Fen Ditton

Fen Ditton lies on the east bank of the River Cam, on the road from Cambridge to Clayhithe, and close to junction 34 of the A14.Standing on Coldham's Brook at the junction of modern-day Ditton Walk and Newmarket Road it had fallen out of use by the early 19th century; it is now occupied by offices.[4] The first road in the village passed between the river and the church, linking Fen Ditton to Horningsea from at least the start of the 15th century.Fen Ditton is often associated with The Bumps, the annual rowing races held on the river alongside the village.Former pubs include The Sluice or Pike and Eel, to the north of the village on the river; The Harvest Home on Green End; and The Blue Lion, rebuilt in 1951, where the High Street meets the Horningsea Road.It closed as a public house in June 2020, was bought by Mark J Poynton, and reopened later in 2020 as a restaurant, under the name of MJP @ The Shepherds.Wall plaques explain they were built by Sir Thomas Willys, 1st Baronet, whose family were the principal landowners until the 1730s, as six cottages ("for six poor widows") in 1665, rebuilt in 1877, and finally, in 1968/9, combined into the three used today.
The Church of St Mary The Virgin
The village war memorial, a Grade II listed building
"A Modern Village School" children at Fen Ditton Junior School in 1944
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