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selfcatering holidays ludlowThe Early Settlement In Ludlow selfcatering holidays ludlow Self catering holidays Ludlow, Ludlow town, Ludlow castle, the early settlement in Ludlow, the marches, whitcliffe, fairs and markets, country, travel, Ludlow, England, ancient tracks, fortified castle, castle, visitors, holiday cottages, self catering holiday Ludlow, You may find the text below interesting to read if you are planning to stay in our holiday cottages.  The ancient tracks by which people travelled across the country are Ludlow's streets of today. Traders who needed to get from the east of the country to Wales, helped to create these paths, as did any inhabitants who needed to travel by foot or horse. For travel purposes rivers were used as part of a directional guidance, and also were very important as a water supply. Rivers have to be crossed, so all travellers find the best places to ford them, and then they include this in their track. The crossing over the river Corve, which is at the one side of our present Ludlow town gave heavy usage to the track that later became Corve Street. On the other side of the town we now have two bridges over the river Teme near where there were older crossings, the track which developed from these became our present Old Street. So today we have the two main streets into Ludlow, Corve Street and Old Street, these were the seeds to the early settlement in Ludlow. In these early days there was no Ludlow. Then in the year 1066 there was the battle of Hastings, when England was conquered by William of Normandy. To reward the noblemen, who had helped him succeed, he proceeded to divide the country up into estates. The De Lacy family were given this beautiful piece of land and set to work to build themselves a home. As these borderlands between Wales and England (called the Marches) could be sometimes quite volatile places to live in, due to the raiding from the unconquered Welsh, the home was to be a fortified castle. The choice of where to put this Castle seemed obvious it was the present day Ludlow. They had chosen high ground and, with the river Corve flowing into the river Teme around them, they had a natural water supply and a defensive system. There was of course a plentiful supply of local stone, a large amount from the nearby Whitcliffe area, from a part that is now known as the quarry end. So they built their home, with high, thick walls of good local stone and this home was Ludlow Castle. With the rich castle owners and their many servants and visitors there were of course soldiers for defensive purposes. All these newcomers needing food and clothing and having money to spend attracted many traders and artisans. Some of these traders decided to stay and also bring their families here . So now new homes were needed, builders and other skilled workers arrived, fairs and markets developed. A settlement in Ludlow had begun. |
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