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Heritage Open Day Saturday 13th September

St Peter’s Church will be open – all welcome! Ride & Stride leaving St Peter’s Church at 10am for circular ride/stride to Fen Ditton/Teversham/Horningsea Teas served all day (Vee’s Teas 2.30 -4.30) Horningsea 800 Film throughout the day Self Guided … Continue reading

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800 exploration of the Church: Sunday 27th April 2pm

The last of the Horningsea 800 explorations will be a chance to find out the secrets of the Church! Walk around the outside and inside, look at the gargoyles and work out whose heads appear on the windows. Look at … Continue reading

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Horningsea 800: People and Places Sunday 23rd March

Walk  around  some  of  the  22  listed  buildings  in  the  village,  setting  off  from  the  Church  at  2pm. Can  you  identfy  them  all?  Do  you  know  which  ultra  modern  Horningsea  house  featured  in  a  television  programme  in recent  months?  Look  … Continue reading

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Horningsea 800: The Viking Invasion and Tales of the River

Horningsea 800 celebrations at St Peter’s Church: The River – and the Viking Invasion – was Horning a Viking leader? One warm dark summer night in that year of 870 disastrous for so many religious establishments throughout Anglo-Saxon Britain. The … Continue reading

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The Romans in Horningsea! Sunday 26 January 2014

Horningsea 800: the Romans in Horningsea! Meet at St Peter’s Church to walk around Roman Horningsea (NB on muddy paths so suitable footwear needed) Bring along items found in your garden for identification by archaeologists … (pottery? Coins? Clay pipes? … Continue reading

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Caius College Choir Xmas Concert – Saturday 7th December

St Peter’s Church is delighted to welcome one of the UK’s leading choirs. With a global reputation based on its extensive touring and broadcasting, the choir of Gonville and Caius College is known for its highly acclaimed and imaginative CD … Continue reading

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Horningsea at War! Sunday 10th November 2:30pm

At St Peter’s Church Drop in and explore the history of Horningsea during WWI and WWII Read the research of the young men who went from Horningsea to the Trenches – and find out about the graves of those who … Continue reading

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Warm-up for Horningsea 800 on Sunday 22 September (pm)

A warm-up to the Horningsea 800 celebrations: Come and explore the history of farming in Horningsea – Find out what the Domesday Book said about farming here, read the Leys School record of farming in the 1950’s, look at the … Continue reading

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Madrigals on the river bank: Sunday 11th August at 7pm (picnic from 6pm)

Please join us to picnic and to listen to Madrigals on the River. Fen Edge Voices will be singing madrigals on the river on Sunday August 11th, starting at around 7pm. This will take place down at The Orchards as before (entry … Continue reading

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WI coffee morning and produce sale: Sat 10th August

Horningsea & Fen Ditton WI invite you to join us in the Jubilee Garden for coffee. Your chance to buy lovely home-made cakes, preserves and homegrown produce. All welcome (see you in the Village Hall if wet).

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