Local History Group Publications

Publications issued by or on behalf of the Trumpington Local History Group.

Trumpington History Trails.
Trumpington History Trails.

Trumpington’s History Trails . A set of 10 walking and cycling trails, published in September 2016. Printed copies are available free of charge from Trumpington Pavilion and the Clay Farm Centre. The trails cover:

Trail 1: The Historic Centre of Trumpington
Trail 2: Trumpington and Cambridge
Trail 3: South of the Village Centre
Trail 4: East of the Village Centre
Trail 5: Clay Farm, Hobson’s Park, Nine Wells
Trail 6: Trumpington Meadows Country Park and Nature
Reserve and Byron’s Pool
Trail 7: Trumpington to Hauxton and Shelfords
Trail 8: Trumpington to Great Shelford
Trail 9: Trumpington to Grantchester
Trail 10: Addenbrooke’s and Queen Edith’s

See History Trails .

Trumpington Past & Present.
Trumpington Past & Present.

Trumpington Past & Present (Britain in Old Photographs), published by Sutton Publishing in 2003, on behalf of the Trumpington Local History Group.

Written by Shirley Brown, with research by the Group, this is a richly illustrated account of Trumpington, particularly in the 20th century. It has sections on roads, farms and gardens, buildings, events and occasions and people.

20th Century Trumpington.
20th Century Trumpington.

20th Century Trumpington, published by the Trumpington Local History Group in June 2000.

Written by Shirley Brown, with research by other members of the Group, this booklet provides an illustrated decade-by-decade account of Trumpington through the 20th century, full of information about people, places and events.

Trumpington’s Fallen Heroes of World War I.
Trumpington’s Fallen Heroes of World War I.

Trumpington’s Fallen Heroes of World War I . Written by Ken Fletcher and published by the Trumpington Local History Group in October 2014.

In memory of the soldiers from Trumpington who lost their lives in the Great War.

There is a web version .

Henry Fawcett - Man of Vision.
Henry Fawcett – Man of Vision.
Who Was Henry Fawcett?
Who Was Henry Fawcett?

Henry Fawcett – Man of Vision , published by the Trumpington Local History Group in April 2009.

Written by Peter Dawson, this brief life of Henry Fawcett includes information about his burial in Trumpington. See Henry Fawcett, Man of Vision .

Who was Henry Fawcett? , published by the Trumpington Local History Group in April 2009.

A short leaflet written by Peter Dawson, with key facts about Henry Fawcett. See Notes about Henry Fawcett .

Other local history publications

Trumpington Through Time.
Trumpington Through Time.

Shirley and Stephen Brown have also written a guide to Trumpington. Trumpington Through Time includes an extensive selection of old and new photographs showing the ways in which Trumpington has developed in the last 100 years.

Published by Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4456-0633-0.