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Kitchen at Ivy House, Willingham, (Cambridgeshire Collection)Willingham data
Willingham data
Old Willingham:
Life of a Boy by Thomas Dawkes of St Ives, is about a young child of remarkable proportions witnessed by Dawkes in Willingham in 1744. This account was reprinted in 1999; te original is held in the Cambridge University library.
Mike Petty:
https://archive.org/details/WillinghamScrapbook1897To1990/mode/2up
Her Cambridgeshire Customs and Foklore, p175, contains references to two inhabitants of Willingham who were considered to have magical powers.
Miss Disbury, who was still alive in 1900, was considered to be a witch with power over animals.
Jabez Few, who was living in Church Street in 1911, kept white rats which villagers called his imps. There are stories about his rats. At his death, no one could be found to live in the house.
Rod peeling, Cole’s Yard, Willingham (Cambridgeshire Collection)
Osier processing, Cole’s Yard, Willingham (Cambs Collection)
Rod peeling involved women and children. It started in April for a month and involved the manufacture of ‘rods’ suitable for basket making.
Willingham Passive Resisters 1905
Willingham rec ground Jan 2024 (Elizabeth Trenchard 2024)
Willingham bowls club Jan 2024 (Elizabeth Trenchard 2024)
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