Welcome to Somersham
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Sumeresham (11th century), Sumresham, Summersham
(12th century), Summersum (17th century) and Somersham (Modern)
That Somersham is an ancient village there is no doubt, it has
also kept the same name for many hundreds of years although the
spelling of it has varied over time. In the 11th Century it was
Sumeresham and by the 12th Century Sumresham or Summersham and even
as late as the 17th Century the village was known as Summersum. But
the changes to the spelling of its name is not the only major change
experienced by Somersham; by 991AD the Manor had been given to the
Abbey at Ely by Brithnoth, a patriotic leader who fell in battle
with Danish invaders, and over the next hundred years the Bishops of
Ely maintained a residence in the village one which was to grow into
a palace by 1109, one which would remain until 1762 when it was
partially demolished.
The only wing of the bishop’s palace which remained was pulled down
in 1778. The site is now occupied by a farmhouse, known as “The
Place”; in this a family named Moseley lived, and at the beginning
of the 20th century it was occupied by Frederick Street. Park Hall
was occupied for many years by members of the Thomson family.
The principal manor included Free Chace, and the Soke of Somersham,
that is Fenton, Pidley, Colne, Bluntisham and Earith. Somersham was
alienated by Martin Heton, Bishop of Ely, to Queen Elizabeth I in
the 42nd year of her reign (1600). It was settled by Charles I on
his Queen Henrietta Maria as part of her dower, but was sequestered
by Parliament. In 1649, it was sold to Captain Valentine Wauton, of
Great Staughton, one of the Regicides. Theophilus, 2nd Earl of
Suffolk, then became the steward.
The Manor of Somersham became the property of the Hammonds shortly
after the Restoration. Thomas Hammond, who died in 1758, sold it to
the Duke of Manchester, from whom it passed Sir Thomas Burton,
Knight, who was still owner in 1808; and by 1910 was the property of
William Alsagar Elgood.
Somersham was also granted a market charter in 1190 and in 1319 the
right to hold a three-day fair on the birthday of St John the
Baptist to whom the local Anglican church is dedicated. In 1838 the
Eastern Counties Railway opened a station at Somersham on its line
between March and Cambridge. The station at Somersham and the line
closed in 1967. So Somersham got off to a good start and even though
the palace and the railway are long since gone, the village has
continued to grow and develop.Somersham is one of the parishes of the District of
Huntingdonshire, whose administrative centre is
Huntingdon, the other principle towns being
St Ives home of the Chapel on the Bridge,
St Neots
the largest town in the County of Cambridgeshire and
Ramsey site of the former Abbey.
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New Road Studios Ltd.
We welcome New Road Studios of New Road, St Ives as a new members of our Huntingdonshire websites. We look forward to working with the New Road Studios team over the coming weeks to develop and enhance the information about New Road Studios that is being displayed on our websites.
News Date: 20/02/2012 23:10
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News Date: 20/02/2012 23:07
Ambulance volunteer call outs more than double
Ambulance volunteer call outs more than double
Ambulance volunteer call outs more than double
19 January 2012
The number of life-threatening emergencies attended by community first responders across the east of England has more than doubled in the past two months.
It is thanks to a raft of changes implemented by the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) including new tracking technology – equivalent to that in an ambulance – and a dedicated community first responder (CFR) desk in the control room.
PDAs are being trialled which use software to track the responder’s location and provide sat nav directions after receiving a call. One CFR said the equipment helps save lives when time is of the essence.
A dedicated CFR desk has also been implemented in ambulance control rooms overseen by Trust community partnership managers and manned 24/7 by control room staff, ensuring life-threatening calls are alerted to a CFR group wherever appropriate.
Already statistics have revealed the number of incidents where a CFR is first on scene in the region has doubled since the beginning of November from around 200 a week to more than 400 on average.
Glenn Young, Associate Director for the HEOCs, said: “The focus on responder deployment is clearly paying dividends and we hope the trend continues.
“The PDAs are being trialled so we can evaluate the effectiveness of the system.
“We are also looking at trialling trackable pagers with CFR groups to assist in identifying the exact location of the CFR equipment.
“This is all part of some very positive steps we are making in CFR deployment which therefore helps our patients.”
Tony France, a volunteer for the Elmswell CFR group in Suffolk, which is one of those trialling PDAs, said: “The bottom line is the PDA helps save lives. It is about getting to the patient quickly and this is brilliant in allocating jobs in the timeliest manner possible.”
As well as enhanced deployment, training has also come under focus.
EEAST Medical Director Dr Pamela Chrispin and Associate Director Dr Scott Turner have been evaluating and assessing the CFR traiing package and dispatch criteria. This has included looking at clinical rideouts with local EEAST crews for the volunteers.
The approximate figures per county per week are as follows:
County November January
Cambridgeshire 20-30 60-70
News Date: 10/02/2012 12:41
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