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Sawston pea picking c.1901

Sawston data

Sawston data

Tudor House, Sawston (MoC4/4/54) location unknown

Ortona bus outside Collins’ teashop at Sawston, 1907.

Sawston Village:

http://www.sawstonhistory.org.uk

Vanishing Cambridgeshire p.159, notes that the Sawston pea-picking custom dated back to 1554 when John Huntingdon established a charity which obliged the owners of Huntingdon’s manor to sow two acres of peas ‘for the relief of the poor people.’

Mike Petty:

https://archive.org/details/SawstonScrapbook1897To1990

Old Sawston Places and Family Names

Old Sawston Places and Family Names

Old Sawston Places and Family Names

Old Sawston Places and Family Names

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