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St Ives (Cambs)

The Fens and Fenmen

Event type: Open Meeting
Date: Thu 11th Jul 2024
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: St Ives Corn Exchange

Speaker: Peter Tatam

The Fens were a flat, watery and marshy tract of land running from north Cambridgeshire to Lincolnshire with its own ways and lived in by hardy souls whom outsiders claimed to have webbed feet. There are many strange tales associated with the area, many of which are shared with the audience.