BURWELL MUSEUM OF FEN EDGE VILLAGE LIFE, BURWELL, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND

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1940s website - Events and Dances 1940's Dances & Events that are taking place in the near future.

24 Hour Museum 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage

Anglesey Abbey, Gardens & Lode Mill Nearby National Trust property. Historic house with 98 Acre grounds and working eighteenth century watermill.

BBC - History On this site you'll find in-depth articles, multimedia (like games, virtual tours and animations) as well as bite-size material like timelines and short biographies of historic figures. All is designed for you to get more out of your interest in History.

BBC Cambridgeshire Your gateway to local news, sport, travel and weather - with stories about local people and places, plus discussions on Cambridgeshire's hot topics.

Burwell History Society - Programme for September 2007 to May 2008 Burwell History Society meets at Burwell Village College,
usually on the third Wednesday of the month, at 7.30pm
Membership is £12 per year - visitors are welcome at £2 per visit

Burwell Parish Council Website Burwell Parish Council Website

Burwell Village Twinning Association Burwell is twinned with the French village of Lizy-sur-Ourcq.
Information about the Twinning Association and the exchange visits they organise.
Members of the BVTA committee made the French versions of the information cards at the Museum.

Burwell | British History Online Historical account of settlement, domestic buildings and social life in Burwell

Burwell.co.uk This site is intended to serve the local community
and anyone interested in Burwell and the surrounding area.

cambridge online Cambridge Online is a network of websites providing tens of thousands of pages of Cambridge information including a Cambridge business directory

Cambridgeshire Collection - History On The Net 4 old photos and brief Census type information from 1900.
(The second photo probably isn't actually Burwell despite it being in the Burwell information)

Cambridgeshire County Council Cambridgeshire County Council website

Cambridgeshire Family History Society The Society exists to encourage the study of family history within the old counties of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely

Cambridgeshire Pages: Cambridgeshire Search Cambridgeshire information.

Cambs Search Engine Directory of Cambridgeshire Websites

Channel 4 History

From ancient Britons to 20th Century conflict, get a different angle on history from Channel 4’s History section. (Includes links to Channel 4 history tv shows such as "Time Team")


Charity Commission - Details for Burwell Museum Extract from the Central Register of Charities maintained by the Charity Commission for England and Wales

Charity Commission - Details for the Friends of the Museum Extract from the Central Register of Charities maintained by the Charity Commission for England and Wales

Community Website Builder Community Website Builder for Charities, Non-profit organisations & Volunteer groups. (Free)

Devil's Dyke Restoration Project The Devil's Dyke Restoration Project's web site.

East Cambs District Council East Cambs District Council website

Ely Museum Ely Museum is housed in one of the oldest buildings in Ely, Cambridgeshire. The displays include fossils from marine dinosaurs, prehistoric tools and weapons, Roman pottery and Anglo Saxon jewellery.

EnjoyBritain.com Index of places to visit in Britain. Search by region or keywords.

Fortspring Includes old & new Burwell photos.
From the author of the Illustrated Tour of Burwell CD ROM which can be purchased from the Museum shop.

Foster's Windmill at Swaffham Prior, Cambridge Foster's Windmill at Swaffham Prior is another working windmill about 3 miles from the museum.

Friends of the 40s - Events  Ready to serve as your online news source to all thing 1940’s. As well as keeping you well informed of all the latest events and happenings on the 40’s scene, we provide a resource to the fans, listing all the best in 1940s entertainment, re-enactment groups and period traders.

GENUKI: United Kingdom and Ireland GENUKI is the genealogical information service for the UK and Ireland, containing a large structured tree of information.

Getalifeguide - Index page for Cambridgeshire Help with planning days out

History.uk.com British History for tourism, education and research

Information Britain Information Britain holds all you could ever need to plan a trip to or within the British Isles.

Listed Buildings in Burwell East Cambs District Council register of Listed Buildings in Burwell. Includes Stevens' Mill

Mildenhall Museum Museum about Mildenhall in Suffolk and the surrounding area.

Newmarket On-Line Newmarket On-Line the website for Newmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Parents Online The website for parents by parents

Priory Wood Priory Wood is an 8.97 ha woodland creation site planted in November 1998. It was purchased, designed and planted with the assistance of the Burwell Woodland Group, which came together at the inception of the project. The woodland is one of 200 planted by the Woodland Trust to mark the Millennium under their Woods On Your Doorstep initiative

Reach Village Website Website of the historic village of Reach, home to a May Fair for over 800 years.

Researching Historic Buildings in the British Isles Would you like to find out more about the history of your house?
Do you want to research an historic building?
If it is in the United Kingdom or Ireland you have come to the right place. This guide by Jean Manco will start you on the detective trail.

Rod's 1940's Events Calendar The largest UK 1940's WWII events calendar on the internet. Visit us and find out what's going on in your area.

Site officiel de Lizy sur Ourcq - Seine et Marne Website of Burwell's twin village Lizy sur Ourcq in France. This website is in French.

Soham On-Line Community Website for Soham, Cambridgeshire.

Somewheretogo Map of Hotels, Attractions, Theatres

SPAB Mills section The UK's national organisation for anyone interested in the preservation of windmills and watermills. Part of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings

The British Towns and Villages Network - East Cambridgeshire The British Towns and Villages Network is an illustrated encyclopaedia of the counties, towns, villages, communities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The Local History Link The Local History Link aims to improve links between all those working in local and family history researchers, authors, publishers and people offering professional services to historians. In particular, since 1995 it has helped to publicise the work of authors of local and family history books.

The Mills Archive This site has been designed to share records and history relating to traditional mills and milling. It contains many thousands of digital images and documents as well as extensive databases of information.

UKMills A site devoted to all forms of Wind and Water powered machinery in the U.K.

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is one of the oldest universities in the world and one of the largest in the United Kingdom.
Information about and history of the university. Links to all colleges and departments.

Visit Britain British Tourist Authority website. Lots of information about places to go in Britain.

What To Do With The Kids Days out - Places to go - Ideas for Families

WhereCanWeGo.com What's On Event Guide - WhereCanWeGo.com

Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve Oldest Nature Reserve in Britain. Owned by the National Trust since May 1st 1899. Just a few miles from Burwell.
The National Trust are gradually expanding & extending the nature reserve. It now includes large areas of previously farmed fenland next to Burwell.

Windmill World Index of most of the mills in the UK and many mills abroad.

WW2 The Peoples War Internet only project run by BBC History. Add your wartime story to the archive and read other peoples accounts of the time. Includes a section about VE Day to commemorate its 60th anniversary.

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