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Village Memories In this section we would like to publish memories and stories from Hilton Past that people would like to share. If you would like to add to this please contact the If you have ANY question please do not hesitate to contact me
Andy Bush (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Hilton Community Website Editor
Hilton Families You will find information in this section information about the background and history of some Families who have lived in Hilton. Please do let us know if you have any additional information or families you would like to add.
Sparrow memorial missing Ball!!
From Valerie Pinto - 14th July 2009
While looking at the pictures and seeing the memorial in the centre of the maze, I was reminded of a story about this.
My uncle, Vic Oakett, took an interest in the village. He used to keep the maze trimmed and was active in meetings at one point, as a resident with common rights, particularly when the enclosure laws were being investigated.
Once at a meeting someone asked what had happened to the ball which used to be on the top of the memorial in the maze, but was at the time absent. Vic was very amused, and owned up to a boyhood prank many years before in which he and some others had moved the ball and put it on someone's gate-post. It was eventually restored.
Perhaps there is hope for many other young mischief-makers!! (Vandals?! :-)) Other Sources of information about Hilton History If you are interested in Hilton and its history there are a some other great sources, especially a number of books written by ex residents and local historians. Please find below more information. “Hilton Huntingdonshire’’ [1992] by Jack Dady
From Bombs to Buckets: Brixton to Papworth St.Agnes, 1940-48 (Paperback) by Dora Kathleen Tack ISBN-10: 1871775000
Bedford Family My name is Sally Roberts and I am the Great-Grand-daughter of Hiltonians, Henry Arthur Bedford and Sarah Kate Starling. Both my grandmother and mother kept in close contact with the village despite being born in London, a tradition that the family still maintains with visits to Hilton whenever we can. A family picnic under the trees on the Green usually contains a grand-daughter, two great grand-daughters, four great-great grandchildren, and now two great-great-great grandsons of the Bedford and Starling marriage....
Richard Norris Bedford was born about 1813, being baptised in St Mary's in Fen Drayton on 14th February of that year. His parents were William and Sarah Bedford, and he was one of eight sons born to them, although 3 of his brothers died in early infancy. His father was a Farm and Agricultural Labourer who died aged 72 in 1843 and his mother thereafter lived on Horse and Gate Street until she died sometime after 1851.In April 1841, Richard is living on the High Street in Fen Drayton, with his occupation shown as a Male Servant, a few doors along from the rest of his family and apparently boarding with a lady called Rhoda Vesey. Family Tree (PDF) Subcategories |
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