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Dorothy Brown
The following obituary first appeared in the June 2012 edition of Meldreth Matters. We have been greatly saddened by the news of the death of Dorothy Brown who was head teacher at the school from 1988 to 2000. Dorothy died on Saturday 5 May after a period of ill health and will be very fondly remembered by all who worked with her, as well as those children who attended the school during her tenure and their parents. Dorothy was a passionate educa...
Meldreth in 1941-42
The following sketch of Meldreth has been made possible by Miss Grace Palmer’s wonderful store of knowledge and by the kind permission of the late Dr. Palmer to make use of his writings. The aim of the present writer has been to put on record interesting facts and local peculiarities before they are entirely lost in this rapidly changing world of today. (signed) BEATRICE E. CLAY, 9th March 1942 [Please note that text in square brackets was added ...
Diamond Jubilee Street Party
In sharp contrast to the sunshine we had for 2011’s Royal Wedding Street Party, this year’s party took place on a dull, cold, rainy day. Undeterred by the weather conditions, Meldreth turned out in force, donning their wellies and erecting umbrellas and gazebos to keep out the worst of the weather. If you were at the street party, please add your comments by using the link at the bottom of the page. The Queen (aka Pat Tobin) graced us with her pr...
Bell's Postcards
Introduction We are fortunate that several early twentieth century photographers took photographs of our village. Robert H Clarke from Royston and Bell’s Photo Company of Westcliff-on-Sea are two such companies and on this page, I have attempted to catalogue and date the Meldreth postcards produced by Bell’s. Bell’s took photographs not only of the Church and the village’s quaint thatched cottages, but also of the school, the railway station and ...
Holy Trinity Churchyard: the Headstones
Introduction Below is a photographic gallery of the tombstones in the churchyard. Most of the photographs were taken by Malcolm Woods in July 2014, with additional photographs by Kathryn Betts in June 2015. For further information, please see our page on the Monumental Inscriptions, which includes information on the burial records, maps of the churchyard and transcriptions of the monumental inscriptions. We would like to thank Malcolm Woods for p...
John Chalkley 1932 - 2012
... Richard Starling The Chalkley family are well remembered in Winchmore Hill. With many references to them and their bakery, in the Facebook local history page, Winchmore Hill And Palmers Green Memories. Some family photos provided by John Chalkley’s niece, Carol Earle. https://www.facebook.com/groups/WinchmoreMemories/?ref=share_group_link...
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The Ellis Family
... Bill and Jean Owens Thanks so much for this website and the Ellis family history. I spent most of Easter Sunday here and on Ancestry. We made many discoveries and really enjoyed the history. Derek George Glover Does the Ellis family of Meldreth have any connections with the Ellis families of Hinxton?...
Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in Meldreth
The following report appeared in the Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire Reporter in 1887. The celebrations involved virtually the entire population of the village. The Jubilee was duly celebrated on Tuesday last in this village by entertaining nearly 700 inhabitants of Meldreth at a feast which was highly appreciated by all. This was given in a spacious barn, kindly lent for the occasion by Messrs. Clear and Wilkerson, and was admirably arranged by...
Frog Hall to Camberwell
... Ann Handscombe I have looked through the records which my son Michael researched several years ago of the Handscombe family but can find no trace of a Jonas at the time you mention. The only Jonas recorded was for a marriage to Ann Surridge in the parish of Standen on 14.12.1788! ...
A Walk Along Chiswick End, Page 3
Continuing our walk up Chiswick End, the next cottage we come to is the lovely, old thatched cottage and former public house known as the Dumb Flea. The History of the Dumb Flea The main house is typical of the type of dwelling that emerged in the seventeenth century and persisted into the eighteenth, i.e. two rooms flanking a central chimney with a back-to-back inglenook fireplace. From the bricks in the chimney a date in the early eighteenth ce...
The Wing Family: Seduction Scandal in Meldreth in 1820
Introduction We first stumbled across this story online when we found a copy of the Annual Register, which gave the case as Gwynne v. Jenkins. Although we were not familiar with the Gwynne family, we had no reason to doubt the accuracy of the report until Trevor Hamilton, a descendant of Susannah Sophia Wing, added a comment to this page in August 2012 (see below). Further research showed that the case was actually Wing v. Jenkins. Evidence from ...
Listed Structures in Meldreth
... Kathryn Betts The listing quoted above states that Topcliffe Mill is an undershot mill. Although it is believed to have had an undershot wheel at some point, it last operated as an overshot mill. See the page on the Topcliffe Mill Wheel for further details. ...
A Walk Along Chiswick End, Page 2
Continuing our walk up Chiswick End a few years ago you could be forgiven for missing No 15. This tiny, one bedroomed cottage nestling under a huge Horse Chestnut tree was used as a holiday cottage until 2011. Just the width of the plot and squatting under it’s large tiled roof, it was known originally and unsurprisingly as Chestnut Cottage. In those days it was thatched but this was replaced with tiles sometime mid-century. In 2010 it was sa...
The Course Family and Northfield House, Malton Lane
Members of the Course family have lived in Meldreth since at least the early eighteenth century. Northfield House is on the west side of Malton Lane, not far from the junction with North End. It was built in the mid nineteenth century by a member of the Course family. The house has changed very little since it was built; the only addition being a downstairs bathroom. Below is a selection of photographs from the early twentieth century, showing No...
The A10 (Melbourn Bypass)
Historical Background On the 1954 Cambridgeshire County development plan an eastern bypass for Melbourn was shown but subsequent reviews showed a western line which, from 1960 onwards, was protected from further development. The Melbourn village plan of 1975 also indicated a bypass on the western side. In 1972 a bypass scheme was added to the Trunk Road preparation pool and it appeared in the White Paper “Policy for roads in England 1983”. The sc...
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A Walk Along Chiswick End, Page 1
On the next few pages I will take you for a walk up Chiswick End. With photos ancient and modern I will try to portray a little of the history of this most lovely of roads. We will walk first up the left hand side of the road and then come back along the opposite side. Chiswick House Our walk begins at the junction where Chiswick End meets Whitecroft Road and the beautiful old Chiswick House stands on the left hand side. To the casual eye it woul...
The History of Chiswick End
In The Early History of Meldreth by D. R. Mills written in March 1965 we read that: Chiswick End was first recorded in 1260 when John de Chesewyk was mentioned and it originally meant “cheese farm”. As -wick occurs frequently in Danish place-names, Chiswick End may have been the home of the 25 sokemen mentioned in Domesday. The Danes often lived in groups separate from the English population, but within the framework of an existing village and it...
Mary Hoy 1925 - 2011
The following obituary first appeared in the June 2011 issue of Meldreth Matters. Mary, who died on 20 April aged 86, grew up in Meldreth at Belmington House in North End, where she lived with her parents and brothers Norman and Ralph. Her mother, Daisy Dainty, was well known through her work in the Red Cross and her participation in the village life of Meldreth. Mary enjoyed horse riding and swimming in the chalk pits at the Cam Lias Cement Work...
Doreen Clark 1934 - 2011
The following obituary first appeared in the May 2011 issue of Meldreth Matters. Doreen was a Meldreth resident through and through. The youngest daughter of Harry and Gladys Waldock, she had an elder brother Dennis, and five half brothers and sisters from her father’s first marriage. Doreen was not only born in Meldreth but lived in the same Meldreth house for the whole of her life during which time she earned the respect and affection of those ...
The Bridges at Meldreth Station
... Greg Dash In the 1988 photo, the new concrete and steel station footbridge was being built in the same position as the old. The footbridge that can be seen in the background was a temporary structure made out of scaffolding and was removed when the new footbridge opened. ...
Bomb Storage on Mettle Hill
Before reading the detail about the bomb storage listen as Joan Rayner recalls cycling up Mettle Hill during wartime when piles of bombs were lined up along the side of the road. (Click on the ‘play’ button on the adjacent audio bar). There used to be a soldier’s guard post at the bottom of Kneesworth Road (now West Way). There was a guard and you had to show your pass if you wanted to go up Mettle Hill to Kneesworth as the road was closed. All t...
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