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Other CAS Resources

Requests to publish copies of any CAS Collection material should be addressed to the CAS Secretary, Cambridge University Library, or other holding institution. Reproduction fees may apply.

The CAS Photograph Collection
Some 8,000 photos and negatives in the Cambridgeshire Collection at the Central Library, Lion Yard, Cambridge. An overview can be seen here. Viewing during library opening hours. For enquiries contact Mary.Burgess@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

The CAS Lantern Slides Collection
Around 3,000 lantern slides of the county in the Cambridgeshire Archives, The Dock, Ely CB7 4GS. A list of slides is provided here. Viewing by appointment is recommended during archive opening hours. Proof of identity or an Archives and Records Association card is required, before access is allowed. 

Other CAS deposits at Cambridgeshire Archives (Ely)
L76/1 – 297 Collected deeds, 1612-1902 including The Admiral Vernon, The Black Lion, Barnwell, The Red Cow, Wheeler Street, Cambridge etc.

R50/11/1-16 Collected deeds, 1665-1805
1. Cambridge: Articles of agreement for marriage of Henry Scrope of Cambridge with Frances Hewett of Waresley, Huntingdonshire. 12 October 1696. 2. Caxton and Bourn: Grant of messuage and lands. Henry Lavender of Ely to Christopher Barnard of Caxton. 3 February 1665. 3. Coton, etc: Marriage settlement. William Bedford to Ann Paske and her trustees. Lands, etc in Coton, etc. 3 May 1699. 4. Waterbeach: Agreement on regulations for Commons, etc. 13 April 1683. 5. Isleham: Will of Robert Brook. 26 November 1760. 6. Cambridgeshire:  Commission of ensign of William Wiles. 30 September 1761. 7. Cambridgeshire: Commission as Captain of John Brigham Wiles. 19 January 1805. 8. MS treatise by R. Parkyns, addressed to Alderman John Gibbons and the Comburgesses of Grantham. 1610. 9-12. Westmill: four feoffments of and land, etc. 1316-1337. (Transferred to Hertford County Record Office, 14 September 1950). 13. Warnham, West Sussex: letter. 3 February 1640/1641. 14. Middleton and Fordley, East Suffolk: release. 12 February 1716/1717. (Transferred to East Suffolk). 15. Cottenham, etc: Exemplification of a recovery. Joseph Biscoe v John Baron. Lands, etc in Cottenham, Milton, Waterbeach, Landbeach, etc. 13 July 1709. 16. Whittlesford: Fine. Sarah Blow v Elizabeth and Tabram Abrams. Messuage and lands. Michaelmas term 1774

R81/024 Card index to volume XIII of the East Anglian, 1908 

R82/092 Index on slips to Ely bishops’ registers, 1337-1529, compiled c.1900 

R83/126 Transcript of hearth tax assessments for Cambridge 1666, 1674 (PRO: E179/84/437 & E179/244/33)

R84/015 Transcript of churchwardens’ accounts, Holy Trinity, Cambridge, 1504-1635, by Alfred Rogers 1880; transcript of register of St. Mary the Great, Cambridge, 1559-1712, by J.E. Foster; notes on Cambridgeshire soldiers 1548-1919, by C.E. Sayle; ‘In Memory of the Sounds of Shelford Parva in Cambridgeshire’ by Fanny Lucretia Wale, c.1908-19; papers of John Ebenezer Foster, consisting of extracts from public records concerning Cambridgeshire 918-1340, notes on Snailwell church, Ickleton deeds 15th-18th centuries, Cotton family of Landwade, Swaffham Abbey, Ely Sacrist’s accounts 14th century, Wicken Fen, Exning churchwardens’ accounts, furniture at Barnwell Abbey 1539, and Chatteris Nunnery, the Abbey of Vercelli and Chesterton rectory, extracts from wills etc.

R91/039 Sale particulars of farm, 144a. in Bourn 1839, Bourn Hall estate in Bourn and Boxworth, including plan of Bourn Hall, 1870-71, Elfleda House estate, Newmarket Road, Cambridge, 1882, Blands Farm and Orchard House in Barrington 1937, farms etc. in Reed, Royston 1839-1948

R97/012 Catherine Parsons of Horseheath (1890-1956), local historian collections including notes of Chilford Hundred from published public records, Dugdale’s Monasticon, Cole and other manuscripts in British Museum, manuscripts in Bodleian Library Oxford, Ely Diocesan Records, estate records of Castle and Shudy Camps estates 1625-1841, ‘Dr Williams’ Papers’ containing parliamentary speeches, etc., 1621-45, extensive transcripts of documents (14 books) including wills and inventories for Horseheath compiled 1898-1904, 1950 (sic), notes on witchcraft in Horseheath and area 1911-35, book of pedigrees and newscuttings of families with Horseheath connections, especially Alington family c.1900-45, notes about Swavesey Priory c.1902, extracts from Cambridge Journal and Cambridge Chronicle for 1747-1803 (with index, 1916), church notes (Great and Little Abington, Castle Camps, Duxford St. Peter, Hinxton, Horseheath, West Wickham and West Wratting) 1933-36, transcripts of monumental inscriptions of West Wickham churchyard 1901, transcript of Bartlow parish registers for 1573-1640, made 1905, notes of visits at Congress of British Archaeological Association, Bath, 1904, proofs of  All Saints Church Horseheath 1911, ‘Duxford Church’ (paper with photographs) by Louis Cobbett 1925, Cobbett’s church notes of Hauxton and Great Paxton 1922; Linton inclosure act 1837, copy probates of Stanlake Batson 1857 and Stanlake Ricketts Batson 1871 both of Horseheath

R97/041 Notes, pottery registers and analyses, clay pipe registers, bone tables, soil sample records, pottery sketches, newscuttings, etc., for archaeological excavations on Castle Hill (including Fulbourn Manor nursery, Gloucester Terrace, Haymarket, Mount Pleasant, Phoenix Gardens, Pound Hill, Ridgeon Gardens, St. Peter’s Street, Shire Hall and Storeys Paddock sites) by John Alexander, 1956-86

R98/003 Catalogues of church plate of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and of college, etc., plate of Cambridge University c.1895-1903

R99/135 Cambridge Antiquarian Society: original artwork for ‘Excavations of Roman Cambridge 1956-88’ published in Proceedings of the society (forthcoming)

R104/096 Portrait photograph of W.M. Palmer of Linton, general practitioner and local historian, circa 1930 

R110/012 Survey for the society of Cambridgeshire court rolls and other manorial documents by J.H. Bullock and W.M. Palmer 1938; additional collections, comprising: deed of Philip de Beauchamp for land in Saxton [Saxon Street in Wood Ditton] c.1220-40; confession of Ann Robinson of Gamlingay for slandering Steven Apthorpe 1611; volume of cuttings from letters, etc., compiled for their bad spelling etc. by Henry Rance of Cambridge, solicitor, 1842; volume of miscellaneous prose and verse by John Frisby, chapel clerk at Little St Mary’s Cambridge, with hymns penitential and in gratitude for removal of cattle plague 1849-69; biographical notes on various Stapleford persons c.1920, with illustrations of clergy and of Sarah Carter (in 1828 a woman in a coma) 19th cent.; list of lantern slides presented to the society by J.W. Clark early 20th cent.; copies of 17th-century documents about Thorney Abbey house 20th cent

R11/088 Notebook kept by J.E. Foster (1847-1912) of extracts from record publications, especially of chancery rolls of 13th-14th century, the Placita de Quo Warranto, and the Eynsham and Ramsey cartularies, including also notes from contemporaries 1895-1909 and his own reminiscences 1897-99; with typescript extracts of Foster’s own notes and reminiscences c.1941 

R114/032 Subject and name indexes to records of Horseheath, Linton etc. by Catherine Parsons of Horseheath (1870-1956) 

The CAS Photogravure Collection
Held at the Fitzwilliam Museum Prints & Drawings Department, this rare portfolio of 10 photogravure prints by Peter Henry Emerson, (1856 – 1936) is from his book titled ‘Pictures of East Anglian Life.’ Emerson was an early champion of photography as an art form. These examples are thought to be of places in Norfolk and Suffolk and are an example of the early use of the photogravure printing technique. The original print copy is available to view by arrangement with the Fitzwilliam Museum, or a digital/electronic copy is available to view here.

The CAS Collection of Competition Sketches
This unique collection of sketches is available to view by arrangement with the Secretary. 

The CAS Glaisher Collection
Aeronautical engravings, pictures and cuttings is available to request and view in the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. (MS Add.10207) Access for valid University of Cambridge ID cardholders or on application for a reader card.

The CAS Richard Relhan Collection
353 digitised watercolours of Cambridgeshire are available through the Cambridge Digital Library.  Originals can be viewed in the Map Department at Cambridge University Library (Classmark, Views.Relhan.1-3).  Access for valid University of Cambridge ID cardholders or on application for a reader card.

The CAS Collection of Church Graffiti Rubbings
This unique collection is available to view by arrangement with the Secretary.

The CAS Cambridge Collection of Monumental Brass Rubbings
This extensive national collection is thought to contain 80% of the known monumental brasses from across the UK.  See background note by Dr J D Pickles. To request an appointment to view the originals, many of which are quite fragile, please contact  the Cambridge University Library Map Department. Access for valid University of Cambridge ID cardholders or on application for a reader card.

The CAS Portrait Collection 1640-1998
The collection comprises chiefly 1,000 photographic portraits of members of the University or other individuals prominent in the mid to late nineteenth century, particularly clergymen. They were not necessarily members of the Society. A smaller quantity of portraits is in the form of engravings from paintings, drawings cut from books, magazine sketches/cartoons and photographs of paintings. Most items are inscribed with biographical information on the back, not all of which is accurate. Many are also inscribed on the front with the subject’s name (some of which may be signatures) and date of acquisition. In some cases, the biographical details inscribed on paper stuck to the back of the photographs has obscured the name of the photographer. There is also a series of 500 letters from portrait donors, 1905-6. Details of each portrait under online Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/CAS, or request to view the originals in the MSs and Rare Books section of Cambridge University Library. Access for valid University of Cambridge ID cardholders or on application for a reader card. 

CAS deposits at Huntingdonshire Archives
3890 Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire Archaeological Society (from 1951, Huntingdonshire Advisory Committee of CAS): minutes 1935-63, files on excursions, etc., 1900-58, on publications 1936-52, on listed buildings 1947-62, misc. correspondence 1948-64, membership records 1933-64, obituary of J.R. Garood and related notes, 1959-61, embossing press die, 1900, rubber stamp 1952

The Huntingdon History Society Collections
Include historic county maps, Cromwell family records and material on Oliver Cromwell and the Civil War, the 17th century diarist, Samuel Pepys and Nicholas Ferrar and the 17th century spiritual community at Little Gidding. The Huntingdonshire Collection is based at Huntingdon Library and Archives with satellite collections at St Neots and St Ives libraries. The Collection contains more than 5,000 books and pamphlets. Historical material relates to the old county of Huntingdonshire while current material covers the District of Huntingdonshire. Viewing during library opening hours. 

Although the Cromwell Association Library is situated in the search room at Huntingdonshire Archives, the remainder of the Cromwell Collection is housed upstairs in the Library. The collection can be browsed on the Library catalogue here.

The Pepys Collection and Little Gidding Collection are also part of the Huntingdonshire Collection’s reference library, located upstairs in the Library so these can be accessed without prior notice during Library opening hours. These all consist of published material only. The volumes within these collections will all have an entry on the Cambridgeshire Libraries catalogue but there is no specific area of the catalogue you can browse in order to ascertain exactly what publications sit within them.