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2024-03-29T13:39:04+00:00text/html2005-06-15T08:26:34+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/790David Lamkin52.157605 0.182055TL4953 : The grave of the Godolphin Arabian
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Within the stable block at Wandlebury is the grave of the Godolphin Arabian, the most famous of the Arabian stallions brought to England, and the ancestor of many of today's thoroughbred racehorses. The horse died at Wandlebury in 1753 at the age of 29.text/html2005-06-15T08:18:58+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/790David Lamkin52.157605 0.182055TL4953 : Cupola stable block, Wandlebury Ring
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Wandlebury Iron Age hillfort occupies a prominent position below the crest on the south facing slope of Gog Magog Hill. This early 18th century stable block (now converted to housing) is all that remains of the Mansion House built within the fort. Inside the block is the grave of 'The Godolphin Arabian'.
The Cambridge Preservation Society acquired the Wandlebury Estate in 1954.text/html2005-06-12T23:10:50+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/790David Lamkin52.143121 0.134285TL4651 : River Granta - Shelford recreation ground
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By the time of the Domesday Book, the village of Great Shelford was established and already named Scelford, meaning "shallow ford", and referring to a crossing place over the River Granta. The Granta is one of the two tributaries to the river Cam which flows through Cambridge.text/html2005-06-12T22:58:51+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/790David Lamkin52.148698 0.140092TL4652 : Shelford Station
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It seems that Sir Peter Hall's father was station master here for a time & in his autobiography "Making an exhibition of myself" he wrote: "Once more we lived over the shop, but now forty or fifty trains went thundering past the bedrooms every night on the busy Cambridge to Liverpool Street line. Shelford was already virtually a suburb of Cambridge, but you could still see the village."text/html2005-06-12T22:49:45+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/790David Lamkin52.197618 0.122482TL4557 : Hobson's Conduit
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Marking the end of the artificial watercourse from Nine Wells (see square [[TL4654]]) to the city of Cambridge, this monument to Thomas Hobson was formerly a fountain in Market Hill.text/html2005-06-12T22:42:32+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/790David Lamkin52.168655 0.159139TL4754 : Babraham Road Park and Ride site
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One of five park and ride sites around Cambridge. Parking is free and a return fare to the city centre is (June 2005) £1.80.text/html2005-06-12T22:17:13+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/790David Lamkin52.172730 0.131388TL4554 : Mainline from Cambridge to London
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Railway heading south from Cambridge, just before it divides into the Liverpool Street or Kings Cross branches.text/html2005-06-12T22:08:57+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/790David Lamkin52.166782 0.135564TL4654 : Nine Wells
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In 1614, Cambridge needed a new water supply. Thomas Hobson built a causeway bringing water from springs at Nine Wells near Shelford outside Cambridge into the city centre. The channels still run along Trumpington Street in Cambridge. Thomas Hobson made his money hiring out horses, but hirers had to take the horse closest to the door. This led to the expression "Hobson's Choice" meaning "No choice"!text/html2005-06-12T13:56:10+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/790David Lamkin52.126511 0.164464TL4849 : Sawston Village College
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Henry Morris (1889-1961) was Secretary of Education for Cambridgeshire from 1922-1954. He was instrumental in the creation of a new type of educational institution: the Village College. Sawston Village College, the first, was the first state school to have a separate hall; a well furnished adult wing, a library for school and community use, a medical services room, playing fields with changing facilities for students and other community members, plus a warden's house.text/html2005-06-12T13:44:59+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/790David Lamkin52.124610 0.098996TL4349 : The Queen's Head
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An unchanging gem: a village pub that has had just 18 landlords since 1729. The traditional public bar has wooden benches, a high-backed settle, tiled floor and the comforting tick of a large old clock. It has been listed in every edition of "The Good Beer Guide".text/html2005-06-12T13:36:36+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/790David Lamkin52.133913 0.109808TL4450 : "a faithful friend"
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/17643
The obelisk [[17637]] reveals its purpose - Memoria in aeterna.text/html2005-06-12T13:24:44+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/790David Lamkin52.136281 0.105594TL4450 : The Obelisk
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/17637
A short walk from the road (and invisible from it) on a (for the county) high point stands this charming monument. I know nothing of Gregory Wale, but I know of few better epitaphs than the inscription at the base of the obelisk, [[17643]]. There are fine views to the south.