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SOHAM PARISH
Genealogy and Local History, East Cambridgeshire.

Local Events
Past and present in the Soham district.

Festivities held on the Place grounds (Recreation ground, Fountain Lane).
Many festivities were held on the grounds of the Place before it became a public recreation ground, our research has turned up a few interesting functions which were held there, more to follow as we find them.

Soham Coronation Celebrations held in June 1953.
Events held in Soham for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Soham Coronation Celebration photographs 1953.
If anyone can put a date or name to a face on the following photos, we would like
to hear from you.

Carnival photographs from the past.
If anyone can put a date or name to a face on the following photos, we would like
to hear from you.

The opening of the Soham Boys Brigade new hall.
The Soham Boys Brigade opening of their new hall on Wednesday 9th October 1929 in the old brewery on the corner of Market Street and Paddock Street.

Soham Cemetery Inscriptions.

This Record of the Monumental Inscriptions at the Fordham Road Cemetery, Soham, was made by Tim and Julie Webb of Soham between 2004 and 2010 as time permitted. This electronic version comprises the full text of the transcript, with the addition of photographs of the graves as well as purchase and burial details taken from the original purchase and burial registers.

Safe for all ages.

Quakers of Cambridgeshire
and the Isle of Ely.

This is a very interesting book that we have extracted the Cambridgeshire part from, the full title of the book is, A Collection of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers, and was published in 1753, but gives accounts as far back as 1653, has many names from this area and details of what became of them including their punishments because of their Faith, is an absolutely fascinating read.

Cambridgeshire and
Huntingdonshire Leaders.

A great resource for anyone with interest in the political and social history of both Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire

Cures for Beasts.

This is a little handwritten book dated 1817 in our possession, that once belonged to a local Live Stock Farmer, it is unique and is a book of recipes of old fashioned Cures for all manner of disorders in Cattle, Sheep and Horses, you can read how they cured these things with local ingredients, some sound pretty hair raising. Only available from us.

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