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What to do in and around Cambridge this weekend

What to do in and around Cambridge this weekend

by Dr N. Henry The best thing to do this weekend is, of course, to visit the Museum of Cambridge if you have not done so recently. Housed in the 17th century White Horse inn, the Museum is a quaint

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The Miller of Cambridge: February1805 – The agricultural crisis and the intensification of the enclosure movement in Cambridgeshire

The Miller of Cambridge: February1805 – The agricultural crisis and the intensification of the enclosure movement in Cambridgeshire

January ended with James waiting anxiously for a cargo of wheat from Hamburg which he bought for £1,300 (several tons of wheat). On Thursday 31st of January James writes in his diary: I hope the ship will come but no

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Whose Town is it? Two 19th Century Takes on the Question

Whose Town is it? Two 19th Century Takes on the Question

Oil painting by James Ward, View of Cambridge from Castle Hill By Dr N. Henry John Le Keux (a London engraver) and James Ward (a London painter) both produced artistic impressions of the town of Cambridge viewed from Castle Hill

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Folklore Finds: Snakestone

Folklore Finds: Snakestone

While this might look like a simple fossil at first glance, if we take a closer look, it soon becomes clear that there is some fascinating folklore going on here!  This is a snakestone – a name given to ammonites

3 March 20253 March 2025 Blogs, Collections, Museum, Tracing Traditions Read more

The Miller of Cambridge: January 1805 – How do you feed Cambridge when there is no grain?

The Miller of Cambridge: January 1805 – How do you feed Cambridge when there is no grain?

Christmas had been a non-event for James Nutter who, as a Baptist and a true Puritan spirit, had worked most of that day. After all, Christmas had been condemned and banned in the 1640s by the Puritan parliament who saw

9 January 202510 January 2025 Blogs, Capturing Cambridge, Projects, Tracing Traditions Read more

Folklore Finds: Astragali, or Knucklebones

Folklore Finds: Astragali, or Knucklebones

While these five small objects might not look important at first glance, on closer inspection they have a huge wealth of history and lore surrounding them. They are astragali, or knucklebones, and are the talus bones from sheep or goats.

9 January 20259 January 2025 Blogs, Capturing Cambridge, Projects, Tracing Traditions Read more

The Miller of Cambridge – December 1804: Christmas Special!

The Miller of Cambridge – December 1804: Christmas Special!

In Georgian times, the festive season started on the 6th of December (Saint Nicholas’ day) and finished on Twelfth Night (the evening preceding Epiphany). This meant that, at least for the middle classes and the aristocracy, there was during this

23 December 202423 December 2024 Blogs, Capturing Cambridge, Projects, Tracing Traditions Read more

Josiah Chater’s 1844 Christmas

Josiah Chater’s 1844 Christmas

We continue looking into Victorian Cambridge through the eyes of Josiah Chater, a young draper’s apprentice. Read on to see what 1844 Christmas had in store for him! An observation Josiah noted down and was impressed by was the amount

19 December 202419 December 2024 Blogs, Capturing Cambridge, Collections, Projects, Tracing Traditions Read more

Josiah Chater and the Circus

Josiah Chater started to keep his diary in October 1844 at the age of 15. He was living at the time at 12 Market Street, apprenticed to William Eaden Lilley, draper, carpet warehouseman, paper merchant and seller of painting materials.

9 December 20249 December 2024 Blogs, Capturing Cambridge, Collections, Projects, Tracing Traditions Read more

The Miller of Cambridge -November 1804: Straitjacket and Leeches

The Miller of Cambridge -November 1804: Straitjacket and Leeches

As we uncover more of James Nutter’s life, read on to see what November had in store for him, as we look into James’ discovery and research on his friend’s Reverend Robert Hall’s illness. At the end of October 1804,

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