St Andrews Church and Churchyard, Soham

Date: [unknown]
Location: Soham, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Surname/tag: Cemeteries

Contents 1 General Information 2 History 3 Notable Monuments 4 Notable Interments 5 More Information

General Information

Cemetery name: St Andrew’s Churchyard

Address: St Andrews Church, Churchgate Street, Soham, Cambridgeshire, England

History

For a history of the building please see: https://www.standrews-soham.org.uk/new-page

Notable Monuments

Several memorials in the church mark the lives and achievements of notable Soham residents.

A commemorative plaque records the marriage in St Andrew’s Church on 7 April 1792 of Olaudah Equiano, an African freed slave and member of the Abolitionist movement who married local woman, Susannah Cullen.

Other memorials inside include a plaque dedicated to the local heros of the Great Train Explosion. The plaque records the events on the night of 2 June 1944 when train station was destroyed, and the heroic action of Railwaymen saved the town of Soham from destruction.

Just outside the church porch is the family memorial of the Addison / Russell / D’Aye family, showing their link to Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658).

Addison / D’Ay / Cromwell Memorial

For those commemorated within the church see also St Andrew Church, Soham, Cambridgeshire category, many have photos linked.

Notable Interments

None yet notes.

More Information

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