Unveiling the Orwell Past & Present Information Board
Unveiling by Dr Carenza Lewis MA on Friday evening, 30th August 2013
QR Code For O P&P Information Board
For QR purposes only. See 'High Street' panel below for street details etc.
Mrs F Van Stockum's letter
Response to article on Orwell
Victoria Drive
The route Queen Victoria's coach took when she visited the Earl of Hardwicke at Wimpole Hall
Visiting Orwell in the 1950s
Recollections by Terry Bullen
Orwell Community Archive Group
Forerunner of Orwell Past & Present
My Royal Visit, July 1997
Katie Sharman recalls her visit to Buckingham Palace to receive her Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award
Orfest 2008, 26th July
Orwell's Inaugural Music Festival, showcasing local musical talent. Held in the Clunch Pit
Orfest 2009, 29th August
Held in Chapel Orchard, our "green space"
The Cottagers' Horticultural Exhibition, July 1872
This was probably the second horticultural show held in Orwell, and the following contemporary report was reprinted in the June 1982 edition of the Orwell Bulletin
The Eighth Annual Flower Show, August 1891
for the parishes of Orwell, Barrington, Shepreth and Foxton
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Weekend
Orwell & Wimpole Celebrations, 2nd to 4th June 2012
50 year VE Celebrations
Events organised for the period 5th to 8th May 1995
Orwell Past & Present Launch Photographs
Photos of visitors (taken with permission!) at the Launch
Orwell Past & Present Website Launch
Saturday 19th January 2013, at Lordship Community Centre, Orwell
David Miller, M.B.E
Nominated for his services to the community of Orwell
Butterflies and the Clunch Pit
Extracts from an article by Dr R G Bartlett in the December 1985 edition of the Bulletin
Clunch Pit Flowers
An article by Kingsley Lloyd, from the Orwell Bulletin
Mrs Florence Van Stockum
Orwell's oldest ever inhabitant?
Auction, notice date April 22 1814
From the Orwell Bulletin of March 1984
The Orwell Bulletin
A Prize Winning Quarterly Publication by the Orwell Parish Council
A personal recollection of Kingsley Lloyd and his family
By Susan Rumbold,on behalf of the Orwell Methodist Church.
The Revd. Albert Kingsley Lloyd
From an Orwell Bulletin of 2004
Profile of Steven Flack, Professional Footballer
An article in the Orwell Bulletin based upon comments from Doug Arnold, then Secretary of Orwell Football Club
The Village Photograph, 1st July 2000
Recording the community at the beginning of the 21st Century
Millennium Street Party
Held 25th June 2000 on Town Green Road
Exhibition of Orwell Village History
Presented by the Orwell Local History Society, 22nd to 25th June 2000
Midsummer Golf Tournament
Wednesday 21st June, 2000
Orwell Open Gardens 2000
Sunday 18th June 2000, all proceeds to St. Andrew's Church, Orwell
Orwell Dome Day
Thursday 18th May, 2000
The Orwell Heritage Trail
A Millennium event held on Sunday 23 April 2000 (Easter Sunday and St. George's day!)
Orwell village Millennium 'Showcase'
Held at the Village Hall on Friday 17th March to Sunday 19th March 2000
New Year's Eve, 1999
The eve of the new Millennium
St Andrew's Bells Augmentation Project
Before the new Century dawned, there were bells to be hung....
St Andrew's Church
A brief history of Orwell's Parish Church
Fire at The Town House
Recollections of the fire by Muriel Styles and Olive Kruger (both nee Freestone)
Coprolite mining in Orwell
Effects of mining on the village
Childhood
Miss Sarah Giddings
Chapel Orchard
A green space in Orwell for wildlife and you
Harvest
By Claire Neville (nee Prater)
High Street Picture Gallery
Click each photo to enlarge and get basic information
The historic buildings of Orwell
A street map, and an Index map showing each historic building.
Chapel Orchard Natural History
Plants and animals you might see
Chapel Orchard memories
by Roger Miller (extracted from the 2008 booklet produced by the Chapel Orchard Management Committee to mark the second anniversary of its opening)
Chapel Orchard
A green space in Orwell for wildlife and you
Orwell Village Green
Creation and disappearance of the centre of a village