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

Burwell & Surrounding Area

Burwell & Surrounding Area
Links to a selection of old and modern videos and photos provided by people not necessarily connected with the Museum

Burwell Museum on TV
The Museum and Stevens' Mill appear on the 'Unique Properties' feature of the Anglia TV news (ITV. Broadcast: September, 2004 - filmed in the Summer). Presented by Linda Fairbrother and featuring interviews with Paul Hawes and the museum blacksmith.
Apologies for the poor quality of the video.


(Video provided by "winterafternoon". Text above is an edited version of the description on the Youtube page the video is from)


Can anyone provide a better copy? Please email the Museum.


Adventurers Fen During WWII Reclamation
Black and white cine-film footage of Adventurers Fen (very near Burwell) during the second world war reclamation.
Filmed by Alan Bloom of Priory Farm, Burwell.
Adventurers Fen is now part of the National Trust's extended Wicken Fen nature reserve.
The drainage windmill seen in this film footage (from 1942) is Norman's Mill, the one now situated by the Visitor Centre in Wicken Sedge Fen.

(Video provided by "winterafternoon". Text above is an edited version of the description on the Youtube page the video is from)





Chris Packham present 'Hands on Nature' from Wicken Fen, the National Trust's oldest nature reserve (1899), Cambrideshire.
Filmed in August 2005
(Video provided by "winterafternoon". Text above is an edited version of the description on the Youtube page the video is from)

Wicken Fen is near Burwell and shows how the Cambridgeshire fens looked before they were drained

 
Amateur film footage of Fenland scenes, buildings and birds in Burwell, Wicken Fen, Adventurers Fen, Burwell Lode and The Broads.
Filmed in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter of 2004/5.
(Video provided by "winterafternoon". Text above is an edited version of the description on the Youtube page the video is from)






Bill Oddie Goes Wild: Wicken Fen (Part 1 of 4)
Bill Oddie explores the nature and wildlife of the National Trust's oldest nature reserve.
Filmed in Summer, 2001 at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire.
Bill Oddie Goes Wild: Wicken Fen (Part 2 of 4)
Bill Oddie explores the nature and wildlife of the National Trust's oldest nature reserve.
Filmed in Summer, 2001 at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire.
Bill Oddie Goes Wild: Wicken Fen (Part 3 of 4)
Bill Oddie explores the nature and wildlife of the National Trust's oldest nature reserve.
Filmed in Summer, 2001 at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire.
Bill Oddie Goes Wild: Wicken Fen (Part 4 of 4)
Bill Oddie explores the nature and wildlife of the National Trust's oldest nature reserve.
Filmed in Summer, 2001 at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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