Calvin Coolidge. The family home is believed to be the thatched cottage adjacent to All Saints’ Church. Calvin Coolidge contributed funds to the restoration of the church tower in 1928. The grandmother of the diarist Samuel Pepys lived in Cottenham; their house in the northern area of the village bears a plaque. Sir Richard Pepys (d.1659) was Lord Justice of Ireland. In 1703, Mrs Catherine Pepys founded a Charity School in the village when she donated a house for a schoolmaster and £150 to purchase land and provide teaching for sixteen poor children. The village gave its name to the title of another member of the Pepys family, Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham (d. 1851), who during his life also held the position of Lord Chancellor. Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury between 1694 and 1715 was born in Cottenham in 1636. The Norwich City and Leeds United F.C. footballer Adam Drury was born in Cottenham. Cottenham village design statement Cottenham was one of the first villages in the United Kingdom to produce a Village design statement. It was one of four pilot projects, the others being Stratford-on-Avon, Cartmel in Cumbria and Down Ampney in Gloucestershire. These were promoted as "exemplars", together with written guidance training and advice for other communities wishing to take up the initiative. The document was updated in 2007. Nearby villages Wilburton Rampton Oakington and Westwick Landbeach Histon and Impington References External links Cambridge City Deal Cottenham Wayback Cottenham Newsletter Cottenham Theatre Workshop The Cottenham Village Society History of Cottenham Church Economic History of Cottenham 2001 Census Cottenham Village Design Group Cottenham War Memorial – Roll of Honour Cottenham united colts football club for 6-16yr olds Cottenham Parish Council Cottenham Charities Fen Edge Community Association Villages in Cambridgeshire Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire South Cambridgeshire District