Sawtry History
Local History of Sawtry and the Surrounding Villages
Welcome To Sawtry History Website. This site is in conjunction with Sawtry History Society. New historical information will be posted as Latest News on the Home Page below. The Local History Articles page has some articles about Sawtry Abbey, St Andrews Church and other interesting items. Check out this Local History link to pages where many different topics of our local history can be found. You can contribute to our memories page if you have a particular childhood memory or a memory of Sawtry, the surrounding villages and their people. Just contact us on the email address above to contribute. Read some of the memories here.
Latest News
SAWTRY HISTORY SOCIETY
Next Meeting
The next meeting of Sawtry History Society will be on Thursday 17th September 2026 when the talk
will be by local thatcher and Sawtry resident Chris Dodson on "The Art of Thatching". Details Below.
Sawtry History Society Archive
The archive of Sawtry History Society is open on the third Saturday of the month from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon and is located in the Sawtry Community Centre, next to Sawtry Library for local and family history,archaeological information and for other local and general historical research. It is free to use. We have a large collection of maps, photograph albums, books, memorabilia, local family and historical information and much more.
Sawtry Archaeology
Sawtry Archaeology is part of Sawtry History Society. There are many ongoing Archaeological projects in Sawtry and the surrounding villages. If you would like more information or would like to be involved please click on the Sawtry Archaeology website link to find out about these projects and the contact email below.
Contact email address:
Upton History Morning
As a result of speaking to several people
at the History Morning at Upton Church on 12th July 2026, I have put a link below to
the History of Upton cum Coppingford
Parish, which was also known as
Copmanford during the late medieval
period. This Parish history can be found
on British History Online, but do bear in
mind that the Parish information is taken
from books called the Victoria County
History of Huntingdonshire, which were written starting in 1926 with Volume 3, covering Huntingdonshire, in 1936 so
some of the informamtion contained
therin has now been superseded. I will continue to put any interesting information about Upton and Coppingford as I come accross it. There is also a link to Sawtry Parish and a google search page.
Marilyn Gautreaux
