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St Peter's Street early 20th Century showing the hardware store on the left.

Project mission

To catalogue, preserve and research the history of Duxford.

Next meeting of the Duxford History Society will be on Thursday 20th March 2025 at 10;00. Our speaker for the day will be our old friend Ken McDonald from the 100 parishes and his talk is for anyone interested in the architecture of churches in the 100 parishes area. The talk is entitled "A peak inside some 100 parishes churches".

Meetings 2025


Many members have been asking for dates of meetings for 2025 in order to manage calendars and ensure that they do not miss any of the meetings. All meetings in 2025 will take place on a Thursday:

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Meetings are fun, we start with updates on what has been achieved during the past month and then we have a speaker to tell us about issues of historical interest to all of us. We have a break in the middle when people can mingle and chat and everyone enjoys it.

Even if you can't make all of the meetings you can still be a member and share in everything that is going on by tuning in to our website and participating in our WhatsApp group. WhatsApp allows all of our members to share memories and pictures and new discoveries. Just click the link below:

Questions?

Feel free to contact us at DuxHist@outlook.com or using the button below if you have any other questions about the Duxford History Society.

 Link to:

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol6/pp201-220

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol2/pp223-226

Farringdon Diaries. https://capturingcambridge.org/museum-of-cambridge/museum-exhibit-stories/the-farrington-diaries/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsVTJtA35sA

https://youtu.be/YsLF4_MqEBs

https://duxfordparishcouncil.gov.uk/duxford-history/

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol6/pp201-220

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