Local History Group

Meldreth Local History Group

www.meldrethhistory.org.uk

New Website Launched

The COVID-19 pandemic may have curtailed our usual activities and our planned fundraising events this year, but members of Meldreth Local History Group have not been idle! In September we launched our new-look website, www.meldrethhistory.org.uk. Over the summer months the previous site, dating from 2011, underwent a complete re-design to give it a fresher, more up-to-date appearance and to make it easier to navigate. It is now compatible with all devices, recognising the increasing use of smartphones and tablets. We would again like to thank Meldreth Parish Council for awarding us a grant towards the costs of the upgrade. The site is divided into two main parts: Meldreth Today is the place to look for information on the village as it is now, while the section on Meldreth’s History has more than 600 pages on the story of our village. You can browse the site using the categories on the home page: the Village, Buildings, People, Topics. The site is also fully searchable, making it easy to find the information you are interested in. At the bottom of the home screen, you can switch between the tabs which display the latest pages, comments and news. New visitors to our website might like to take our First Time Visitor’s Tour which gives a flavour of the different kinds of information that we have on the site.

We welcome contributions to the website. Comments may be added to every page and it is easy to contribute a page using our contribution form.

We are a small group of volunteers, keen to record and preserve the history of our beautiful South Cambridgeshire village. We hope you enjoy browsing our site.

Newsletter

Our latest newsletter is now available on our website and has just been sent out to all those on our mailing list. To sign up for future issues, please see the link on our home page.

Merchandise

The Group has a range of merchandise available for sale, including notelets, walk booklets and CDs, all of which would make great Christmas presents! Search our site for “merchandise” or follow this link: https://www.meldrethhistory.org.uk/about/how-to-help/ merchandise.

Please Join Us

We hope we’ll be able to resume our meetings at some point next year. In the meantime, we have plenty of work that can be done from the comfort of your own home, so if you’d like to get involved, please email info@meldrethhistory.org.uk.

Kathryn Betts Webmaster

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