{"id":729,"date":"2016-01-26T15:44:03","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T15:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/?page_id=729"},"modified":"2020-01-20T12:10:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T12:10:45","slug":"local-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/?page_id=729","title":{"rendered":"Local History Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>John Ferrar of LIttle Gidding (by D. R. Ransome)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"><b><\/b>In 2000 Records of Huntingdonshire (Vol.3, No.8, 2000), the Journal of the Huntingdonshire Local History Society, included an article about John Ferrar of Little Gidding by D. R. Ransome. &nbsp;The article has been updated, notes by the author and also supplementary notes were added to this digital copy. The Society is pleased to be able to republish this article with the kind permission of the author D. R. Ransome. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Ransome-John-Ferrar-2000-plus-notes.pdf \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" title=\"John Ferrar of LIttle Gidding\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1400 size-medium\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/John-Ferrar-brass-241x300.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/John-Ferrar-brass-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/John-Ferrar-brass-768x956.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/John-Ferrar-brass-624x777.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/John-Ferrar-brass.jpg 805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><strong><em>&#8216;For a century and a quarter Little Gidding was the home to the Ferrar&#8217;s. When they came there in 1625 the family consisted of old Mrs Ferrar, her married daughter Susanna and her family, and two of Mrs Ferrar\u2019s sons. The younger was Nicholas, who is famous, but the elder, John, is undeservedly less well known. This article is an attempt to redress the balance and tell something of John\u2019s life. <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">His parents were a formidable pair. His father Nicholas was born in 1544 or 1545 at Hertford, the son of a draper who died when Nicholas was 12 or 13. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.&#8217;<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(To read the article please click on the picture to the left)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Brampton Hand Drawn Hearse<\/strong><\/span><a href=\" http:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/?page_id=1126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright wp-image-678 size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brampton-Hearse002-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The story of the Brampton Hand Drawn Hearse that was fully restored and is now on display at the Co-op Funeral Directors in Huntingdon. For Further details click on the picture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Brampton&#8217;s Unsung Hero the Story of Constance (Babs) Howland<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\" http:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/?page_id=1137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-624 size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hilda002-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read about a most remarkable young lady from Brampton who helped nurse some of our local wounded from WW1. For further details click on the picture to the left.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Ferrar of LIttle Gidding (by D. R. Ransome) In 2000 Records of Huntingdonshire (Vol.3, No.8, 2000), the Journal of the Huntingdonshire Local History Society, included an article about John Ferrar of Little Gidding by D. R. Ransome. &nbsp;The article has been updated, notes by the author and also supplementary notes were added to this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":44,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-729","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=729"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1740,"href":"https:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/729\/revisions\/1740"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huntslhs.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}