Grantchester

Grantchester is a village on the River Cam or Granta in Cambridgeshire, England. It is listed in the Domesday Book as Grantesete and Grauntsethe.

Related Topics:
Village - River Cam - Cambridgeshire - England - Domesday Book

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Tourists and students often travel from Cambridge by punt to eat a picnic in the meadows or at a Tea Garden called The Orchard. In 1897 a group of Cambridge students persuaded the owner of Orchard House to serve them tea, and this became a regular practice. Lodgers at Orchard House included the poet Rupert Brooke, who later moved next door to the Old Vicarage. In 1912, while in Berlin, he would write his well-known poem The Old Vicarage, Grantchester. The Old Vicarage is presently the home of Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare.

Related Topics:
Cambridge - Punt - 1897 - Rupert Brooke - 1912 - Berlin - Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare

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The footpath from Cambridge to Grantchester that runs beside Grantchester Meadows is nicknamed the Grantchester Grind.

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Further upstream is Byron's Pool, named after Lord Byron who is said (by Brooke, at least) to have swum there. The pool is now below a modern weir at the junction of the Bourn Brook and the River Cam.

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Grantchester is the subject of Grantchester Meadows, a song by Pink Floyd.

Related Topics:
Grantchester Meadows - Pink Floyd

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