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Lode, 1935 (MoC228/54) exact junction unknown

Lode Data

History of Lode

Before Lode had its own church, residents of Lode and Longmeadow were expected to worship at Holy Trinity, Bottisham. Lode was formerly referred to as ‘Bottisham Lode’ or ‘Bottisham and Lode’. The railway station at Lode was named ‘Bottisham and Lode.’ It was only in 1894 that the village of Lode was officially recognized.

It was the Revd William Pugh of Bottisham (1811-1825) who first planned the establishment of a church at Lode. But it was not until the appointment of Revd John Hailstone at Bottisham that the plans for a church moved ahead, Meanwhile a Baptist chapel had been built in the village in 1832.

Lode, 1910, unknown location (Gillson)

There was a fire in 1853 that destroyed ten cottages and the carpentry workshop of William Webb. Because Webb had insured two of the cottages he was arrested on suspicion of arson but later released.

1935, Lode Junior Cricket team (Cambridgeshire Collection)

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