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The Littleport Society

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We're a Local Archive in the #fenland town of #Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England. Open every Tuesday 1-4pm. More at www.littleportsociety.org.uk

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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 05/10/2026
Join us tomorrow night as Bryan Thurlow tells us about the terrifying story of BORLEY RECTORY. www.littleportsociety.org.uk/event/bryan-... #borley #paranormal
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Bryan Thurlow - Borley Rectory - The Littleport Society
Join us and Bryan Thurlow as we learn about Borley Rectory in Essex - considered the most haunted house in England.
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 21/09/2026
A little more Hope comes to Littleport www.littleportsociety.org.uk/2026/09/21/a... #burberrys #hopebros #littleport #LocalHistory #history
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A little more Hope comes to Littleport - The Littleport Society
Littleport model maker Bev Scott donates a model of the Hope Brothers Ltd factory (later Burberrys) to The Society's Archive.
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 21/09/2026
A little more Hope comes to Littleport www.littleportsociety.org.uk/2026/09/21/a... #burberrys #hopebros #littleport #LocalHistory #history
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A little more Hope comes to Littleport - The Littleport Society
Littleport model maker Bev Scott donates a model of the Hope Brothers Ltd factory (later Burberrys) to The Society's Archive.
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 13/09/2026
Thank you so much to everyone who came to see us at “Bygone Littleport” this weekend. We hope you enjoyed ours and our neighbouring #HeritageOpenDays events 😊
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 13/09/2026
We’re back today from 10am to 4pm for the final day of our Heritage Open Days exhibition focusing on everyday lives. www.littleportsociety.org.uk/event/herita... #littleport #HODs #fens #HeritageOpenDays
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Bygone Littleport - Heritage Open Days 2026 - Day Two - The Littleport Society
Join us for Day Two of our 2026 Heritage Open Days exhibition where we're delving into the everyday lives of the people in Littleport's past.
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 12/09/2026
Thank you to everyone who came to see our exhibition today - we're back tomorrow (13th Sept 2026) at The Barn, #Littleport for Day Two of our #HeritageOpenDays event. #HODs #LocalHistory #Cambridgeshire www.littleportsociety.org.uk/event/herita...
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Bygone Littleport - Heritage Open Days 2026 - Day Two - The Littleport Society
Join us for Day Two of our 2026 Heritage Open Days exhibition where we're delving into the everyday lives of the people in Littleport's past.
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 12/09/2026
It’s Day One of our #HODs exhibition “Bygone Littleport” - please do come and see us if you’re in the #Ely and #Littleport area! www.littleportsociety.org.uk/event/herita... #localhistory #history #fenland
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Bygone Littleport - Heritage Open Days 2026 - Day One - The Littleport Society
Join us for Heritage Open Days - Day One, to discover the everyday lives of the people of Littleport.
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 12/09/2026
It’s Day One of our #HODs exhibition “Bygone Littleport” - please do come and see us if you’re in the #Ely and #Littleport area! www.littleportsociety.org.uk/event/herita... #localhistory #history #fenland
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Bygone Littleport - Heritage Open Days 2026 - Day One - The Littleport Society
Join us for Heritage Open Days - Day One, to discover the everyday lives of the people of Littleport.
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 11/09/2026
We’re open as part of #HODs 2026 tomorrow and Sunday. Come join us! www.littleportsociety.org.uk/event/herita... #localhistory #littleport #history
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 09/09/2026
Or… join us THIS SUNDAY for day 2 of our “Bygone Littleport” exhibition as part of #HeritageOpenDays www.littleportsociety.org.uk/event/herita... #HODs #LocalHistory #Littleport
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Bygone Littleport - Heritage Open Days 2026 - Day Two - The Littleport Society
Join us for Day Two of our 2026 Heritage Open Days exhibition where we're delving into the everyday lives of the people in Littleport's past.
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 09/09/2026
Join us THIS SATURDAY at #Littleport for our “Bygone Littleport” exhibition as part of Heritage Open Days as we celebrate everyday lives. #HODs www.littleportsociety.org.uk/event/herita...
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Bygone Littleport - Heritage Open Days 2026 - Day One - The Littleport Society
Join us for Heritage Open Days - Day One, to discover the everyday lives of the people of Littleport.
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 31/08/2026
or join us on Saturday 13th Sept for our FREE #HeritageOpenDays exhibition "Bygone Littleport" www.littleportsociety.org.uk/event/herita... #Littleport #history #HODs #archives
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Bygone Littleport - Heritage Open Days 2026 - Day Two - The Littleport Society
Join us for Day Two of our 2026 Heritage Open Days exhibition where we're delving into the everyday lives of the people in Littleport's past.
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 31/08/2026
Join us on Saturday 12th Sept for our FREE #HeritageOpenDays exhibition "Bygone Littleport" www.littleportsociety.org.uk/event/herita... #Littleport #history #HODs #archives
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Bygone Littleport - Heritage Open Days 2026 - Day One - The Littleport Society
Join us for Heritage Open Days - Day One, to discover the everyday lives of the people of Littleport.
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 31/07/2026
Join us tomorrow at The Grange Summer Fair from 1pm! We’ll have books galore for you to browse and ready to talk #LocalHistory www.littleportsociety.org.uk/event/the-li... #Littleport #cambridgeshire
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The Littleport Society at Littleport Grange Summer Fair - The Littleport Society
The Littleport Society will be back at Littleport Grange for their Summer Fair on 1st August 2026.
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Mary Burgess @cambliblife.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Just getting everything set up for Open Cambridge - we'll be running our tours of the archive store as usual. Bookings will open on Monday 10th August at 10am. Make sure you get in there fast as we'll be fully booked by half ten. The link is www.opencambridge.cam.ac.uk
The Cambridgeshire Collection archive store, with rolling stacks to the right and a large collection of filing cabinets to the left, with various trollies in the middle.
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 20/07/2026
The doors are open for a free #History fair at #Cambridgeshire #Archives! Our Chairman John and Archivist Andrew are here to meet you at our stand. #genealogy #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory
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Mary Burgess @cambliblife.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The Cambridgeshire Collection are there too - do go say hi to my colleague Jackie!
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 20/07/2026
The doors are open for a free #History fair at #Cambridgeshire #Archives! Our Chairman John and Archivist Andrew are here to meet you at our stand. #genealogy #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 14/07/2026
We'll be at #Cambridgeshire #Archives in Ely on Monday 20th July 2026 along with a host of other wonderful genealogy and local history organisations. Come and see us for some #Littleport talk! www.littleportsociety.org.uk/event/the-li... #history #LocalHistory #genealogy #FamilyHistory
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The Littleport Society at Cambridgeshire Archives History Fair - The Littleport Society
Come and meet The Littleport Society and other local history and genealogy organisations at Cambridgeshire Archives, July 20th 2026.
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 05/06/2026
Item of the Month: A Patriotic Dinner menu, 1900. www.littleportsociety.org.uk/2026/06/05/i... #littleport #history #royal #itom #archives
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Item of the Month: A Patriotic Dinner menu - The Littleport Society
Our Librarian Peter Harley has chosen a Patriotic Dinner menu, for a dinner eaten in honour of Queen Victoria at Littleport, 1900.
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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The former Lloyds bank, Main Street, Littleport, Cambridgeshire designed in vernacular style with a thatched roof built in 1931 to be granted a Grade 2 listing. 👇 BBC News - Former bank in Littleport is granted Grade II listed status - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Former bank in Littleport is granted Grade II listed status
Historic England says it is
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 06/06/2026
Delighted for our Chairman John, and member Linda on their wins today at the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History (CALH) Book Awards www.littleportsociety.org.uk/2026/06/06/d... #LocalHistory #authors #Littleport #CALH
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Double win for Society books - The Littleport Society
Two Littleport Society publications have won awards for their authors at the CALH Local History Book Awards in Cambridge.
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Andrew Martin @familytreeuk.co.uk · 02/01/2025
A.I. might be coming to take our jobs, but it'll never stop John James from having been a parish clerk and 'sexbom' at 92yrs old! #genealogy #ancestry #littleport
Newspaper search results, mistranscribing an entry, giving a man named John James the unenviable title of 'parish clerk and sexbom'.
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 05/06/2026
Our new book 'Lost Littleport' is out now! #littleport #history #LocalHistory www.littleportsociety.org.uk/product/lost...
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Lost Littleport - The Littleport Society
'Lost Littleport' compiled by John Goodge breathes life back into all the places that we used to know in Littleport, but which have now been lost to time.
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 05/06/2026
Item of the Month: A Patriotic Dinner menu, 1900. www.littleportsociety.org.uk/2026/06/05/i... #littleport #history #royal #itom #archives
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Item of the Month: A Patriotic Dinner menu - The Littleport Society
Our Librarian Peter Harley has chosen a Patriotic Dinner menu, for a dinner eaten in honour of Queen Victoria at Littleport, 1900.
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 04/05/2026
Join us and speaker Doug Stuart as we talk War At Home: Living History through #WW2 artefacts. #littleport #history www.littleportsociety.org.uk/event/doug-s...
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Doug Stuart - The War at Home: Living History through WWII Artefacts - The Littleport Society
Doug Stuart returns for this free talk to help us explore life at home through WWII artefacts.
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Family History Federation @federationfhs.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Next week! Our next REALLY USEFUL #FamilyHistory Show will be in St Ives, Cambridgeshire on Saturday 18th April. Book now! www.fhf-reallyuseful.com
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 07/04/2026
TONIGHT in #Littleport: www.littleportsociety.org.uk/event/eleano... #history #LocalHistory #ely
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Eleanora Gardner - Ely Riverside: Past and Present - The Littleport Society
Join us for our free talk from Eleanora Gardner exploring the history of Ely's former red light district which is now a tourist hotspot.
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The Cromwell Museum @cromwellmuseum.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
FREE Easter Holiday activities for all - see our current display on 17th century fashion; marvel at our newest acquisition, Cromwell's watch; and take part in family craft activities! Open Daily (except Good Friday & Easter Sunday) 10am - 4pm. Details at: www.cromwellmuseum.org/events/filte...
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 26/03/2026
We've found this negative in our collection, and wondered whether you might be able to help us locate the wartime cemetery that it relates to? #RAOK #MilitaryHistory #archives
13 unidentified people standing beside a large Union Flag in an overseas wartime cemetery with large hills in the background.
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Family History Federation @federationfhs.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Our next REALLY USEFUL #FamilyHistory Show will be in St Ives, Cambridgeshire on Saturday 18th April 2026! Book now! www.fhf-reallyuseful.com
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Family History Federation @federationfhs.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Our next #FamilyHistory Show will be in St Ives, Cambridgeshire on Saturday 18th April 2026. There will be stallholders, talks, helpdesks and lots of people to talk to and help with research. Book now! www.fhf-reallyuseful.com
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 07/03/2026
#ItemOfTheMonth: Bottle of 'Bona Cervisia' from 1968 - celebrating the Festival of St. Etheldreda. www.littleportsociety.org.uk/2026/03/07/i... #archives #ely #cambridgeshire #beer #iotm
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Item of the Month: Bona Cervisia from 1968 - The Littleport Society
A special beer produced by Watney Mann Ltd at Ely to celebrate the Festival of St. Etheldreda in 1968 is this month's item of the month.
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 26/02/2026
Join us on Tuesday 3rd March for our FREE talk at #Littleport as we welcome Marion Leeper back for some more ghostly tales from The Fens... and this time she's promised to make them REALLY SCARY! www.littleportsociety.org.uk/event/marion... #ghoststories #fens #paranormal
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Marion Leeper - Really Scary Ghost Stories from The Fens - The Littleport Society
Join us for a FREE evening of ghost stories from storyteller Marion Leeper. Be prepared to be spooked!
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 26/02/2026
Join us on Tuesday 3rd March for our FREE talk at #Littleport as we welcome Marion Leeper back for some more ghostly tales from The Fens... and this time she's promised to make them REALLY SCARY! www.littleportsociety.org.uk/event/marion... #ghoststories #fens #paranormal
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Marion Leeper - Really Scary Ghost Stories from The Fens - The Littleport Society
Join us for a FREE evening of ghost stories from storyteller Marion Leeper. Be prepared to be spooked!
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 21/02/2026
#ItemOfTheMonth: Dactylioceras Commune. #fossils #archives #littleport #iotm www.littleportsociety.org.uk/2025/12/12/i...
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Item of the Month: Dactylioceras Commune - The Littleport Society
This month's item is a beautiful fossil negative of a Dactylioceras Commune (or 'Whitby Ammonite'), from circa 180M years ago.
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Dr Sophie Michell @sophiemhistory.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Fen skaters had such good nicknames. Gutta Percha See. Turkey Smart. Skating about Welney in pursuit of a prize of MEAT
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The Littleport Society @littleportsociety.org.uk · 11/02/2026
Our long-serving Chairman and Committee Member - the local historian and author Roger Rudderham has retired. www.littleportsociety.org.uk/2026/02/05/c... #Littleport #LocalHistory #Archives
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Chairman Roger Rudderham retires - The Littleport Society
The Littleport Society Chair and local historian Roger Rudderham, has retired from the Committee after 39 years.
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Hiking Historian @hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Former bank in Littleport is granted Grade II listed status www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Former bank in Littleport is granted Grade II listed status
Historic England says it is
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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
By chance I photographed the plaque on St Mary's church the other day. After the introduction of the Corn Laws and 1816 being 'the year without a summer' perhaps the riots should not have been a surprise.
A stone plaque bearing the words:

Here Lye Interred in one grave the Bodies of
WILLIAM BEAMISS,
GEORGE CROW,
JOHN DENNIS,
ISAAC HARLEY,
AND
THOMAS SOUTH.
Who were all executed at Ely on the 28 
Day of June 1816 having been convicted 
at the Special Assizes holden there, of 
divers Robberies during the Riots at Ely & 
Littleport in the Month of May in that Year.
May their awful Fate be a warning to others.
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Andrew Martin @familytreeuk.co.uk · 10/02/2026
We have a load of Victorian skates in our collection at The Littleport Society and several other bits too. Competitons drew thousands! www.littleportsociety.org.uk/local-histor...
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A history of Fen Skating at Littleport
A history of Fen Skating and Ice Skating Championships at Littleport, Cambridgeshire.
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