After crossing the ancient causeway known as the King's Highway (which runs from Belsars Hill at Willingham to Aldreth) we reach the green at Haddenham and the road to Ely.
This splendid photograph of this beauty spot was taken from a point on what is now called Witton Weavers Way, the Beamers Trail in picturesque Witton Park close to Blackburn.
There are numerous caravan parks and few buildings of any quality, but towards
the east the land climbs towards Cleeve Hill and things become a little more scenic.
After crossing the ancient causeway known as the King's Highway (which runs from Belsars Hill at Willingham to Aldreth), we reach the green at Haddenham and the road to Ely.
Next to the car park of the Crown public house on the right, the creeper-covered cottage advertises the services of
the local coal and coke merchant J W Roberts.
Going back to the beginning of the 19th
century, Loakes Manor together with its
park was sold in August 1798 to the Right
Honourable Robert Smith, Lord Carrington,
a prosperous banker and friend
The Duke of
Clarence opened the Technical and Art
College on the site of the old Thornes House
in 1891, and this adjacent park (29 acres),
once grazing land, was opened to the public
on 6 July
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