The Leper Chapel is opening with the help of volunteers and support from Historyworks on several occasions this spring and summer 2019, so that more members of the public can view this unique building, and get involved with our artworks and heritage activities which Historyworks is hosting for the nearby Chisholm Trail..  

To find out more about the History of the Chapel which serviced the Leper Isolation colony in the 1100s and 1200s, and was the focus for the famous Stourbridge Fair, go to our History pages here:

http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/history-stories/leper-chapel/

The next date when the Leper Chapel will open is Saturday 20th July from noon to 3pm, and to find out about future opening dates, theate pefromances and festivals, go to:

https://www.cambridgeppf.org/Pages/Events/Category/leper-chapel-events

Historyworks have attended several of the opening Saturdays, to share the history of the Leper Chapel and information about the forthcoming Chisholm Trail which will transform the surrounding area with a pathway for cycles and pedestrians making access for disabled and wheeled visitors much easier, and will offer a mainly green route through wildlife meadows from Cambridge North Station all the way to Cambridge Station.

More about the history of the Leper Chapel here.

More information of the Chisholm Trail here.

To stay in touch with events and to add your own local memories and stories to the Chisholm Tales, please 'like' our Chisholm Trail facebook page

On the first day of opening this Spring 2019, when HistoryWorks helped open the site, it was heaving on Saturday 6th April, as visitors flocked to see this unique and magical place and find out more about the Chisholm Trail.

Cambridge Past, Present and Future volunteer, Courtney, swung open the heavy door and welcomed in visitors with a tour of this ancient building. 

Prof Helen Weinstein shared the stories of coprolite mining on Coldhams Common, almost 900 years of the Leper Chapel and the Brick Works. Hilary Cox Condron heard tales of childhood adventures at Dead Man's Lake, Bronco Nightingale's fleet of lorries and tending war graves at the cemetery.

Mario Satchwell introduced families to the Historyworks geocaches trail and residents took maps to head out and explore the area and find our other geocache locations.

We are collecting your local stories as part of the new Chisholm Tales project. Historian Helen and artists Hilary and Jill Fordham will be working with local residents and schools to illustrate the local history and create artwork for the Chisholm Trail hoardings in Abbey.

More about the history of the Leper Chapel here.

More information of the Chisholm Trail here.

To stay in touch with events and to add your own local memories and stories to the Chisholm Tales, please 'like' our Chisholm Trail facebook page