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Holy Trinity, Meldreth: the Nave
Evidence of the 12th-century church still visible in the nave is the thick north wall, the late 12th-century north door (blocked in 1894 and re-opened recently), and the arch into the tower which, with its free-standing shafts and elaborate arch mouldings, dates from the very end of the 12th century. The west jamb of the north door has an inscription ‘B.Hale 1837′. The date must relate a restoration and it was probably in his capacity as Parish C...
Holy Trinity, Meldreth: the Chancel Furnishings
Further work on the chancel can be dated to the 15th century, when another window, together with a priest’s door with a window above, were inserted into the south wall. Also dating to the 15th century are the poppy-head stalls, but parts of these benches do not belong to this church, having been brought here from a church in Suffolk by the Rev Clare following the relaying of the floor. The most conspicuous 15th-century insertion was that of the w...
Holy Trinity, Meldreth: the Chancel
The three narrow 12th-century lancets to north and south have wide splays on the interior in order to maximise the amount of light. Traces of 12th-century(?) painting recorded on the splay of one of the north windows have subsequently been painted over. It is likely that the east wall had three lancets, broadly similar to the present three inserted in 1871 to replace a flowing traceried window that had been inserted in the late 14th century as pa...
Holy Trinity Church: Introduction
The parish church lay at the heart of a village and, with its cemetery, embodied the continuity of the community of the living and the dead. It was the largest, and architecturally the most ambitious, building in the village, and as it was the largest covered space it was also used for various secular activities. From the 12th century it was customary for the parishioners to have responsibility for the nave, and for the owner of the church, in th...
Kelly's Directory, 1925
Meldreth is a parish and straggling village on a branch of the river Rhea, with a station on the Hitchin and Cambridge line of the London and North Eastern railway, 4 miles north-by-east from Royston, 91/2 south-west from Cambridge and 42 from London, in the hundred of Armingford, petty sessional division of Arrington and Melbourn, union and county court district of Royston, rural deanery of Shingay and archdeaconry and diocese of Ely. The church...
Orchards on The Mash
The Mash is land which may have been part of Fenny Lane Farm, once owned by George Honour. In 1876 he sold 120 acres of land in the Fenny Lane area. Twenty years later the land was being planted with orchards during the new fruit growing industry of the 20th century. The Mash area was earlier known as Honours Orchard. The fruit grown here between 1910 and 1960 was mainly apples and pears. The house on Fenny Lane adjacent to The Mash was called Th...
Meldreth Orchards in the 1960s
... Anita Taiwo My Grandad Andrew Howard owned this farm, probably just before this. ...
Station Artefacts from a Bygone Age
We are indebted to the late Mike Sharman for allowing us to photograph a number of pieces from his collection of railway artefacts which were once used on the station at Meldreth. Amongst the photographs below can be seen: A Guard’s Lamp from Meldreth Station A hand held guard’s lamp from Meldreth Station dating from before 1923. The lamp is a three aspect lamp, i.e. it has three colours, red for STOP, green for GO and clear for use as an ordinar...
Meldreth Play Reading Group
This group has been meeting since 2008 to share and read plays together. We have covered a range of material which members choose – mostly 20-21st century plays, from comedy to tragedy. Margaret Hunter orders copies of the plays through the library. Examples of plays we have read recently include “St Joan” by Bernard Shaw and “The Entertainer” by John Osborne. It is a lively and enjoyable group and there are always opportunities to discuss the pl...
The Meldreth Hoard
The Meldreth Hoard gives an important and fascinating glimpse of our ancient past. It consists of a large collection of bronze weapons and tools that date from the late Bronze Age (1,000 BC to 701 BC). Most are broken or fragmented. The Hoard was probably deliberately hidden and lay undiscovered until it was found near Meldreth station by a “working man” in November 1880. It was presented to the British Museum by A W Franks and now resides in the...
Kelly's Directory, 1916
Meldreth is a parish and straggling village on a branch of the river Rhea, with a station on the Hitchin and Cambridge line of the Great Northern railway, 4 miles, north-by-east from Royston, 9 1/2 south-west from Cambridge and 42 from London, in the Western division of the county, hundred of Armingford, petty sessional of Arrington and Melbourn, union and county court district of Royston, rural deanery of Shingay and archdeaconry and diocese of ...
Meldreth Funeral Bier
The Meldreth Funeral Bier is a specially constructed, hand drawn cart that was used to transport coffins between Meldreth Church and the Fenny Lane Cemetery. According to the minutes of Parish Council meetings, the bier was built by Herbert Gipson from 1921-23. Its construction was ordered by the Parish Council in preparation for the opening of Fenny Lane cemetery. Herbert also provided fencing and made the gates for the burial ground. The church...
Link Murang'a
Link Murang’a is a group that is a part of the PCCs of both Holy Trinity Church in Meldreth and All Saints in Melbourn. It is quite simply a link, a fellowship between those two parishes and the Diocese of Mt. Kenya Central in Kenya, which is run by a small committee answerable to the PCCs. Mt. Kenya Central has recently been divided into two – a Central Diocese and Murang’a South Diocese and the team continues to work with both. Link Murang’a ca...
Can You Help?
If you can help us with any of the queries below, please add a comment to the bottom of this page. Thank you. Flambard’s Mill The mill was destroyed by fire. If you know when the fire occurred, or have any photographs of the mill, please add a message to the bottom of this page. The Ragged Pump One of our members remembers the area between Fieldgate Nurseries and Sheene Farm (i.e. south of the road) being called the Ragged Pump when she was a chi...
Genealogical Enquiries
The queries below include posts that were added to our Family History Message Board and to our previous Genealogical Enquiries page. We no longer have a message board so if you have a query about your family history, you may post a comment on this page or email us. For more information about using this site for tracing your family history, please see our Guidelines for Family Historians. Meldreth migrants to Lambeth, Croydon By Jon Casbon on 26/1...
The Stocks and Whipping Post
... Stephen Schiavo I remember playing on the stocks in about 1951 across from Applecote where we lived. Did a bus stop there? I seem to recall it had some such logistical significance. I don't recall it having the upper (whipping post) part back then. But I do recall throwing conkers at one another from the huge tree there. John Bakewell Had my photo taken sitting in the stocks, late 1950s. ...
Memories of a School "Explosion" in the 1930s
Here, Raymond Course recalls an “explosion” at the school in the 1930s: I attended Meldreth School which was built in 1910. There were something like 50 on the roll. There were three classrooms; the juniors supervised by Miss Wedd, the middle class by a Miss Pearce and the top class by the Head, a Miss Butler who was quite strict. If children were playing with things which she thought they shouldn’t be playing with in class she suggested they thr...
Memories of the Meldreth Station Goods Yard
Click the ‘play’ button on the adjacent sound bar to hear Keith talk about his memories of the goods yard. In the 1920’s the Railway Station was a very busy place. In addition to passengers travelling to London, quite a few of the important people in the village travelled to London every day as there were hardly any cars about then. It also included the coal yard which was very busy. The coal merchant was a Mr Ralph Webb who had a series of flat ...
Meldreth
Meldreth is a semi-rural parish in South Cambridgeshire, covering 1,007 hectares. It is surrounded by arable land and orchard farms. It is located in the valley of the River Rhee, 10 miles south-west of the university city of Cambridge and 4 miles north of the market town of Royston. There is a conservation area covering the areas around the church and the village stocks. The Melbourn by-pass was opened in July 1988 and runs south-east of the vil...
Meldreth Orchards in the 1940s
From recorded memories of Joyce Howard, April 2009 Joyce Howard came from Manchester to work on the land with the Land Army in 1941. She was sent to work at Chiswick Farm, Meldreth fruit picking. There were cottages in Chiswick End allocated for living quarters for the Land Army girls. The cottages had no bathroom or kitchen. They were able to bathe and eat in Chiswick Farm House. Joyce supervised 12 women in her team of fruit pickers. The fruit ...
Alice Patricia (Pat) Elbourn 1936-2006
The following obituary appeared in the February 2006 issue of Meldreth Matters. Pat was born on 13th June 1936 in Edinburgh. Her family moved to Broughty Ferry (near Dundee) during the war. Her Mother Betty (who eventually came to live in The Grange) had worked as an early radiographer. Her father Andrew, a lawyer by profession, worked as the Harbour Clerk (legal secretary) at Broughty Ferry, and was also Hon. Sec. for the Broughty Ferry Lifeboat...
Topcliffe Mill: images of the exterior
... Lisa Fox Can anyone tell me if Johnnie Rayner pictured outside Topcliffe Mill (c1890) is the same John Rayner living with Charles William and Isabel on the High Street in 1921. Also how Jim Rayner pictured in the Post Office (c1960) and Charles (Jim) Rayner the Postman are connected? Thanks. ...
Betty Greasley 1943 - 2006
The following obituary appeared in the April 2006 issue of Meldreth Matters. Betty Greasley who was the wife of Jim Greasley, the former vicar of Melbourn and Meldreth and who also taught at Meldreth Primary School for 15 years, died after a long illness on 5th March. Betty was born and brought up in Luton where she attended Luton Girls High School. On qualifying as a teacher at Birmingham Teacher Training College her first appointment was at a P...
Arthur Harcourt 1907-2005
The following obituary appeared in the January 2006 issue of Meldreth Matters. Arthur James Harcourt was born in Dorset on 7th December 1907. He took up his post as headteacher at Bassingbourn School in 1942, remaining in post there until he retired in 1969. He served the community for many years as a Parish Councillor, and played a prominent role as organist and lay preacher at what was then the Congregational Church. He was very involved with t...
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