Mike Petty Archive Project

General Resources

In July 2026 the Museum of Cambridge was invited by Mike Petty MBE to upload his entire digital catalogue on to Capturing Cambridge and integrate it into our existing research. This was a great honour for us and the task has commenced. However, the volume of data is considerable and proper integration into our geolocated database will take time.

Progress will be reported here. We will list the files which are both accessible via this site and whose content has been, to a greater or lesser degree, integrated within Capturing Cambridge in a methodical way.

Mike Petty’s Cambridge Arbury & Kings Hedges Scrapbook 1897 to 1990

Cambridge Arbury & Kings Hedges Scrapbook, 1897–1990
Newspaper reports charting the transformation of Arbury and King’s Hedges from farmland into major residential districts, including housing, archaeology, churches, schools and community life.

Mike Petty’s Cambridge BENE’T STREET Chronicle

Cambridge Bene’t Street Chronicle
Reports concerning the historic buildings, public houses, shops, businesses and changing street life of Bene’t Street and its immediate surroundings.

Mike Petty’s Cambridge BROOKLANDS AVENUE Scrapbook

Cambridge Brooklands Avenue Scrapbook
Newspaper reports about the houses, institutions, businesses, residents and development of Brooklands Avenue and the surrounding area.

Mike Petty’s Cambridge Burleigh Street 1897 to 1990 Scrapbook

Cambridge Burleigh Street Scrapbook, 1897–1990
Reports documenting Burleigh Street’s shops, public houses, cinemas, businesses and residents, together with the redevelopment that transformed the area.

Mike Petty Cambridge Castle End Scrapbook 1897 to 1990

Cambridge Castle End Scrapbook, 1897–1990
An extensive collection covering Castle Hill and Castle End, including historic buildings, archaeology, schools, public houses, institutions, roads and local residents.

Mike Petty Cambridge Cherryhinton Road Area Scrapbook 1897 to 1990.doc

Cambridge Cherry Hinton Road Area Scrapbook, 1897–1990
Reports tracing the growth of Cherry Hinton Road and its neighbouring streets, with material on housing, businesses, schools, churches, public houses and community life.

Mike Petty Cambridge Chesterton Lane to Gilbert Road.

Cambridge Chesterton Lane to Gilbert Road Scrapbook
Reports concerning the streets, buildings, businesses, institutions and communities extending from Chesterton Lane through northern Cambridge to Gilbert Road.

Mike Petty Cambridge CHESTERTON ROAD AREA Scrapbook

Cambridge Chesterton Road Area Scrapbook
Newspaper reports about Chesterton Road and its surroundings, including shops, public houses, riverside activity, transport, redevelopment and local residents.

Mike Petty’s Cambridge CHESTERTON Scrapbook

Cambridge Chesterton Scrapbook
A substantial collection documenting the history of Chesterton, including its streets, industries, schools, churches, public houses, notable buildings and inhabitants.

Mike Petty’s Cambridge CHRIST’S LANE Scrapbook

Cambridge Christ’s Lane Scrapbook
Reports concerning the shops, businesses, buildings and redevelopment of Christ’s Lane and the area beside Christ’s College.

Mike Petty’s Cambridge DOWNING STREET Scrapbook

Cambridge Downing Street Scrapbook
Reports about Downing Street’s museums, university buildings, shops, businesses, public houses, traffic and changing appearance.

Mike Petty’s Cambridge DRUMMER STREET Scrapbook

Cambridge Drummer Street Scrapbook
Reports documenting Drummer Street, its bus station, shops, hotels, businesses, transport services and twentieth-century redevelopment.

Mike Petty’s Cambridge East Road Scrapbook 1897 to 1990 by Mike Petty

Cambridge East Road Scrapbook, 1897–1990
Reports covering East Road’s schools, shops, factories, public houses, entertainment venues, transport, social institutions and residents.

Mike Petty’s Cambridge EMMANUEL STREET Scrapbook

Cambridge Emmanuel Street Scrapbook
Reports concerning Emmanuel Street’s churches, shops, businesses, public transport, traffic and redevelopment beside Emmanuel College.

Mike Petty’s Cambridge King Street Scrapbook 1897 to 1990

Cambridge King Street Scrapbook, 1897–1990
Reports documenting King Street’s public houses, shops, businesses, houses, institutions and distinctive community life.

Mike Petty’s Cambridge Mill Road Scrapbook 1897 to 1990

Cambridge Mill Road Scrapbook, 1897–1990
An extensive collection covering Mill Road’s shops, industries, railway connections, public houses, schools, churches, residents and diverse communities.

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NB: as from July 2026 there is a Mike Petty Archive source tag in use on Capturing Cambridge. We are trying to ensure that all entries where we have used extracts from Mike’s Archives are credited. Many thanks Mike for all your work!

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This is the previous information we gave to assist with accessing Mike Petty’s data. It remains valid but increasingly the files will also be available via Capturing Cambridge:

A Cambridgeshire bibliography, vol.1: books and pamphlets. An annotated bibliography of printed material added to the Cambridgeshire Collection 1855-2016

https://archive.org/details/ACambridgeshireBibliographyVol.1BooksAndPamphlets

A Cambridgeshire Bibliography, vo1.2: an annotated list of the articles in the Cambridge Antiquarian Society Proceedings 1859-2017 and Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire Archaeological Society Transactions 1901-1953

https://archive.org/details/CambridgeAntiquarianSocietyProceedingsIndex

Fenland Notes and Queries Contents List. An index and partial abstract of material appearing in Fenland Notes and Queries, a quarterly antiquarian journal for the fenland, 1889 to 1906. In was a forum in which people sent in questions about the history, ecology etc to which others replied

https://archive.org/details/FenlandNotesAndQueriesContentsList

https://archive.org/details/CambridgeARCHAEOLOGYChronicle

https://archive.org/details/CambridgeARCHIVESChronicle

Copies of Newspaper Articles 1905-1985:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/153171359@N04/albums

Guide and Illustration Catalogue:

https://archive.org/details/CambridgeshireIllustrationsPart1Index/Cambridgeshire%20Illustrations%20part%201%2C%20%20Index/page/n23/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/CambridgeshireMemoriesAndReflectionsByMikePetty/page/n9/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/CambridgeAntiquarianSocietyProceedingsIndex/page/n9/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/StoriesFromAYearMikePetty_201503/page/n5/mode/2up

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