St. Ives in Cambridgeshire

The ancient town of Slepe in the old county of Huntingdonshire

Welcome to St. Ives, Cambridgeshire

 

The Chapel Bridge, St. Ives (D1)

Formerly known as Slepe, in the old county of Huntingdonshire, this ancient riverside market town St Ives is now named after the Persian Bishop, St. Ivo. St. Ives, now within the county of  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 St Ives 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 principal 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 latest Huntingdonshire Parish website for Bluntisham.

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What's HOT in the District?

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News Date: 26/01/2012 09:53

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Are you organising an event in St. Ives?

If you are, then you may use the link just below and add the details directly into the Huntingdonshire Event Diary.

Forthcoming Events in or around St. Ives

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Out of Town Event

Dances of Universal Peace in St Neots

Event venue - Eaton Socon War Memorial

From 28/01/2012 14:00 until 28/01/2012 17:00

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Blood Donor Session

Event venue - Corn Exchange

From 31/01/2012 13:00 until 31/01/2012 19:00

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Prom-n-Aid

Event venue - Burgess Hall

From 02/02/2012 19:00 until 02/02/2012 22:30

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Screen St Ives Film Show - Manhattan

Event venue - Corn Exchange

From 10/02/2012 19:30 until 10/02/2012 22:00

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Quiz night

Event venue - Corn Exchange

From 25/02/2012 19:30 until 25/02/2012 21:30

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More forthcoming events in St. Ives
and pictures of past ones...

THINK ST. IVES!

Use your local shops or you'll lose your local shops!

Now, more than ever, YOU need to support your local shops and where possible buy locally made or locally grown products. If you don't you'll lose the opportunity for a very long time and the town will lose lots of jobs. If you manage a local business or other local organisation, then see what we can do to help:

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Allows you to manage on-line your business and contact details, trading times, pictures, news, events and some of your products...

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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

Events in St Ives