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Godmanchester, owes the origin of its current name to the Roman occupation of Britain although there is archaeological evidence that the site of the town was occupied before the Roman invasion. Godmanchester is situated at the junction of two famous Roman roads, the Via Devana and Ermine Street where they cross the River Great Ouse.
Godmanchester stands on the southern bank of the River Great Ouse opposite the town of Huntingdon on the northern bank to which it is joined by two bridges, the ancient medieval arched stone bridge and a modern high level bridge carrying the major A14 dual carriageway between Cambridge and Peterborough. The town boasts no fewer than 130 buildings Listed for Special Architectural Interest.
Godmanchester is one of the towns of the District of Huntingdonshire, whose administrative centre is Huntingdon, the other principal towns being St Ives home of the Chapel on the Bridge, St Neots the largest town in the County of Cambridgeshire and Ramsey site of the former Abbey.
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Further to my earlier post regarding our use of Google Maps and Google's decision to charge us, and every one else who uses them, I have now replaced the maps on our five town websites with those supplied by Open Street Map. As it turns out I think they are better quality maps too.
Once the code settles down and I am convinced I don't have hidden gremlins in it I will roll the new maps to the remaining Hunts Web village and parish websites.
Yes, this Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday; the 8th, 9th and 10th October, it is time again for the huge Michaelmas Fair in St Ives. Come along and have some fun.
It seems like Google wants us to pay to be able to use their maps but that is not going to happen, they are wealthy enough as it is. So over this autumn we will be replacing the Google Maps on the Huntingdonshire websites with a new map service.
We are currently in the process of adding these new maps to our large, sister site, the British Towns Network and they are working very well indeed.
In the meantime, we apologise for any inconvenience.
UPDATE Monday 8th - The prototypes of the new maps are now functional on the St Ives Town Website.
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Here are the next five events in the Huntingdonshire Event Diary, the local ones are coloured GOLD and clicking the title will open links to event detail on this website whilst following the "Out of Town' events will open in a new window on their own website. Click 'Show Summary' for exactly what it says, without going anywhere!
If you are organising an event anywhere if Huntingdonshire then follow this link for information on how to add a new event and advertise your event on over 50 websites
An 'Out of Town' event in St Ives
From 08:30 until 14:00 on Saturday 20/10/2018 at The Pavement
An 'Out of Town' event in St Ives
From 19:30 until 21:45 on Friday 26/10/2018 at Corn Exchange
An 'Out of Town' event in St Neots
From 08:00 until 13:00 on Saturday 27/10/2018 at St Neots Market Place
An 'Out of Town' event in St Ives
From 08:30 until 14:00 on Saturday 03/11/2018 at The Pavement
An 'Out of Town' event in St Neots
From 08:00 until 13:00 on Saturday 10/11/2018 at St Neots Market Place
This site is listed in the British Towns and Villages Encyclopaedia of Great Britain and we can be found in the entry for Godmanchester
