St. Ives in Cambridgeshire

The ancient town of Slepe in the old county of Huntingdonshire

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The Chapel Bridge, St. Ives (D1)

Formerly known as Slepe, in the old county of Huntingdonshire, this ancient riverside market town is now named after the Persian Bishop, St. Ivo. St. Ives, now within Cambridgeshire, stands on the River Great Ouse and is world famous for the Chapel on the Bridge

The famous Chapel on the Bridge in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire

Market Hill, St. Ives (D2)

An image of the Market Place, St Ives

 

For nearly 1,000 years the wide centre of St. Ives, now known as Market Hill, has hosted some of the largest public markets in England. Many years ago these markets included livestock and for a time was one of the biggest of its kind. Today the Street Markets still fill the town centre on Mondays and Fridays. On every Bank Holiday Monday however the market swells to fill almost the entire town with traders coming from all over the country to sell their wares to the thousands of people who attend under the watchful eye of Oliver Cromwell, one time resident of the town, whose statue stands in the centre of the Market Place.

St Ives is one of the five principle towns in the District of Huntingdonshire, the others being Huntingdon, St Neots (the largest town in the County of Cambridgeshire), the Roman town of Godmanchester, and Ramsey site of the former Abbey. We are also constructing our first Huntingdonshire Parish website for Holywell-cum-Needingworth

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St Ives Fair Charter 900th Anniversary in 2010

54 days to go until our market is 900 years old

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keep an eye on this space as the countdown continues...

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900th Anniversay of the St Ives Market Fair

Event venue - St Ives Street Market

On 05/04/2010

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Anything Goes

Event venue - Burgess Civic Hall

From 28/04/2010 19:30 until 01/05/2010 22:15

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St Ives Carnival 2010

Event venue - Warner's Park

From 03/07/2010 12:00 until 03/07/2010 21:00

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St Ives Music Festival 2010

Event venue - Warner's Park

From 04/07/2010 12:00 until 04/07/2010 21:00

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A fundraising event by Dreamdrops, the Huntingdon Children's Charity No: 1108920

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DINNER DANCE

Formal dress with a Black and White theme

13th February 2010

being held at the

 

Brampton Park Golf Club

Buckden Road

Huntingdon. PE28 4NF

Drinks in the Members bar from 7pm.

Dinner at 7.30pm and Carriages at Midnight

 

Tickets:£25 each from

dreamdrops@cambridgeshirepct.nhs.uk or phone

07931 549131 or 01480 411481

 

This site is listed in the British Towns and Villages Encyclopaedia of Great Britain and we can be found in the entry for St Ives

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