Cambridgeshire Travel Guide - Towns and villages
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Here we've included locations which are technically cities - Peterborough, Ely, and Cambridge itself.
Kimbolton dates to the Roman period, and the manor was held by King Harold at the time of the Norman Conquest. The powerful de Bohun family built a castle at Kimbolton and the de Bohuns rebuilt St Andrews church in the 13th century. Kimbolton is famous for its link to Katherine of Aragon, who died at the castle in 1536 after four unhappy years in captivity.
Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, England
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The history of Peterborough goes back at least 6,000 years. The Romans founded a town they called Durobrivae and established a thriving pottery industry here. Around 656 AD a monastery was established. Destroyed twice - once by invading Danes and again by fire - the current cathedral of Peterborough was built in 1118. The architecture is superb, making Peterborough cathedral one of the most striking Norman buildings in England.
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England
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The town of Ramsey owes its existence to the foundation here of Ramsey Abbey, which was established on an island in the middle of marshland around AD 969. Ramsey Abbey grew to become one of the most important and powerful medieval monasteries in England. During the medieval period, a weekly market was established at Ramsey, and an annual three day fair on the feast day of St Benedict.
Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, England
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Do not confuse this St Ives with the popular Cornish resort of the same name! The Cambridgeshire version of St Ives is a lovely market town on the River Great Ouse, on the edge of the Great Fen. The town is named for St Ivo, a native, whose coffin was discovered by accident in 1001 by a farmer ploughing his field. Oliver Cromwell is another famous resident of St Ives, and his statue stands in the Market Place.
St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England
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A large market town on the River Ouse, St Neot's grew up around a 10th-century Benedictine monastery established in memory of St Neot, a Saxon priest and advisor to Alfred the Great. The priory did not survive the Dissolution of Monasteries, but remnants can still be seen. The parish church of St Mary is a 15th-century church with an ornate, painted ceiling.
St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England
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Thorney is a small village rising above the flat plains of the Cambridgeshire fens. There was a monastery here in the 7th century, but that was destroyed by raiding Danes. The Saxon hero Hereward the Wake fought the advancing Norms at Thorney. The victorious Normans erected a new monastery here. Of that Norman building little remains, but the Abbey nave was incorporated into the parish church. The glory of Thorney is the west front of the church, a remnant of the medieval abbey, gloriously carved with statues of saints.
Thorney, Cambridgeshire, England
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The town of Wisbech stands on the River Nene in northern Cambridgeshire. Rows of Georgian house line The Brinks, on the river bank, presenting perhaps the best examples of unaltered Georgian architecture in the country. One of these is Peckover House, once owned by a wealthy family of bankers. Nearby is the birthplace of Octavia Hill, founder of the National Trust, who now administer Peckover. The parish church of St Peter and St Paul dates to the Norman period and is unusual for its double nave and chancel.
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
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