor of Cambridge in 1932. Retiring from public duties in 1939, she wrote a personal history of Cambridge, By-Ways of Cambridge History (Cambridge University Press, 1947).(wiki).

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Book number: 41574

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Keywords: Florence Ada Keynes High Stewards Borough Cambridge English CIVIC History University 42788 East Anglia: : Cambridgeshire

LITTLE, BRYAN.

The Colleges of Cambridge. (Photographed by Edward Leigh.)

Bath: Adams & Dart, 1973. 1st ed. "Each college is illustrated by a specially taken photograph, so that the book is both an historical and visual record of the traditions and architecture of Cambridge." Pp. 7/192, 33 b/w photographs. Light blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated dustwrapper has minor edge wear. VG/G+.

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Book number: 27781

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Cambridgeshire

Keywords: Little Leigh Colleges Cambridge Illustrated 37541 East Anglia: : Cambridgeshire

MELLANBY, RUTH.

Cambridge in Brief.

Cambridge: Heffer and Sons Ltd, 1950. 1st edition. "This pamphlet is not designed to be a history of the University of Cambridge, but merely to give an indication of the chief features of the various Colleges, and a brief mention of some of the famous men belonging to them." Pp.24, double page map to centre, rusting to staples. Paperback. G+.

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Book number: 40646

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Cambridgeshire

Keywords: Mellanby Cambridge Colleges Peterhouse Clare Pembroke Gonville Caius Trinity Hall Corpus Christi Kings Queens St Catharines Jesus Christs St Johns Magdalene Emmanuel Sidney Sussex Downing Girton 41759 East Anglia: : Cambridgeshire

RUDERHAM, ROGER I. (COMPILER).

Littleport Chronicle 1770-1899. Some Extracts from the Cambridge Chronicle.

Wisbech: The Standard Project, 1981. "The Cambridge Chronicle and University Journal" was a weekly newspaper published in Cambridge from 1762 to 1934; it favoured the Tory Cause and the established church, but for its village news relied upon the local correspondent, be he schoolmaster or clerk, who would record the significant village events and send his notes all the way down to Cambridge either by stagecoach or by the new fangled railway..In some ways this news represents eye witness accounts of village happenings." 29.5cms x 21cms x 0.8cms. Unpaginated typed transcription extracted from The Cambridge Chronicle, ocasional black & white illustrations, map to inside front cover, owner's details to title page. Beige stiff card cover with black plastic slider spine. G+.

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Book number: 50226

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Cambridgeshire

Keywords: Roger Ruderham Littleport Chronicle Cambridgeshire Fenland Village Events Local History 51741 East Anglia: : Cambridgeshire

SCARFE, NORMAN.

Cambridgeshire. (Shell Guide).

London: Faber and Faber, 1983. 0571098177. 1st edition. "What Cambridgeshire is - itsphysical boundaries, its patterns of building, its relationship to East Anglia and the Midlands - emerges, parish by parish.." 23.5cms x 18cms. Pp.224, black & white photos throughout + double page map to end. Fawn cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Book number: 44805

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Cambridgeshire

Keywords: Norman Scarfe Cambridgeshire Shell Guide British Topography Cambridge Camps Castle West Wratting 46295 East Anglia: : Cambridgeshire

THE LITTLEPORT SOCIETY.

Littleport. (The Archive Photographs Series).

Stroud: Chalford, 1997. 0752410067. 1st edition. Over 160 old photographs depicting scenes, people and events from everyday life in and around Littleport, Cambridgeshire. 23.5cms x 16.5cms. Pp.95, black & white photographs throughout, owner's label to half-title page Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 50227

Catalogue: East Anglia: : Cambridgeshire

Keywords: Littleport Cambridgeshire Illustrated Photographs Parades Shows Sports Pastimes People Plades Worlers Rivers Floods 51742 East Anglia: : Cambridgeshire