dotthorneyMay 11, 20202 min"Any cottager without a pig..."There is plenty of documentary evidence about rebuilding Thorney in the Victorian era, not least the fourteen foot long Town Plan of 1848....
dotthorneyMay 4, 20201 minThe Duke's Head Inn, ThorneyThe Inn was at the Thorney Crossroads, at the south west corner. The site is now used by a large house, but the Town Plan of 1848 (in...
dotthorneyApr 19, 20201 minThe "Prisoner of War" Camp in Thorney.For most of its time, the camp was for "European Voluntary Workers" who remained in England after the end of hostilities. From memory -...
dotthorneyApr 12, 20202 minThe come-back of the Fenland monasteries (a longer post than usual!)Dorothy Halfhide Towards the end of the ninth century, the existing monasteries in the Fens were harassed and then eventually looted and...