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Godmanchester is on the site of the Roman town of Durovigutum. There is archaeological evidence of Celtic and earlier habitation prior to the establishment of a key Roman town and a mansio (inn), so the area has probably been continuously occupied for more than 2,000 years. The settlement was at a crossroads of Roman roads Ermine Street, the Via Devana (from Cambridge, between Colchester and Chester) and a military road from Sandy, Bedfordshire. The Roman settlement was sacked by Anglo-Saxons in the third century. In contrast to Huntingdon, archaeological finds have been extensive in the centre of Godmanchester, which has two conservation areas of early recognition,[4] including many timber-framed Tudor houses, the largest being Tudor Farm, dating from 1600 and restored in 1995.
The Roman castra is mentioned in Godmanchester's name, which comes from Anglo-Saxon Godmundceaster, referring to a Roman fortified place or army camp of/belonging to Godmund, a typically Saxon name. The location is likely to have been originally settled due to the gravel beds providing a ford across the River Great Ouse.
The place was listed as Godmundcestre in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the Hundred of Leightonstone in Huntingdonshire.[5] The survey records that there were 26 ploughlands, with capacity for a further 31 and, in addition to the arable land, there were 160 acres (65 hectares) of meadows, 50 acres (20 hectares) of woodland and three water mills, a church and a priest.[6]
Godmanchester was the first chartered by King John in 1212, though it had been a market town and royal manor for some years. King James granted a second Royal Charter in 1604. From Wikipedia
One of my favourite signs of spring is the gradual appearance of fresh green foliage on the deciduous trees. This image was captured in the National Trust gardens of Lanhydrock, with post processing limited to reducing highlights and desaturating the green and yellows. Thanks for viewing.
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Yogi Bear's Honey Fried Chicken was a chain run by Hardee's starting in the 1960s. The Hartsville restaurant is the only remaining location.
I first noticed this building in the winter. I finally tracked it down again. At night the neon lights up.
This leftover polaroid type 84 film has been VERY unpredictable.
Another of the many funny translated safety signs posted at tourist locations throughout China. This sign as posted on at the entrance to the shaky suspended foot bridge at the entrance to the Shibaozhai Pagoda. The pagoda is located on the northern bank of Yangtze River, to the east of Chongqing.
Gooood morning / goood evening / goood day to you All, my sweet friends!
WIsh an easy Monday and peacful new week for each of you! :-)
Eine Grenze, gezogen in die Landschaft.
Dahinter liegt ein Ort, den ich nicht betreten kann – und gerade deshalb nur erahnen kann.
A line drawn in the landscape.
Beyond it lies a place I cannot enter — and therefore a place I can only imagine.
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Toporowski - Artistic Photography
📷 ️Emotion through light & form
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