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Soham Roots
Welcome to the Market Town of Soham
A One-Place-Study of Soham & the surrounding area

Twinned with

Soham is a moderate sized Market Town and the second largest Parish in East Cambridgeshire covering 5,245 hectares, Barway a small hamlet just North of Soham is included in the Soham Parish, Ely 6 miles North and the largest Parish covering 5,903 hectacres. Soham is situated in the Staploe Hundred and 6 miles from Newmarket to the South, so has excellent links to the A14 and to Cambridge that is only 16 miles away. Soham was once a sleepy little Town of approx 5000 inhabitants with the main employment being in agriculture, today its population is in excess of 10,000 and growing. Soham has three excellent Schools that serve the Community, and many local facilities.
Soham was officially twinned in 2006 with Andrezieux-Boutheon, a town in France near Lyon.
Soham has seen many changes over the years but seems to retain its Community spirit, we hope through our website you will get an avid view of Soham as it was in yesteryear and as it is today, and hopefully this website will assist you in your Genealogy and Local History studies of our Town.

We would welcome any comments or any items you would like to share with us, and would be delighted if you would like to share information or photo’s that we could add to the website, at this point we would like to thank all the various People who have contributed to Soham Roots in the past and hope that we continue to give you pleasure and a helping hand in the future.

NEW DVD available, Soham Monumental Inscriptions for The Fordham Road Cemetery, over 2000 monuments including purchase & burial details, only available from Soham Roots.
See the Soham Roots Store for more details including a one page demo.

Also a new CD entitled

Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Leaders

Social and Political

by Ernest Gaskell

The volume scanned on this CD is thought to have belonged originally to
Frederick John Gardiner, Esq., J.P.
This volume seems to be intact, although all of the leaves are loose but in remarkably good condition, none of the pages are numbered and no publication date is given, the latest date mentioned in the text is 1912.

This being such an interesting read and a great resource for anyone with interest in the political and social history of both Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, we thought it was worth scanning to share with others.

This volume is owned by Tim & Julie Webb and is part of the Soham Roots collection.

See our online store for more details.

The website will now be dedicated to all our Ancestors who have made all of Soham’s long and varied history so vibrant and interesting, without these people none of us today would be here and continuing to enjoy living in and indeed researching this Towns rich past.

The Above photo on the left is of Clark & Butchers Mill being demolished on the 3rd August 2007, the photo was taken from Clay Street, the photo on the right was taken from the same spot on the 29th April 2009 and shows the newly built George Wimpey Homes.

We hope you enjoy your visit.
Tim & Julie Webb of Soham. Creators of Soham Roots.

All Images & Text on this website are the property of Soham Roots (unless otherwise stated) and may not be copied or reproduced in any format without prior permission, please contact Tim or Julie Webb at sohamgen@hotmail.com