Huntshistoryfest

We are passionate about raising awareness of local history via our free annual festival every July across Huntingdonshire!

Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

[Cambridgeshire Archives @CambsArchives]

Don't forget Hunts Archives is hosting an event this Saturday 6th July as part of @Huntshistfest . Come and see our original documents that reflect life in Victorian Huntingdon.
Please see the Eventbrite for more information and booking details: https://t.co/eqKrzOascd

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Which of Oliver Cromwell's forebears was arrested on this day in 1540 on charges of treason and heresy? https://t.co/ZxGbZmSNKJ

[The Cromwell Museum @MuseumCromwell]

Join us on Wednesday 3 July for an evening with novelist @CharlesCordell, including an in-person talk exploring his books set during the #EnglishCivilWar, as well as drinks and a book signing. 😀More details at: https://t.co/ZVfObZtC8b

[Huntshistoryfest @Huntshistfest]

Just two weeks until this year's festival begins! 🥳 Have you got your tickets yet? 🎟️ We have a schedule jam-packed with guided walks, expert talks and events for all ages! https://t.co/T1GlUrgNGO #LocalHistory #History #Huntingdonshire

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Which of Oliver Cromwell's forebears was arrested on this day in 1540 for treason and heresy? Find out at https://t.co/So9X8fN72l

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The #Huntingdonshire History Festival is back for 2024! 📢Check out our exciting schedule of events so far, including expert talks, guided walks, and events for all ages 🔍🎟️ https://t.co/T1GlUrgNGO #History #LocalHistory

[Huntshistoryfest @Huntshistfest]

#OnThisDay 1470, the trial of John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester, so-called “Butcher of England”, and Yorkist leader in the #WarsOfTheRoses, took place. He'd been captured, after the Lancastrian restoration, in Weybridge Forest, the remnants of which now survive at Brampton Woods.

[The Cromwell Museum @MuseumCromwell]

Half term is only a couple of weeks away and we've got free activities for your family! Drop into the Museum on Tues 24 and Thurs 26 October between 11am - 3pm to create your own portrait to take home with you 🎨 #octoberhalfterm

[Huntshistoryfest @Huntshistfest]

#OTD 1864 it was reported that Hunts has “been kept in a perpetual state of terror from the numerous fires that have taken place…attributed to incendiaries”...or, deliberate fire starting! Once, a local farmer lost 5 barns, 2 stables, 2 cow sheds, 3 carts sheds, and 9 cottages!

[The Cromwell Museum @MuseumCromwell]

Join us on 24 October for spooky tours of Huntingdon Town Hall for Halloween week. Explore this historic building by candlelight, with stories of its hauntings and the witch trials conducted there...
Details and bookings at: https://t.co/c8hhL1kpzS

[Huntshistoryfest @Huntshistfest]

#OnThisDay 1593, Sir Henry Cromwell gave money from the forfeited property of the "#WitchesofWarboys" to fund the annual "witches sermon" at All Saints Church, Huntingdon to "inveigh and preach against sorcery". Preached every year until 1814! (including by M J Naylor in 1794)

[Angus Ballantine @AngusBalla45848]

#Highlanddancing Young girl sword dancing at #Thurso

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Watching Wick Academy the most northerly team in the Football league. Cup tie against Nairn County

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Thanks to Malc Wayland for permission to share this photo of Brookside,Alconbury in 1904

[Angus Ballantine @AngusBalla45848]

On this day in 1830 Huntingdon North Station was opened by the Great Northern Railway Co.

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1660s map of Huntingdonshire

[Angus Ballantine @AngusBalla45848]

Tombstone of Jan de Groot, a 15th century Dutch ferryman brought to Scotland to provide a ferry service to Orkney and who gave his name to John O Groats the most northerly inhabited place in mainland Britain. Located in Canisbay Kirk where he is buried

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To see the updated biography of Lucy M Boston please visit https://t.co/dv2l3qFAuP

[Huntshistoryfest @Huntshistfest]

To see the updated biography of Lucy M Boston please visit https://t.co/dv2l3qFAuP