Huntingdon Library and Archives

Cambridgeshire County Council

Circa 1,500 maps. OS plans for Huntingdonshire and the Soke of Peterborough. MSS and printed maps of Hunts. (16th-2Oth centuries); enclosure, tithe and estate maps, especially related to the Dukes of Manchester and the Bernard family; plans of public undertakings, etc.

Special collections include printed maps of countries and regions in France, Germany, Austria, Italy, the Low Countries, South America and the Caribbean (Circa 1680-1835, 60 items in all).

Air photographs of County of Huntingdon and Soke of Peterborough (1945-71).

OS archaeological record cards for County of Huntingdon and Peterborough (1970s).

Publications include Maps in the County Record Office, Huntingdon (P.G.M. Dickinson, 1968).

Address

Princes Street, Huntingdon, PE29 3PA

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Telephone number

01480 372738

Opening hours

Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 9.30-5.30, Wednesday: 9.30-7.00, 2nd Saturday in each month: 9.30-4.00

Access

A CARN reader's ticket is required.
Prior appointment is desirable and can save time

Facilities

Photocopying and photography available

Catalogues

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Last revision

30-Mar-10

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