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Topic: Anyone live in Soham? (Read 364 times)
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lizdb
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Hi
One very distant branch of my ancestors briefly lived in Soham. I have found the Soham village website and the Sohamroots websites amazing (found details of ancetors school prizes! plus war memorial entry of the boys who sadly died in the war)
Anyway, the family lived at Sussex House in Claygate Street for some of the time. I am sure they must have named the house, as the family came from Sussex and they were the only branch to go into Cambridgeshire for a while.
I was wondering if thee was anyone who lived locally who could see if Sussex House is still there?
Dont want to put anyone to any trouble, it is not that important, but if there happens to be someone who walks down Claygate street everyday to work or something?
Thanks
Lizdb
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ricky1
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Looking at a modern map of Soham there is no Claygate street it is now Clay Street, and if I remember correctly a lot of it has been modenised, although I must admit I havn't been down the street for about 7 years,I might be going into Cambridge at the weekend , I will make a small detour and have a look, if you havn't found out about it before then.
rick
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lizdb
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Thanks Ricky for the offer, but please dont go out of your way - it is neither urgent nor that important. (And Cambridge is some way from Soham) They are a distant branch, though have been fascinating to find out snippets about because they actually DID something with their lives other than be Ag lags and end up in the workhouse like most of my lot!
It was just a passing thought, that if any one strolled around Soham each day, it would be interesting to see about Sussex house, but please I dont want anyone to go especially.
Thanks again, and for the info about Claygate/Clay Street. Sounds likely that there is no Sussex House anymore anyway.
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Nick Carver
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I live about 3 miles away and my daughter goes to the Village College in Soham. Clay St is a mixture of old and new. The library is 19th century for iinstance. Will try to remember to have a look next time I go there.
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lizdb
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This is a very old post, I know, but Iam just ressurecting it to share my excitement with you all.
On Saturday I had the opportunity to visit Soham - just passing through and time was fairly tight, but WOW what a visit!
Saw the boys names on the war memorial. Saw Churchgate Street where they had their shop. ANd best of all, found SUSSEX HOUSE in Clay Street! Still named that, with the name over the door etched into a glass panel.
The icing on this already sumptiouis cake was that in the local bookshop I bought a booklet called "Soham Chronicle" with all sorts of snippets about Soham from the Cambridge Chronicle. From this I learnt that my Alfred Edmunds sung regularly in the choir and in local concerts, played the cello (none of these musical genes came my way!) and was heavily in to the Horticultural Society, while his wife was a regular at the sale of Work!.
but it was the postscript in the book that was most amazing - the compiler said she had wonderd at length who "the correcpondant" was who had submitted all this local info so diligently, but then she found it was a certain Alfred Edmunds, who came up from Sussex to set up a grocers in the village. She then puts in a few"assumed" details about him based on one census (sorry, some are incorrect and in print too!!!!) but it finishes with a "thank you" to this unknown Alfred Edmunds who made these priceless glimpses into the villages history possible.
Wow, do I feel proud!
To top it all - we were actually going to visit an old friend in Ely, who took us around Ely CAthedral, and in there is another board commemorating local lads who died in the war, with another mention of the 2 Edmunds lads.
A brilliant day!
(Just got to work out how to get the photos off the new digital camera on to the computer!)
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