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Ichthyosaur Vertebrae Fossil Ely
Ichthyosaurus spine disk - I’ve been meaning to show you all this find for a while now. It is heavy and solid and has a depression either side and was one of my first really cool finds before I became an archaeologist. Now really I guess this is in the realms of paleontology rather than archaeology but at the time, when I found it I had no clue what it was and seeing it laying in the mud on the field surface, I at first thought it was an ashtray or something!……
The Orchard Tea Gardens Grantchester
The Orchard Tea Gardens Grantchester. Old postcards and old photographs of The Orchard Tea Grantchester.
The Old Vicarage Grantchester
Old postcards and old photographs of The Old Vicarage Grantchester.
Stulp Field Road Grantchester
A collection of photographs of Stulp Field Road estate Grantchester Cambridgeshire, includes views of the old post office, Coton Road, and Nutters Close, taken by Colin Bass from the early 1970’s onwards.
Profile: William Ready 1794-1824 Wicken Cambs
A young Wicken labourer, a crossing at Upware, and a tragedy on the River Cam. This is the biography of William Ready 1794-1824, who was my 4th great grandfather on my grandmothers side, he was born in Wicken, Cambridgeshire. His father was Thomas Ready (1755-1840 Wicken), his mother was Elizabeth Ready (nee Benstead - c.1761-1848 Wicken).
Alms Houses Grantchester
Below are a collection of photographs of the Alms Houses in Grantchester between. You can see the original thatch in the first photographs. Then, in the spring of 1977 there was a very bad fire the results of which you can see below. By December 1977 the Alms Houses were restored but now with a titled roof.
Old postcard of Hinchingbrooke House Huntingdon 1906
An old postcard from Hinchingbrooke House, Huntingdon sent in 1906 to Miss Jolly of Girton Villa, 27 Victoria Park, Chesterton Cambs.
The postcard reads:
“Dear F,
We are having a fine day looking round
Now off to St Ives
Grantchester Parish Magazine March 1983 (inc. Ely Diocesan Contact Magazine)
Grantchester Parish Magazine March 1983 (inc. Ely Diocesan Contact Magazine)
