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Four men in aprons stand in front of W.W. Green’s shop displaying horse collars, harnesses, and bicycles on Main Street.

William Woods Green, harness maker, Main Street, Little Downham (Cambs Collection)

Little Downham Data

Little Downham Data

Little Downham is recorded in 970 AD when the monastery of Ely bought 720 acres of land here.

In the Domesday Book the village has 15 villeins, 8 cottars and 8 serfs.


Mike Petty’s Scrapbook

https://archive.org/details/DownhamScrapbook18971990

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