Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: "Peter Dzwig" <pdzwig@summaventures.com> Subject: Re: [Leica] #115 > GeeBee wrote: > > > Leach M2 : 90mm Elmar : Agfa Vista 200 > > > > http://geebeephoto.com/2005/05115.htm > Looks almost northern French in the style of tower and the village clustered > round it, or is that just a question of viewpoint?. Very intertesting. > Presumably the village is mediaeval? > > Peter Dzwig ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Hi Peter, Kings Cliffe was an important market centre in the middle ages but in the English Civil War they sided with the Cavaliers so the victorious Roundheads torched it. For that reason most of the village is no earlier than the 17th century. I also thought the buildings looked a little foreign but the honey coloured stone is pure Northamptonshire. Thanks for looking. --Graham