The May 2019 Family Tree Trip, Day 2,Part VIII, 'The Old Gaol & Bridge to Godmanchester' by Sheila,
Channel: semw52
Date: 2019-06-17

The weather was awful---rain, rain, rain but I was determined to wander about this town to absorb the history ---I end up sheltering very close to the old gaol with some rusty old  grills still evident---I am also very close to the  castle mound which I  return to later and video------despite the  weather I am delighted to be walking in the footsteps of the medieval ancestors --the Earls of Huntingdon like Waltheof and his daughter  Matilda of Huntingdon -my x24 great grandmother  and her 1st husband Simon St Liz the crusader----also her mother  Judith de Lens -----At some point I stop at a local café for  tea and sandwiches --a time to take cover from the downpours and recharge  ready for further discoveries in this historic town....A town almost twinned with Godmanchester just across the Great River Ouse and connected by a grand arched bridge---the Romans were here as well.