Huntingdonshire life?

[jenr]

I need to learn more about  Huntingdonshire in the early to mid 1800s.
I have ancestors from that area and I want to learn about what the town and surroundings were like in that time?
I am interested in churches and cemeteries in that time
Any advice on some good sites or books?
Thank you
Jenny from Townsville
Qld

[Redroger]

You could try the Huntingdonshire Museum, also the Huntingdon Record Office, now part of Cambridgeshire

[davidft]

You could join the Huntingdonshire Family History Society

http://www.huntsfhs.org.uk/

or at the very least have a look at the bookstall on their site which has some good books on Huntingdonshire in the past

[bedfordshire boy]

Try VCH Hunts at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=278

[jenr]

Thank you for your replies David I am in the process of joining the HFHS.
 Bedfordshire Boy thats a great site thank you
Jenny from Townsville
Qld

[Ringoroses]

Huntingdon library has a local studies section

http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/local_history/hunts/

And you can order various books and pamphlets from here

http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/visiting/HLAC1.htm

Ann

[Gillg]

You might like to read "Huntingdon - Eight Centuries of History" by Alan Akeroyd and Caroline Clifford, ISBN 1 85983 402 7, written by the county archivists.  Although it concentrates on the town itself, it has very good illustrations and does cover the county as well.  There are new and second-hand copies on the usual internet booksellers' sites. The Hunts FHS price is a bit steep!  I found mine much reduced in a "remainders" bookshop.

Gillg

[jbml]

Don't overlook the Norris Museum in St Ives, either.