There is plenty of documentary evidence about rebuilding Thorney in the Victorian era, not least the fourteen foot long Town Plan of 1848....

The 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...

For most of its time, the camp was for "European Voluntary Workers" who remained in England after the end of hostilities. From memory -...

Dorothy Halfhide Towards the end of the ninth century, the existing monasteries in the Fens were harassed and then eventually looted and...

This is the day when we usually open the Museum for the season. In the current circumstances, we are sorry to be closed until guidance...

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This weekend (10th & 11th August) there is public access to a dig at the site of the former Ramsey Abbey, along with associated...

I really enjoyed the series of readings of Francis' new book "The Fens" - and Thorney got a name check! Worth catching up on the...

The first of five episodes serialising Francis Pryor's new book on the Fens was broadcast today at 9.45am. There are 4 more episodes to...

There is a large consultation taking place at the moment about the next ten years' funding plans of the Arts Council England. It is...

We were tipped off by Peterborough Civic Society that this large and expensive volume was now reduced in price, so we have added it to...

Actually, we were well sheltered under a gazebo, with displays people found interesting. Steve, Margaret and Dot looked after the stall,...

Tomorrow, Thorney Heritage Museum wil be represented in the 1940s area at Crowland Show - do come and see us if you are there. We will...

Yesterday Thorney's Curator visited the Octavia Hill Museum in the morning, by invitation of Peter Clayton who has been involved in the...

After some time being kept in quarantine, and also after being treated with a museum-quality insecticide, this wartime fire-watching...

"A silver-plated spoon" on Thorney history When I visited Woburn Abbey on a wet day last month, one of their helpful guides suggested...

Thorney Heritage Museum and several residents of the village, together with experts from elsewhere, have worked with Hannah Saunders...

... so Thorney Heritage Museum has opened for the season. Please visit us between 2pm and 5pm any Sunday afternoon between now and the...