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Orwell High Street 2

Orwell Past

We have a large archive of photos and documents that we are gradually adding to the site, so do keep checking for the latest pages.

We welcome your memories, photos and reports of village activities – both historic and recent. Just follow the directions on “Submit Orwell History Information” and we will add and edit your contributions to the site.

You may also like to visit our other associated websites. For a good selection of old photos, try the Orwell Community Archive within the Cambridgeshire Community Archive Network (CCAN) at http://orwell.ccan.co.uk/.

The ‘WimpolePast’ local history website also has some Orwell material which may be of interest. ‘The Orwell Chronicles’ (over 200 items collected from Cambridge newspapers 1770-1899), the Rev R W Whiston’s 1927 booklet ‘The Marriage Register of the Parish of Orwell 1653-1837’, an article on the ‘Old Brewery Building 1908-1818’ in New Orwell, plus the full ‘1881 Census’ for the Parish of Orwell.