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A black and white photograph shows a group of people and a horse and rider on a street with gabled cottages and trees.

Grantchester High Street (date unknown – Widnall)

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History

A black and white view across a grassy meadow featuring a narrow, reflective river flanked by large, bare, deciduous trees.

Grantchester, River Granta (MoC116.57)


1762 11.1.1762. John Wesley stayed in Grantchester and preached at 5am the next morning (J Wesley Journal)


A sepia-toned stereoscopic view shows thatched cottages lining a dirt road in Grantchester, with two vertical panels.

Grantchester High Street, stereoscopic view by Page Widnall (date unknown)

 

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