Huntingdon in England

Administrative centre of the old county of Huntingdonshire

The History of Huntingdon

 

Former citizens of Huntingdon

 

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) Lord Protector of England, born and raised in Huntingdon

John Major (1943-), Prime Minister of Great Britain 1992-1997 and Member of Parliament for Huntingdon

Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), Secretary to the Earl of Sandwich at Hinchingbrooke House, Huntingdon

John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, 1718 - 1792. Lived in Hinchingbrooke House, Huntingdon.

 

 

Oliver Cromwell

John Major

Samuel Pepys

John Montagu

 

 

Early Huntingdon

Use the buttons on the left under Huntingdon's Early History to find out some of what went on here many years ago.

Hinchingbrooke House and The Cromwell's

The change which has been witnessed by this property on both the local and national scale almost defies the written text.

Once the home of at least four generations of Cromwell, right up to the Lord Protector himself - Oliver Cromwell, and then the Montague's, Earls of Sandwich, including the one who invented the "sandwich", they resided at Hinchingbrooke right up to the 1960's.

The house is now part of Hinchingbrooke School, whilst the grounds contain everything from an Arts and Theatre Complex, a Country Park, Hinchingbrooke Hospital and the Regional Police Headquarters. 
Visit the sections on the left for pictures of the house both old and new, and as much of it's colourful history that we have been able to put together.

Want more?

For the interested or just curious, there are a number of books available which go into the History of Huntingdon in much more detail. Many of these books are obtainable from the Cromwell Museum.....