8/12: #CrossfireHurricaneDiary: Book Launch Party with a pride of competing intelligence agents, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, May 18, 2018. Svetlana Lokhova @TheRealSLokhova. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety
Sep 13, 2021, 12:15 AM
Photo: The Cambridge Castle Gatehuse, later replaces by the Assizes Curt.
Before Cambridge was called Cambridge, it had the name Grontabricc or Cantebrigie, meaning ‘Bridge on the River Granta,” because the river it stands on was once called the Granta, not the Cam. The change from Grant to Cam is due to Norman Influence.
@Batchelorshow
8/12: #CrossfireHurricaneDiary: Book Launch Party with a pride of competing intelligence agents, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, May 18, 2018. Svetlana Lokhova @TheRealSLokhova. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety
https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/news/2018/aug/1/spy-who-changed-history/
Before Cambridge was called Cambridge, it had the name Grontabricc or Cantebrigie, meaning ‘Bridge on the River Granta,” because the river it stands on was once called the Granta, not the Cam. The change from Grant to Cam is due to Norman Influence.
@Batchelorshow
8/12: #CrossfireHurricaneDiary: Book Launch Party with a pride of competing intelligence agents, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, May 18, 2018. Svetlana Lokhova @TheRealSLokhova. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety
https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/news/2018/aug/1/spy-who-changed-history/