Located in the county of Suffolk, and around 15 miles southeast of Cambridge, is the town of Haverhill.
By the time of the Domesday Book of 1086, Haverhill was already an established market town. Throughout the medieval era the market went from strength to strength as the town became a centre for wool production.
In 1540 Henry VIII gifted a house to his recently divorced ex-wife, Anne of Cleves. This is one of only a small number of buildings in the town standing today that predates the Great Fire of Haverhill. This occurred in 1667 when a fire broke out at The Swan public house before spreading up the high street. The population reduced to less than one thousand in the aftermath.
The Industrial Revolution brought about somewhat of a revival in Haverhill with the establishment of new industries in the town which included textiles, iron works and rope making. In 1784 D. Gurteen & Sons was established in Haverhill, where it has produced clothing ever since. Notably, during the Second World War it provided military uniforms from its base at Chauntry Mills in the town centre.
In 1863 the railway arrived in Haverhill with a terminus station on the now closed Colne Valley and Halstead Railway leading to Wakes Colne near Colchester. A second station was opened in 1865 which later came to be known as Haverhill North, with the original becoming Haverhill South. Both stations, however, succumbed to the Beeching Cuts of the 1960s where it was deemed that the emergence of the motorways would make rail travel less viable somehow. Over 2000 stations closed during this period. Nowadays, getting to Haverhill by public transport requires a bus trip from Cambridge, Bury St Edmunds or nearby villages.
During the 1950s Haverhill was targeted for expansion as an overspill town to accommodate people moving from London. Just as the expansion plan was taking place, the rug was effectively pulled by the aforementioned railway closures in 1967.
In 2004 Haverhill became the first town in the world to feature a laser-lit sculpture on a roundabout. The 11-metre high steel sculpture stands on the outskirts of town and is known as "Spirit of Enterprise". The locals call it "the bog roll".
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Filmed: 9th April 2022
Link to the walk on Google Maps: goo.gl/maps/PNZ76Mb8YQ6uyQEF9
Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Anne of Cleves House (built in 1540 as a marriage settlement from Henry VIII)
0:40 Hamlet Road
2:16 High Street
8:10 Market Hill
8:24 St Mary the Virgin Church
8:44 Market Hill
9:58 High Street
10:46 Queen Street
13:02 Withersfield Road
27 июл 2024
