Godmanchester

Godmanchester is a small town and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, in England. Within the parish its buildings are concentrated at the north end including a section of the south-to-east bank of the River Great Ouse facing the large Porthome flood meadow at the south end of the town of Huntingdon & mdash; and the urban to suburban core of the area is entirely south of the A14 arterial road. HistoryThe town 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 2000 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 including many timber-framed Tudor houses, the largest being Tudor Farm, dating from 1600 and restored in 1995.

Godmanchester is a small town and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, in England. Within the parish its buildings are concentrated at the north end including a section of the south-to-east bank of the River Great Ouse facing the large Porthome flood meadow at the south end of the town of Huntingdon & mdash; and the urban to suburban core of the area is entirely south of the A14 arterial road. HistoryThe town 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 2000 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 including many timber-framed Tudor houses, the largest being Tudor Farm, dating from 1600 and restored in 1995.