What is involved in designating heritage landscapes? Allan Brigham will use his research into George Bolton and his warehouses in the Mill Road area to illustrate the conservation issues raised.
Tamsin Wimhurst, Chair of the David Parr House Trust Find out about progress made during the first year of conservation at David Parr House (“the dirty phase”); what’s been found, and what’s planned for the future. http://davidparrhouse.org/
Find out more about using photographs for historical research.
A talk by Gareth Rees of Oxford Archaeology East about the small 1830s cemetery which was rediscovered and excavated during building work at St Matthew’s School. This talk will be preceded by the Society’s AGM. You can read more about the excavation in the report at https://library.thehumanjourney.net/1677/1/Report%201437_final_LR.pdf
Find out more about the mapping project in Mill Road Cemetery, where volunteers working with the Ordnance Survey aim to record and map precise co-ordinates for every headstone.
Mill Road has always inspired artists and photographers. Artists, including Sam Motherwell, Naomi Davies, Ian Rawlinson and Daisy Zoll will show and discuss their work, and our collection of historic photographs will be on display. Cambridge Urban Sketchers will be out and about during the afternoon and will show their work. If you have a […]
How did late 19th/early 20th century radical demands for social justice impact on Cambridge and Mill Road? Dr Deborah Thom introduces our theme with an overview of contemporary campaigns for social change; Mary Burgess will explore Women’s Suffrage in Cambridge and Mill Road; and Antony Carpen will tell us more about Cambridge women who brought […]
On 11 November 1918, at 11am, guns stopped firing and peace broke out. Bells were rung, Cambridge rioted, and the war was over. But men did not return instantly; fighting continued in Russia, the Armistice was not, technically, a peace treaty, and many men would never return.
We will be in the St Barnabas Centre throughout the fair (behind St Barnabas Church, entrance on St Barnabas Road). We have talks, an exhibition of old photographs and maps, activities for children (and adults) and refreshments. There will be representatives from David Parr House, the Friends of Mill Road Cemetery and Headway. We are running […]
At the beginning of September, Alison Dickens and her colleague Catherine Collins from Access Cambridge Archaeology led a team of enthusiastic volunteers to excavate the back garden of the David Parr House on Gwydir Street.
