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Historic Arbury and the Arbury Carnival...

The Arbury Carnival returns this year, and we are delighted. Please support this venture - it is a wonderful community event that began not far off half a century ago (45 years) and is an immense boost to the community around Arbury and North Cambridge.

We had a question from Len:

'Where is the location of the Arbury Carnival in the context of historical Arbury?'

Right in the thick of it, Len! Most Arbury history lies north of Arbury Road and, as you will see by the map below, King's Hedges and King's Hedges Road were somewhere else.

Historically, the name 'King's Hedges' and the 1970s redirected and extended King's Hedges Road highway have nothing to do with Arbury Camp, or the Arbury fields.

We have adjusted our trusty 1900 Arbury Road map to show the old fields by the ancient Arbury earthwork and the location of the Carnival at Arbury Town Park in context. Much of the area was, at one time, known as Arbury or Harborough (a variation on the Arbury name) Meadows. The Manor Farm arrived after the 1840 Chesterton Enclosures. The Carnival site is indicated on the map, and was part of the Arbury Meadows.




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  1. TitchJune 11, 2022 at 10:07 PM

    It was wonderful. It was funny to see Hilary Cox Condron sporting a hastily written 'Mind the Gender Pay Gap' piece of cardboard. I would of brought a 'Mind The Glass Cellar Jobs And Workplace Deaths Gap' sign in reply if I'd known. i bet you won't publish this.

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  2. Arbury EstateJune 11, 2022 at 10:12 PM

    Of course we'll publish it. There are many sides to an issue. The issue of how the genders are treated and various inequalities are experienced and why is fascinating. Very glad you enjoyed the Carnival. We loved it!

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  3. grahamJune 12, 2022 at 12:00 AM

    It was all great and I loved the parade with Westminster and the singing.

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  4. AnonymousJune 12, 2022 at 1:26 PM

    There were great donuts and food, lots of laughs and I even went over to Arbury Court for a cornish pastie. I couldn't stop eating. the best thing about Arbury Carnival was being with people and having a laugh and music after all the lockdown and mask stuff.

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  5. AnonymousJune 12, 2022 at 2:15 PM

    With the wheel and everything it almost looked like a scene from a (modern) village fair. Arbury Town Park looked great. I hope the Carnival will continue, as the 2 guys behind it are stepping down.

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