This website is about the history of Holywell-cum-Needingworth. I hope to eventually include in here all the relevant information I can find (from whatever source) and can publish. There are other websites relevant to the history of our village. Some are On-line Family Trees, and others are listed below.

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BBC Domesday Reloaded for HcN [1986]BBC Domesday Reloaded for HcN [1986] [D01809a]
British Listed Buildings for Holywell-cum-Needingworth [2011]British Listed Buildings for Holywell-cum-Needingworth [2011] [D01962a]
genuki Holywell cum Needingworth, Huntingdonshiregenuki Holywell cum Needingworth, Huntingdonshire [D02667ka]
Holy and Healing WellsHoly and Healing Wells [D02667lr]
HOLYWELL-CUM-NEEDINGWORTH - Roll of Honour (Huntingdonshire Gallantry Citations and Awards) [1919]HOLYWELL-CUM-NEEDINGWORTH - Roll of Honour (Huntingdonshire Gallantry Citations and Awards) [1919] [D02366b]
HOLYWELL-CUM-NEEDINGWORTH - Roll of Honour [1919]HOLYWELL-CUM-NEEDINGWORTH - Roll of Honour [1919] [D02366a]
Holywell-cum-Needingworth Roll of Honour (St Ives war memorial) [2012]Holywell-cum-Needingworth Roll of Honour (St Ives war memorial) [2012] [D02274h]
Holywell-cum-Needingworth Roll of Honour [2012]Holywell-cum-Needingworth Roll of Honour [2012] [D02274g]
Memories of Holywell (Francis Frith: Memories of Holywell) [2015]Memories of Holywell (Francis Frith: Memories of Holywell) [2015] [D02358a]
A memory (from Sylvia Saunders) [2012]A memory (from Sylvia Saunders) [2012] [D02213a]
One Place studies (Society for One-Place Studies, HcN study) [2013]One Place studies (Society for One-Place Studies, HcN study) [2013] [D02604b]
Parishes - Holywell with Needingworth British History OnlineParishes - Holywell with Needingworth British History Online [D02667kd]
PastScape (A 3rd century Roman coin from Postumus (258-267 AD), ref 369529)PastScape (A 3rd century Roman coin from Postumus (258-267 AD), ref 369529) [D02474h]
PastScape (A possible area of unenclosed settlement; ref 1464367)PastScape (A possible area of unenclosed settlement; ref 1464367) [D02474c]
PastScape (A possible prehistoric or Romano-British settlement and quarrying, ref 1464378)PastScape (A possible prehistoric or Romano-British settlement and quarrying, ref 1464378) [D02474d]
PastScape (A post mill for the processing of cereals, dated to 1741, ref 497658)PastScape (A post mill for the processing of cereals, dated to 1741, ref 497658) [D02474l]
PastScape (A ring ditch is visible as cropmarks just outside Holywell, ref 1392420)PastScape (A ring ditch is visible as cropmarks just outside Holywell, ref 1392420) [D02474b]
PastScape (A Romano-British enclosure and structural evidence 1465637)PastScape (A Romano-British enclosure and structural evidence 1465637) [D02474e]
PastScape (An early 18th century house dating to 1710 at 85 High Street, 870013)PastScape (An early 18th century house dating to 1710 at 85 High Street, 870013) [D02474m]
PastScape (Romano British pottery was found in a garden in Needingworth, ref 369532)PastScape (Romano British pottery was found in a garden in Needingworth, ref 369532) [D02474i]
PastScape (Sherds of Iron Age type C pottery and late Roman pottery, ref 369528)PastScape (Sherds of Iron Age type C pottery and late Roman pottery, ref 369528) [D02474g]
PastScape (Site of Wesleyan Methodist chapel in the High Street, ref 1492923)PastScape (Site of Wesleyan Methodist chapel in the High Street, ref 1492923) [D02474n]
PastScape (The locality of Our Lady's Chapel in Needingworth mentioned in parishioners wills in 1540, ref 369618)PastScape (The locality of Our Lady's Chapel in Needingworth mentioned in parishioners wills in 1540, ref 369618) [D02474k]
PastScape (The possible site of St James' Chapel in Needingworth dating to at least the 13th century, ref 369617)PastScape (The possible site of St James' Chapel in Needingworth dating to at least the 13th century, ref 369617) [D02474f]
PastScape (Two scrapers and a knife were found in Holywell dated to either the Late Neolithic or the Early Bronze Age, ref 369594)PastScape (Two scrapers and a knife were found in Holywell dated to either the Late Neolithic or the Early Bronze Age, ref 369594) [D02474j]
Thomas Brownlee Paisley findings (T B Paisley Collection- Images of UK windmills)Thomas Brownlee Paisley findings (T B Paisley Collection- Images of UK windmills) [D02597d]
Vision of Britain analyses of population (Boundary Map of Holywell Cum Needingworth)Vision of Britain analyses of population (Boundary Map of Holywell Cum Needingworth) [D02422c]
Vision of Britain analyses of population (Holywell-cum-Needingworth description from 1872 Imperial Gazetteer)Vision of Britain analyses of population (Holywell-cum-Needingworth description from 1872 Imperial Gazetteer) [D02422e]
Vision of Britain analyses of population (Holywell-cum-Needingworth)Vision of Britain analyses of population (Holywell-cum-Needingworth) [D02422a]
Vision of Britain analyses of population (Short description of Needingworth)Vision of Britain analyses of population (Short description of Needingworth) [D02422d]