St Ives, Cambridgeshire
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St Ives is a medieval market town and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Great Ouse, and there is a historic stone bridge dating from 1
St Ives Bridge and the River Great Ouse
The cattle market in progress in Broad Street, before the move
St Ives Town Hall
All Saints parish church
Ivo of Ramsey
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Saint Ivo was a Cornish bishop and hermit, and became the eponymous saint of St Ives, Huntingdonshire.
St Ives, Cambridgeshire
…enhancing its importance. A little before the year 1000 CE, a coffin was dug up during ploughing: it apparently contained the remains of a holy man named Ivo of Ramsey, and as a result the town became a destination for pilgrims, and the name Slepe was changed over time to St Ives. A royal charter authorised the holding…
St Ives Priory Well