About our History Society
Our society is a friendly group of residents of Cherry Hinton and beyond sharing an interest in the history of Cherry Hinton and surrounding areas and memories of living here. We have ten meetings a year with a talk given by a guest speaker on historical subjects, often but not always, with a local context. The society also arranges excursions. Please see our current programme below for a flavour of what we do.
We meet here in the Church Centre at 7.30pm on the last Monday of most months. A talk is followed by questions, coffee, lots of chat and a raffle to help the society's funds.
Membership for 2017 costs £10 for single members and £18 for couples. Guest membership for anyone who would just like to attend one talk is £2-50.2019 programme
DATE | SUBJECT | SPEAKER |
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28th Jan | Update on the David Parr House | Tamsin Wimhurst |
25th Feb | The History of Cambridge Accents and Dielects | Mike McCarthy |
25th Mar | Village Lives - Tales from the 1800's | Helen Harwood |
29th Apr | The History of Papworth Hospital to 2018 | Becky Proctor |
20th May | A Dirty History of Cambridge | Alan Denny |
24th Jun | The Archaeology of the A14 Project | Tony Walsh |
29th July | The World of Sundials including some in Cambridge Colleges | Mike Cowham |
No meeting in August | ||
30th Sept | The Late Saxon and Norman Church and Cemetary at Church End, Cherry Hinton | Craig Cessford |
28th Oct | Another History of Cherry Hinton | Michelle Bullivant |
25th Nov | AGM and Members Social Event |