Upcoming Events

16 November ‘The House of Spies’ by Roger Leivers


14 December ‘The History of Father Christmas - his Rise, Fall and Triumph’ by Honor Ridout (Social event. Entry by ticket only)


18 January ‘The Cambridge Instrument Company’ by Dick Paden


15 February ‘The History of Denny Abbey, Cambridgeshire’


21 March ‘The Weird and Wonderful World of the Romans: Part II’

by Paddy Lambert


18 April tbc followed by Fulbourn Village History Society’s Twenty Third A.G.M.




Talks and events are open to the public. Non-members and guests entry £3.00 per person. Enquiries by email to info@fulbournhistory.org.uk


The Society will undertake research  of our archives at a charge of £20 per hour, including free domestic postage. International postage is £1.50.

Photo quality printing charges: A5 - £5   A4 - £8


Paypal payments may be sent to: paypal@fulbournhistory.org.uk

Past Newsletters 

Newsletters are in PDF format.



Newsletter 1 - June 1999


Newsletter 2 - November 1999

Lady Wilson and Fulbourn, with her poem about Fulbourn Manse


Newsletter 3 - February 2000


Newsletter 4 - June 2000

Memories of Fulbourn Post Office


Newsletter 5 - October 2000

Emigration from Fulbourn in the 19th Century./ 'The Christmas Hamper', poem by Lady Wilson


Newsletter 6 - Winter/Spring 2001

Fulbourn Windmill - brief note about a talk./ Archaeological work around the Nature Reserve./ Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary 1911 - Fulbourn celebrations.


Newsletter 7 - Summer 2001


Newsletter 8 - Autumn 2001

Seeking out Fulbourn's medieval ancestors - an archaeological dig in Fulbourn Nature Reserve.


Newsletter 9 - Winter/Spring 2002

Hands on Archaeology - notes by a novice./ History of Fulbourn School 1859-1972


Newsletter 10 - Summer 2002

Charity Customs./ Wright's Clock Land./ Church Taxes./ History of Fulbourn School 1859-1972


Newsletter 11 - Autumn 2002

The taking of Fulbourn Water./ 19th Century College servants born in Fulbourn./ Census - Fulbourn employment statistics./ Excavation update - Hall Orchard Moat, Fulbourn./ Walking into history - first steps./ Fulbourn Village - recollections


Newsletter 12 - Spring 2003

Caraway's Charity and the Boleyn family./ Fulbourn Village - recollections


Newsletter 13 - Summer 2003

History of Marshalls - talk by Terry Holloway (extended account). Fulbourn's World War I Hospital./ Fulbourn Village - recollections


Newsletter 14 - Winter 2003

Characters of Fulbourn./ Fulbourn Customs. The Fen Fire


Newsletter 15 - Spring 2004

World War II stories about Fulbourn through the eyes of the village. (see also issues 16 and 17)


Newsletter 16 - Autumn 2004

Now digger turns up a Roman pot (1965)/ Fulbourn cellar unearthed (1967)/ Memories of a ding dong battle (1979)/An Escort of P 38s (aircraft over E. Anglia in 1940's).


Newsletter 17 - Spring 2005

Loss of old elm tree.


Newsletter 18 - Summer 2005

Pictures of FVHS display - Fulbourn during the second World War. /Transcription by Pat White of the inventory taken following the death of a local shepherd (Nov. 1662).


Newsletter 19 - Autumn 2005

Fulbourn Village research project update/ Fulbourn Banner/ Account of excavations near the Fleam Dyke (April 1852).


Newsletter 20 - Spring 2006


Newsletter 21 - Summer 2006

Poem by K. Crane 'Gone but not forgotten'.


Newsletter 22 - Autumn 2006


Newsletter 23 - Winter 2006


Newsletter 24 - Summer 2007


Newsletter 25 - Spring 2007

Ringing of church bells.


Newsletter 26 - Spring 2008

Newsletter 27 - Summer 2008


Newsletter 28 - Autumn 2008

William Cole (b. 1714) and Fulbourn/ Fulbourn Almshouses.


Newsletter 29 - Spring 2009

Stonebridge Lane and its cottages (Part 1)


Newsletter 30 - Autumn 2009

Stonebridge Lane and its cottages (Part 2)/ Last will and testament of Agnes Frogge of Fulbourn 1559.


Newsletter 31 - Spring 2010

List of CDs with transcriptions of Censuses, Church Registers etc./ The street lamps of Fulbourn/ A very posh Fulbourn earth closet.

Newsletter 32 - Autumn 2010

War Ditches in the Twentieth Century by William Foot./ Fulbourn School 1859-1859 by Pippa White.


Newsletter 33 - Spring 2011

Looking back to the beginning./ Fulbourn Post Office 1844-2010


Newsletter 34 - Autumn 2011

Fulbourn and Farming (Part I)


Newsletter 35 - Spring 2012

Occupations in Fulbourn 1858-1875./ Fulbourn and Farming

(Part II)


Newsletter 36 - Autumn 2012

Archaeological Survey of Stackyard Court


Newsletter 37 - Spring 2013

The Fulbourn Life Wall./ The Tyrrell Family Visit./ Fulbourn and Farming part 3.


Newsletter 38 - Autumn 2013

The Fulbourn Life Wall./ The Tyrrell Family Visit./ Fulbourn and Farming part 3.


Newsletter 39 - Spring 2014

From St Vigors to Fulbourn Station - a short account of some of the houses in Church Lane and Station Road


Newsletter 40 - Autumn 2014

Fulborn and Farming Part IV / Fulbourn and the Onset of the First World War


Newsletter 41 - Spring 2015

Fulbourn during the First World War / Two Stone Birds


Newsletter 42 - Autumn 2015

Fulbourn Exemptions from Service 1914-1914 / Hidden Histories of Artefacts in our Collection


Newsletter 43 - Spring 2016

Ursula Lyons 1936 - 2016


Newsletter 44 - Autumn 2016

THE HOME FRONT 1914-1918: The Role of Fulbourn  women (and children) based on Reports from the Fulbourn Chronicles

Vol III.


Newsletter 45 - Spring 2017


Newsletter 46 - Autumn 2017

THE HOME FRONT 1914-1918: Exemptions from Service FULBOURN WINDMILL (Part I). Sail and Fantail Restoration Project 2013 - 2016


Newsletter 47 - Spring 2018

Anthony Goodall  1934 - 2018


Newsletter 48 - Autumn 2018

World War I Booklets; Hidden Treasures in our Archive Store; Casualties of the Great War


Newsletter 49 - Spring 2019

Fulbourn Remembers (The Great War); Archive Store Treasures


Newsletter 50 - Autumn 2019

The Poor in 19th Century Fulbourn (Part 1); Fulbourn Street Names 1952 - 2019; Hidden Histories of Artefacts held in our Archive Store


Newsletter 51 - Spring 2020

The poor in 19th Century Fulbourn (Part 2). 


Newsletter 52 - Autumn 2020

Norman Osborne 1933- 2020; The poor in 19th Century Fulbourn (Part 3)


Newsletter 53 - Spring 2021

Loss of three loyal members, Pat White, John Patten, Iris Levitt. The Poor in 19C Fulbourn Part IV. Careways’s Charity. The Home Front in Fulbourn 1939-1945 Part II. Hidden Histories of Artefacts held in our Store. Wrights Charity.



Newsletter 54 - Autumn 2021

The Home Front in Fulbourn 1939-1945 Part II. Hidden Histories of Artefacts held in our Store. Water Pumps and Standpipes in Fulbourn.


Newsletter 55 - Spring 2022

The Home Front in Fulbourn 1939-1945 Part III. Hidden Histories of Artefacts Held in our Store. Reports of the Programme of our Talks held by Zoom 2021-2022.


Newsletter 56 - Autumn 2022

FVHS Committee 2022-2023. The Home Front in Fulbourn 1939-1945 Part IV. Hidden Histories of Artefacts held in our Store: Keeping a Lady’s hair tidy.  Highway Robbery in Fulbourn 1779. FVHS Programme of Talks 2022-2023


Newsletter 57 - Spring 2023

Sad loss of Four FVHS members. The Home Front in Fulbourn 1939-1945 Part V. Crime Report of Burglary i Fulbourn Oct 1848. Hidden Histories of Artefacts held in our Store. Reports of our Talks. Programme of Talks 2022 -2023.


Newsletter 58 - Autumn 2023

FVHS secure grant from Wrights Clock Fund Charity. The Home Front in Fulbourn 1939-1945 Part VI. ‘Ruffianly Attack on Young Woman Feb 1853. A History of Schools in Fulbourn Part I. Histories of Artefacts held in our Store. Reports of our Talks. Programme of Talks