Cambridgeshire Local History

All Cambridgeshire libraries have a collection of local studies books. The Cambridgeshire Collection in Cambridge Central Library has the biggest collection, with other main hubs at Wisbech and Huntingdon.

There are many different local museums across Cambridgeshire offering a wide range of places to visit. They vary from small museums of local history to the large-scale national collections of the Imperial War Museum at Duxford.

There are many free local historical films on the East Anglian Film Archive site, which covers all of East Anglia. You can browse by places, dates, genres, people and subjects.

Check out Cambridge Antiquarian Society’s Conduit for an an indispensable guide to Cambridgeshire’s local history and archaeology organisations, societies, events and lectures.

Check out the brilliant Capturing Cambridge website that is putting local history on the map in and around Cambridge. Discover and explore stories of local people and places and share some of your own too. There are plenty of extracts to listen to, from playlists of gigs at The Regal to oral histories.

Find pictures and resources from near you with Cambridgeshire Community Archive Network, with over 30 groups covering the county.