Table of Contents

1 The Call of the Cam 7

2 The River Ouse, St Neots to St Ives 14

3 Ely and the Great Ouse 22

4 Cambridgeshire Abbeys 29

5 Cambridgeshire Castles 36

6 The Upper Nene Valley 42

7 The Tidal Nene 50

8 The Heart of the Fens 58

9 The Age of Windmills 67

10 Village Portraits 75

11 Chippenham - A Portrait of an Estate 84

12 Stately Halls and Splendid Houses 90

13 The History of the Fens 99

14 War Over Cambridgeshire 107

15 Newmarket 114

16 The University City 121

About the Author 128