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A Fenland town 6 miles east of Peterborough • A population of 14,830 including
residents of neighbouring:- Coates, Eastrea, Turves, Pondersbridge.
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THE EDUCATION PAGE
HAS NOW BEEN UPDATED WITH
A LIST OF WHITTLESEY & DISTRICT CHILDMINERS .
To find out more CLICK
HERE
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WHITTLESEY
ANGLING ASSOCIATION
for more details on the
Angling Associations.
CLICK
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To Find out more about The Fenland Arts Association
New
links provided on the Entertainments/Cinema
page to
PETERBOROUGH FILM SOCIETY
STAMFORD ARTS CENTRE
THE BROADWAY
New link to the 1901
census on the Family & Friends page
www.pro.gov.uk/census/default.htm
New link to a local
Job
Opportunities website.
Also to be found on our "Miscellaneous
Links" page
New FRIENDS
& FAMILY section
In response to a number of enquiries from people around
the world we have added this
new page to enable people to try to contact their friends and
family. Click Here or on the
menu bar on the left
NEW PAGE OF SEARCH
ENGINES
NEW GAME - BLACK BOX
BOTH ACCESSED VIA MISCELLANEOUS
LINKS PAGE
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Whittlesey's most famous
son was Sir Harry George Wakelyn Smith, 1787-1860, a British
general who servedin the Peninsula War, the war of 1812 and the
Battle of Waterloo. In India he distinguished himself in the Sikh
Wars, after which he was awarded a baronetcy for the victory at
Aliwal in
1846
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Whittlesey's famous Butter Cross built circa
1680.
 This photograph was taken
in the 19th Century, and is from the front cover of "Millennium
Memories of Whittlesey" one of two books, each containing over 40
photos, recording life in Whittlesey in the past. These books,
published on behalf of the Whittlesey Society are available from
Whittlesey Museum)
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On the first Saturday
after Plough Monday (the first Monday after Twelfth Night) the
Straw Bear Festival is celebrated. This is a revived pagan fertility
festival. It brings many thousands of revelers, dancers and
musicians into the town and is one of the biggest and most important
of such festivals to be held in Britain.
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Local employment is provided by the
brickyards
and McCain's the frozen chip company.Excavation
of the brick clay is largely responsible for the Whittlesey
landscape and has revealed many exciting, some new, fossil
animal remains. The brickworks also provide a rich habitat for
local
wildlife.
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Whittlesey Mere was once the largest lake in
southern Britain, very popular for all manner of water
activities - a favourite haunt of the Hell Fire Club. In 1851
Admiral Wells drained it. It was the last area of fen to be drained.
But when the Nene Wash, north of the town, is flooded, something of
the old fen landscape returns.
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Netflix Online DVD Rental
Town
Centre Map Here
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