Soham On-Line - History & Tourism - The History of Soham

Soham has a very long, rich and varied history which has been much ignored by tourists and overshadowed by the more predominant towns and cities in the area such as Ely, Newmarket, Bury St. Edmunds and Cambridge.
Soham does not currently have a Museum of its own but The Soham Community History Museum Project are actively planning to change this and obtain premises within the centre of Soham itself to display its large collection of documents, maps, pictures and artefacts from the towns past.
We would like to expand the History section of the site so if anyone has any documents, maps or pictures of relevance please either send us some information by e-mail in text or Word format. Soham Community History Museum is an ongoing project. We are continually expanding our collection of artefacts and would be very grateful for any donations or loans of documents, maps and pictures by snail mail to the address in the credits section.

'Soham on the Home Front'
Book Launch at Soham Carnival 2007

'But For Such Men As These'
60th Anniversary Edition Released in 2006

Soham Museum Project - 'Soham On The Home Front'

£6.50

Soham Museum Project has recently reprinted the book 'But for Such Men As These' by Anthony Day which forms part of 'Soham on the Home Front' project. The book's re-release coincided with the 60th Anniversary of the Soham Rail Disaster which took place in the early hours of the 2nd June 1944 during the Second World War.
The reprint was made possible by a grant from The Heritage Lottery Fund.

On Sale locally from:-
Soham Books, High Street, Soham, Cambridgeshire
Priced at £6.50

Or by post from:-
c/o Soham Community History Museum
P.O. Box 21, The Pavilion
Fountain Lane, Soham
Cambridgeshire, CB7 5PL, England

Cost of the book by post is £8.00, including Post & Packaging (UK only)
Cost of the book for overseas is £12.00 made payable in UK Currency, UK Bank Cheque or by IRCS for the full amount

On Sale locally from:-
Soham Books, High Street, Soham, Cambridgeshire priced at £6.50

Or by post from:-
c/o Soham Community History Museum
P.O. Box 21, The Pavilion
Fountain Lane, Soham
Cambridgeshire, CB7 5PL, England

Cost of the book by post is £8.00, including Post & Packaging (UK only)
Cost of the book for overseas is £12.00 made payable in UK Currency, UK Bank Cheque or by IRCS for the full amount

'Soham Chronicle Part II'1899-1907
Book Launch at Soham Late Night Shopping 2006

'Soham at War'
Book Launch at Soham Jubilee Carnival 2002

Soham Chronicle Part II - 1899-1907

£3.95

£6.50

The Soham Chronicle Part 1 was compiled by the late May Turner and published in 1985, stopped in 1899. Part 2, compiled by George Ginn and dedicated to Mrs Turner's memory, takes up the story in 1899 and moves on to 1907.

Soham Museum Project will be officially launching their latest book 'Soham at War' on Monday 3rd June 2002 at Soham Carnival & Heavy Horse Show 2002, which this year is celebrating the Queens Golden Jubilee. The new Book will be available to buy exclusively at the Carnival priced £6.50. There are a limited amount of 1000 available from the groups stall, inside the Pavilion on the Recreation Ground. so make sure you come along to the Carnival to get your copy.
'Soham at War' covers both World Wars including rare unseen photographs and over 100 pages of information gathered from the memories of local residents who lived in the town at the time and also from the experiences of ex-servicemen and women, from Soham, who were away from home fighting for their country.

On Sale locally from:-
Soham Books, High Street, Soham, Cambridgeshire
Burrows Bookshop, High Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire
Priced at £3.95

Or by post from:-
c/o Soham Community History Museum
P.O. Box 21, The Pavilion
Fountain Lane, Soham
Cambridgeshire, CB7 5PL, England

Cost of the book by post is £5.50, including Post & Packaging (UK only)
Cost of the book for overseas is £8.50 made payable in UK Currency, UK Bank Cheque or by IRCS for the full amount

On Sale locally from:-
Soham Books, High Street, Soham, Cambridgeshire priced at £6.50

Or by post from:-
c/o Soham Community History Museum
P.O. Box 21, The Pavilion
Fountain Lane, Soham
Cambridgeshire, CB7 5PL, England

Cost of the book by post is £8.00, including Post & Packaging (UK only)
Cost of the book for overseas is £12.00 made payable in UK Currency, UK Bank Cheque or by IRCS for the full amount

To speed up the order process, you can E-Mail an order to and the book will be dispatched as soon as payment has been made. All you need to do is send your name and address within the E-mail and the amount of books you would like.

Soham Ancestor Search Facilities

Genes Connected - Retrace your family tree

For a more Local Ancestor Search Enquiry Contact:-

Soham Museum Project
Soham Roots - Genealogical Research
Soham War Memorial - Roll of Honour
Soham Grammar School Memorial - Roll of Honour
Soham Grammarians
The Cambridgeshire Family History Society
Cambridgeshire County Council Archives
Cambridgeshire Community Archives Network (CCAN)
Camdex - Cambridgeshire Births, Marriages and Deaths Index Project

Please note that Soham Museum Project & Soham Roots Services are only intended for Ancestor Searches within the District of Soham, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Only.
To help us to help you, Soham Museum Project & Soham Roots need you to give them as many details as possible about the person you wish to search for. A date of birth, marriage or death helps a lot. We will search our files for a first name initial search. In the case that we find any additional information about the relatives of the person you want researching, we will notify you with the information you receive about the initial person you asked us to search for you. Should you require the additional information a small fee would be charged of which you would have been notified of and on receipt of this we will forward to the additional information

All correspondents will try and be answered and we endeavour to do our best to help.

National Ancestor Search Facilities

Looking for old Classmates from Soham???

Looking for Ex-Servicemen & Women???

On-Line Communities for current and Ex-servicemen and women from the RAF, Army and Royal Navy.

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Soham Ancestor Search Facilities

National Ancestor Search Facilities

Looking for old Classmates from Soham???

Looking for Ex-Servicemen & Women???