RARE AND DETAILED TERRIER ACQUIRED FOR ARCHIVES

THE history of a Cambridge neighbourhood has been brought to life by the acquisition of a rare document.

- By CAIT FINDLAY [e-mail] @cait_findlay

Cambridgeshire Archives has secured grant funding to acquire a 'terrier,' which details 18th century life in Chesterton.

A land terrier is a record system for keeping track of a property's boundaries, ownership and rents.

The rare document now acquired by the archives contains a detailed record of land and property ownership in rural Chesterton, before the area was subsumed by the city of Cambridge.

UK charity Friends of the Nations' Libraries has provided £350 to acquire the document from a private owner in South Africa.

The charity helps libraries, archives and museums to acquire books, manuscripts, and archives that they could not otherwise afford.