2009 Trip to England, 6-7 August Photo Gallery by Jim Hogue at pbase.com

2009 Trip to England, 6-7 August

We visited Godmanchester, a town near where we lived in Huntingdon, Cambs in the late 70's. We loved the village and our children loved playing in the park.

We drove to some villages around my childhood home in Finchingfield, Essex. We lucked out and found some nice weather and had a very good Ploughman’s at the Fox on the green.

I would encourage everyone to visit Finchingfield at least once to see if they agree with my opinion that it is one of the most picturesque villages in Britain.

We also visited the church at Lt Samford, nearby and the Vicarage. The Rev. Wyatt was the vicar at Lt. Samford and my parents rented a flat on the top floor of the Vicarage where we lived in 1958; I loved it. It's now been converted to a family home.

We spent most of the rest of the day driving around the local Essex countryside. I can recommend photo stops at Thaxted and Saffron Walden as well as Finchingfield.

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Stitch Finchingfield Green.bmp	Leaving DFW	Old School, Godmanchester Godmanchester was first chartered by King John in 1212, though it had been a market town and royal manor for some years. 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. This was near where we lived in Huntindon and we used to visit it often. Our boys use to play in the park. We loved it.	Sun Dial, Old School, Godmanchester
Chinese Bridge, Gods.	Park, Gods.	Park, Gods.	Park, Gods.
River Ouse, Gods	Peaches the fish eating dog godmanchester	Peaches the fish eating dog godmanchester	River Ouse, Gods
River Ouse, Gods	Path, River Ouse, Gods	General scene, Gods.	Causeway, Gods.
Flower baskets, Gods.	Flower baskets, Gods.	Close-up on Causeway, Gods	Park, Gods.
Chinese Bridge, Gods	Hall? Gods	General scene, Gods.	st mary's church Gods
Sleeping duck, Gods.	Canal scene, Gods.	Canal scene, Gods.	Canal scene, Gods.
Canal scene, Gods.	Canal scene, Gods.	Canal scene, Gods.	Post Rd (I think) Gods
st mary's church Gods	Hole in the wall, Gods	"Cambridge Huntingdon" Causeway, Gods.	Huntingdon town square
War memorial, Hunttingdon, Cambs	Inscription	Thaxted Street, Thaxted, Essex	Thatching in Thaxted, Whimsey
Thatching in Thaxted, Essex	Thatching in Thaxted	Thatching in Thaxted, almost finished	Gingerbread, roofline, not the house
Thaxted scenery	Older thatch, Thaxted	street scene, Thaxted	Thaxted Parish church, Thaxted, ESX
Church downspout, Thaxted	Killer Bunny of Thaxted	street scene, Thaxted	Guildhall, Thaxted ESX
Dick Turpin's cottage, Thaxted, ESX	Finchingfield, ESX	Finchingfield, ESX	Finchingfield, ESX
Finchingfield, ESX	Fox Inn, FINCH We lucked out and found some nice weather in Finchingfield and had a very good Ploughman’s at the Fox on the green.	Me on the green, Finch	Green, Finch
Wear Menorial, Finch	Green Finch (part of the stitched photo)	Green Finch (part of the stitched photo)	Green Finch (part of the stitched photo)
Sharon on the green, Finch	Blue house, finch	Sign, Finch	Bridge at Finch
Bridge at Finch	Looking ack from green at Finch	Picture 090.jpg	Post Mill, Finch
Post Mill, Finch	Post Mill, Finch	Post Mill, Finch	St. Mary the Virgin Church, Little Sampford, ESX
St Mary the virgin lt Samford.jpg	Entranch, church, Lt Sampford	Memorial in Sampford Church, 93 years later Memory of Flight Sub Lieut C. Raymond Walker Hodges R.N. Aged 19 1/2 Years. Son of Major Charles E. Walker Hodges and of Louie E. Walker Hodges. Shot down 10 miles east of Dixmude at 12000 feet up in a fight against heavy odds. After his flight of five planes had accounted for three out of a total of twenty six enemy machines on August 18th 1917. A modest hero loved by all	Memorial in Sampford Church Memory of Flight Sub Lieut C. Raymond Walker Hodges R.N. Aged 19 1/2 Years. Son of Major Charles E. Walker Hodges and of Louie E. Walker Hodges. Shot down 10 miles east of Dixmude at 12000 feet up in a fight against heavy odds. After his flight of five planes had accounted for three out of a total of twenty six enemy machines on August 18th 1917. A modest hero loved by all
Inside Lt. Sampford Church, Lt Samp	Stain glass, church Lt Samp	war Memorial, Church, Lt Samp	Statuary, church, Lt Samp
Little Sampford sign	Thatched cottage, Lt Sampford	Little sampford sign	vicarage, Lt Samp
vicarage, Lt Samp	vicarage, Lt Samp	vicarage, Lt Samp	vicarage, Lt Samp
Drive, Vicarage, Lt Samp	Grounds, vicarage, Lt Samp	Grounds, vicarage, Lt Samp	Grounds, vicarage, Lt Samp
Owners dog, vicarage, Lt Samp	Grounds, vicarage, Lt Samp	Grounds, vicarage, Lt Samp	Grounds, vicarage, Lt Samp
Grounds, vicarage, Lt Samp	Grounds, vicarage, Lt Samp	Grounds, vicarage, Lt Samp	Grounds, vicarage, Lt Samp
Grounds, vicarage, Lt Samp	Grounds, vicarage, Lt Samp	Grounds, vicarage, Lt Samp	Grounds, vicarage, Lt Samp
Grounds, vicarage, Lt Samp	roof Thaxted

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J Wallis		09-Jun-2015 17:02
Is Memorial in Sampford Church, 93 years later not Thaxted as the same memorial

Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		27-Feb-2010 20:36
An original and remarkable gallery. Superb images,VOTE! Paolo..

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