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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “restoration”

Restoration plans revealed for ‘iconic’ windmill

Today the “iconic” Fulbourn windmill is set to be restored to full working order after a charity stepped in to fund its repairs.

A Gold Coin and a Forgery: Iron Age and Roman Discoveries from a field walk in Littlebury Parish
Within the parish of Littlebury and close by at Catmere End, flints, prehistoric pottery, Iron Age remains and artefacts of the Roman period have come to light
John Harvey’s Carved Mantlepiece (c.1570): an early instance of the use of Alciato emblems in England
A substantial mansion in the centre of town had been the dwelling of John Harvey (d. 1593), yeoman farmer, master rope-maker, and father of the English renaissance scholar and poet Gabriel Harvey (c.1550-1650).
Gibson Library Society
England’s printing presses churned out dozens of instructional manuals or ‘how-to’ books for the aspiring gardener or herbalist.
Eglantyne Jebb
Eglantyne Jebb moved to Cambridge in 1901, making a new start after a disastrous stint as a teacher, and to be close to her uncle Richard Claverhouse Jebb, Chair of Greek, and MP, at the university.
Researching the Pledger Family
Researching my ancestors is something I had always wanted to do, but where to start was the most difficult thing, as I knew nothing about my grandparents, not even their Christian names