Socks… socks… socks. Socks were my second motivating reason for travelling into London this weekend. I have a slight obsession with socks and way back in 2003 I picked up the best pair of socks I’ve ever owned in York; ever since I’ve searched high and low for an equivalent without much luck. For years [...]
Archive > February 2010
Bene’t’s Tower and Church
The Castle Hill Motte didn’t host the oldest building in Cambridge. The oldest building is the Bene’t’s tower, which dates from Saxon times (1033) and before the Norman Conquest in 1066. Bene’t’s Church is the only building in Cambridge that is at its original medieval ground. All the surrounding streets and buildings were artificially raised [...]
Castle Hill and Motte
The logical place to start with a historical overview of Cambridge is with the arrival of the Romans. The Romans probably weren’t the first people to call Cambridge their home, however they were the first to keep a written record of their presence and in 40AD they were attracted to a hill which afforded them [...]
The Streets of Cambridge
If there were a mantra for the sites to see in Cambridge, it would be similar to Moonie Pottie’s rant in New Waterford Girl, when she is asked by Lou to give her a town tour: “Church, school, church, school, school, school, pub, church, church, church, post office, church, school, church, school, church, church, small [...]
Cambridge, UK
Most people know Cambridge for its university… founded in the early 1200s when a group of scholars left Oxford after violent rioting caused a shutdown of Oxford University. Long before this the Cambridgeshire area was a Roman village, settled in 40 AD. Centuries later it was taken over by Danes and then Saxons who used [...]
