Quiet village lane - NOT amateur radio

 

This is a quiet lane in our village. With blossom and daffodils there are plenty of signs of spring.

Village walk - NOT amateur radio

 

Dodging the showers we did a 4.5km walk around our village.

Village sign -NOT amateur radio

This was our village sign yesterday. 

It is located on a place called Pound Hill as it was once the location of the village pound where animals found wandering were locked up and released when the owner paid a fine!

It is also the tiny village green.

Village "centre" - NOT amateur radio

At least in this part of the UK, it has seemed a long, dull winter as this photo shows. Our village of Burwell has a couple of  main centres for shops. 

I expect this goes back a long time when there were really two villages. 

Our local cafe is called the "Village Green" even though we don't really have one!

Local church - NOT amateur radio

This was our local church some summers ago. It will (all too) soon be spring. This winter has felt very long for some reason with lots of dull and dreary weather.

See http://eachurches.blogspot.co.uk .

Quiet corner - NOT amateur radio

This is a quiet part of our village. Snowdrops are out!

Church tower (unusual angle) - NOT amateur radio

This is a view of the church tower in our village from an unusual angle. In places it is almost 1000 years old.

Quiet village corner - NOT amateur radio

This is our local church with a fairly recent house (designed to blend in really well) with snowdrops in the foreground.

Village cottage - NOT amateur radio

This is Church Lane in our village.

Village History - NOT amateur radio

Yesterday we walked to our village garden nursery to buy some plants. 

Opposite was a plaque to an old Jewish cemetery. It is called "Jerusalem Gardens".  I cannot imagine a Jewish community here centuries ago in the time of King Henry II.

UPDATE Nov 1st:  I did not realise King Henry II was in the 1100s AD.

Expanding - NOT amateur radio

When we came to this village in 1975 the population was just over 4000. Now it is approaching 8000. Some prefer to expand their homes rather than move. It still has a village feel.

Fitzball’s house - NOT amateur radio

 Edward Fitzball was a famous lyricist in the 1800s . He lived in this cottage in our village (Burwell).

Cars - NOT amateur radio

There were several vintage cars at our local museum and windmill on Sunday.

See  https://burwellmuseum.org.uk/ .

Village cottage - NOT amateur radio

 

There is a mix of both old and new houses in our village.

Daffodils - NOT amateur radio

 

Yesterday, we did a short walk in the village. 

This well kept garden (seen on our walk) has lots of daffodils.

Pauline's Swamp - NOT amateur radio

Today, on a cold bright morning, we walked through the village to a nature reserve known as Pauline's  Swamp.  

It was created several years ago in memory of someone's wife. What a way to remember them!

Quiet village lane - NOT amateur radio

This is a quiet lane near the church in our village yesterday. There were lots of snowdrops out.

Our village is a mix of old and new houses.

Outside our post office - NOT amateur radio

Our village (Burwell, Cambs, UK) is a mix of old and new buildings. This photo was taken about now several years ago. One of the trees was rotten and taken down, but has been replaced by a cherry tree.

Another website - NOT amateur radio

 Another website I have created is www.burwellhistory.org.  They were in need of a website.

Afternoon walk - NOT amateur radio

 Later, we hope to go on a walk in the village. It is an area called "Paulines' Swamp". It is a nature reserve created some years ago in memory of the wife of a well known village person.

The YouTube video is a view of our village, taken with a drone.  Pauline's Swamp is just visible after 2 mins 10 secs at the very top. If you did not know, you would not know!  Our house also on near the windmill.