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Huntingdon / Vereinigtes Königreich

Huntingdon ist ein Ort in der englischen Grafschaft Cambridgeshire in East Anglia. Die Stadt war der Verwaltungssitz der früheren Grafschaft Huntingdonshire. Heute ist sie Verwaltungssitz des Distrikts Huntingdonshire. In Huntingdon leben 19.940 Menschen . Der Ort liegt am Fluss Great Ouse. In Huntingdon liegt die größte Aue Englands, Portholme Meadow, die ca. 1 km² groß ist und viele seltene Gräser, Blumen und Libellen beheimatet. Sie ist außerdem ein großes natürliches Überschwemmungsgebiet. Bekannt ist Huntingdon als Geburtsort von Oliver Cromwell. Darüber hinaus ist Huntingdon durch das dort ansässige Tierversuchslabor Huntingdon Life Sciences bekannt geworden, das wegen zahlreicher Verstößen gegen das Tierschutzgesetz in internationaler Kritik, vor allem durch die Gruppe Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, steht. Des Weiteren ist der Ort Sitz von Quad Electroacoustics.

Hinchingbrooke House

Huntingdon / Vereinigtes Königreich

Hinchingbrooke House in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, was built around an 11th-century Benedictine nunnery. After the Reformation it passed into the hands of the Cromwell family, and subsequently, became the home of the Earls of Sandwich, including John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, reputedly the "inventor" of the modern sandwich. On 8 March 1538, Richard Williams had the grant of the nunnery of Hinchinbrooke, in Huntingdonshire, for the undervalued price of £19. 9s. 2d. while he was an official Visitor overseeing the dissolution of the monasteries. His son, Henry Williams —a grandfather of Oliver Cromwell—built the house adjoining to the nunnery, and upon the bow windows he put the arms of his family, with those of several others to whom he was allied.There was a serious fire in 1830 and the house was restored/rebuilt by Edward Blore; it was further restored in 1894 and again in the 1960s. During the most recent restoration the entrance to the chapter house was discovered, but otherwise little of the medieval fabric is visible.In 1970, it became part of Hinchingbrooke School, housing the 6th form. Hinchingbrooke School was formerly Huntingdon Grammar School which, on the site of what is now the Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon, was attended by Oliver Cromwell and Samuel Pepys. The school now has around 1900 pupils.More recently, while still being used as a school, Hinchingbrooke House is turned into a critically acclaimed scare attraction in the Halloween season called 'The Horror at Hinchingbrooke House'. It is also used as a conference centre, and is also for, dinner dances and as a wedding venue. It is a Grade I listed building and is open for tours on Sunday afternoons in the summer season.

Cromwell Museum

Huntingdon / Vereinigtes Königreich

The Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon, England, is a museum containing collections exploring the life of Oliver Cromwell and to a lesser extent his son Richard Cromwell. Oliver Cromwell was born in Huntingdon in 1599 and lived there for more than half his life. The museum is located in the former grammar school building in which Cromwell received his early education. Founded in 1962, the museum contains significant artifacts, paintings and printed material relating to The Protectorate. The museum is currently run as part of a trust dedicated to Oliver Cromwell's legacy and previously by the Cambridgeshire Libraries, Archives and Information Service, part of Cambridgeshire County Council.