Welcome to our website

Little Downham has existed since time immemorial-much of its history is still visible today although the real history the lives of the people who live, or lived, there is inside our heads.  I decided to publish online my father's pages of memories which he wrote in the early eighties and which go back to the thirties.  Since then I have added the contributions of several local people as well as the diary pages of the parish magazine from the late 19th century.   Along with the many websites which contain information on many aspects of the village's life it is surprising just how much has been said about the "village on the hill".

I would be delighted if people from the village or their descendants would contact me and tell us about their memories of the village and life there.  


News

03/07/2008 16:43

Website launched

Our new website has been launched today. The Little Downham history website has been on another server until today.  I've copied it over so that we can have an integrated forum which should make it easier for people to communicate with each other.  If any one would like any particular...

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Little Downham related websites

Vision of Britain website-Little Downham

Vision of Britain website-Little Downham

Access all kinds of census information about the village packaged in themes.  Go to site

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British museum collections-Little Downham dialect

British museum collections-Little Downham dialect

A very interesting recording by the famous Stanley Ellis who collected dialect samples from round the country.  The person is anonymous.  Does anyone recognize his voice.  Go to site

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Littleport Almanachs

Littleport Almanachs

The Strawson family's collection of Littleport almanachs.  Very interesting and obviously similar events are referred to which would have affected Little Downham.  Go to site

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Family history search Cambridgeshire

Family history search Cambridgeshire

An excellent site for finding out more about your family's origins.  Go to site

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Up My Street - Little Downham

Up My Street - Little Downham

Everything you could possibly want to know about the village-statistics about education, house prices, businesses. Go to site

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Cambridgeshire listed buildings site-Little Downham and Pymore

Cambridgeshire listed buildings site-Little Downham and Pymore

An interesting list of all the listed buildings in the village.  Go to site

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History of Little Downham

History of Little Downham

A very detailed history of the village on the British History Online website.  Go to site

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Ely.org.uk

Ely.org.uk

Ely.org.uk  was the first website with a lot of content about Ely.  The Gillet brothers from Little Downham built it up to a collection of humourous and informative pages unrivalled in the area.  Go to site

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Parish magazine 1897

05/04/2008 12:54

January 1897

  January 1897   ANOTHER year is gone...

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05/04/2008 12:56

February 1897

  February 1897 ONE great white sheet of...

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05/04/2008 12:59

March 1897

  March FLOODS owing to the sudden thaw, and...

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05/04/2008 13:00

April 1897

  April THE CEMETERY.—-On Monday evening,...

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05/04/2008 13:02

May 1897

  May OUR first words must be those of...

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05/04/2008 13:03

June 1897

  June THE sixtieth year of Her Majesty the...

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05/04/2008 13:05

July 1897

  July THE past month has been one of varied...

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05/04/2008 13:06

August 1897

  August   RARELY have the crops looked...

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05/04/2008 13:07

September 1897

  September THE past has been a month almost...

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05/04/2008 13:08

October 1897

  October Two more Harvest Festivals have...

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Parish Magazine 1898

05/04/2008 13:16

January 1898

  January DURING the last month we have been...

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05/04/2008 13:20

February 1898

  February FORTUNATELY the great dark war...

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05/04/2008 13:21

March 1898

  March OUR first words in this month's...

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05/04/2008 13:22

April 1898

  April WAR at all times is a very terrible...

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05/04/2008 13:22

May 1898

  May FLOWER SHow.-A meeting of the...

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05/04/2008 13:23

June 1898

  June THE Jumble Sale in behalf of the...

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05/04/2008 13:25

July 1898

  July THE last month has been an eventful...

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05/04/2008 13:26

August 1898

  August ALL over England men are now busy...

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05/04/2008 13:27

September 1898

  September THE Harvest Thanksgiving at...

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05/04/2008 13:28

October 1898

  OCTOBER BITS ABOUT TEMPERANCE.-Some very...

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05/04/2008 13:29

November 1898

  November THE Annual Tea at Downham, was...

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Memories of the 30s and 40s-John Glover (1933-2006)

05/04/2008 13:47

School Days

  School The village had two schools, the infant school in Eagles Lane, now demolished and "top school", now the village centre, where one finally graduated at the tender age of fourteen years of age to be launched on to the world employment market. A fortunate few passed the eleven plus...

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05/04/2008 13:49

Horses and Blacksmiths

  Horses and blacksmiths Among my earliest recollections are horses, cart horses which were the power unit of the village. They pulled the plough; they pulled the cart; they did the lugging. I recall many horses passing our house in North Fen each morning bound for a day's slog on the land....

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05/04/2008 13:50

Ely Market

The market at Ely Ely market was the focal point of the week; almost everyone attended and for the local farmers and smallholders ti was a day out. A typical sight was a farmer in a pig float which contained about six fat pigs going to the...

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