History of Huntingdon High Street

13/03/2026

Hope you like our Reformation window painted by artist Juliet Townsend.

21/03/2025

Come and join Tony Rushmer for his event - Reg Seekings: SAS Duty Before Glory....? on Wednesday 4th June ​for 7:00 pm. Refreshments provided and copies of Tony’s book just released in paperback.

The biography of remarkable SAS Original Reg Seekings, from his humble beginnings in the Cambridgeshire Fens to his instrumental role in the success of the SAS during the Second World War.

About the event:
Using audio material from the Imperial War Museum and previously unseen material from Reg's collection of notebooks and handwritten accounts of operations, this is a comprehensive and engaging portrait of one of the unit's all-time greats.

Author Biography: Tony Rushmer has been a journalist for twenty-five years, covering a wide range of top-class sport for national newspapers and magazines. His first book was the critically acclaimed The Triumph of Henry Cecil, which was one of three finalists for the 2019 Dr Tony Ryan Award. Anthony established his own sports PR business in 2005 and his clients have included Newmarket Racecourses, the PGA and World Snooker. He lives near Newmarket, in the UK.

To book: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/nichecomicsbookshop/t-nonkqve

16/08/2022

Listed buildings in the High Street: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/map-search?postcode=Pe29%203tf&clearresults=True

16/08/2022

94-95 High Street https://jamescoxhuntingdon.co.uk/history/

16/08/2022

Some say Huntingdon was saved when Peterborough was chosen instead for the major expansion of the railways.

More history of the town:

Pages 121-139A History of the County of Huntingdon: Volume 2. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1932.This free content was digitised by double rekeying. All rights reserved. Citation: Keyword highlight In this section TOPOGRAPHY THE BOROUGH OF HUNTINGDON CASTLE AND HONOUR BORO...

20/04/2022

Join us for one of the most exciting nights of our literary year for Huntingdonshire History Festival as we welcome one of the defining archaeologists of the sea and air. Local archaeologist Ben Robinson will be celebrating the launch of his third series of Villages by the Sea on BBC Two as well as the paperback edition of his book “England’s Villages”.
Ben will be talking about his experiences of archaeology, creating the TV series and discovering history from the air. There will be visual content, a Q&A and a chance to get a personally signed copy of his book.
This is an in-person event in The Commemoration Hall, Huntingdon.
Seats are not numbered so you can meet up with friends and sit together.

Ben Robinson will be celebrating the launch of his third series of Villages by the Sea on BBC Two as well as his book.

23/02/2020

American services in the market square 1945

19/11/2019

Request - “I'm trying to find the present location of what was The Dolphin Inn and yard in about 1850 - any help appreciated (family history reasons).”

12/11/2019

16/07/2019

Choose a fine evening and take a stroll with Huntingdonshire History Festival along our High Street, there are still events planned for this year. Click on their events tab. This is the one we recommend https://www.facebook.com/events/363700120933097/

13/06/2019

Free tickets for Huntingdonshire History Festival events in July!

Remembering some of the excellent guided walks we had on last year.

We still have tickets left for many of our events (and lots of drop in events too!) full details for which can be found here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/huntingdonshire-history-festival-17191699358

31/05/2018

Most of us may walk past without noticing this memorial.

On this day in 1902 the Peace of Vereeniging ended the Boer War. Thirty eight men from Huntingdonshire were killed in the "South African War" and a memorial (pictured) was erected to them outside All Saints Church Huntingdon.