For places other than the town of March, simply type the placename into the AnyText box.

Searching for March?

Cambridgeshire is unique in the UK in that it has a town which shares the name of a month.

This makes it tricky to search for historical documents relating to the town of March, because a simple search for "March" will find all the entries for the month, too.

If you are searching for the town of March please select the option "March, CAMBS" in the PlaceKey field in the Search screen.

Synonym searches

At present the online catalogue searches only for exact matches to what you have typed into the AnyText box. It is therefore worthwhile trying out variant spellings, such as "Cherryhinton" as well as "Cherry Hinton."

We plan to set up common synonyms shortly. This means that a search for "Cherry Hinton" will also find results for "Cherryhinton."