Colchester Audio Tour: Unsung Hands

Name: Colchester Audio Tour: Unsung Hands
Brand: AudaTours
Price: 4.99 USD
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Colchester has been Britain's oldest recorded town since a Roman centurion named Favonius Facilis had his tombstone raised here in AD 50. This tour is not about the Romans, Normans, or earls who commissioned the monuments. It is about the legionaries who mixed the mortar, the Flemish weavers who fled Alva's army and rebuilt a cloth trade in Maidenburgh Street, the monk who told Henry VIII to his face that he would not give up his abbey, the ordinary townspeople who ate cats and dogs through eleven weeks of Civil War siege, the maidservant Mary Last who kept nine Victorians fed and dressed, and the builder's men from Hythe Hill who laid 1.2 million bricks for a water tower their rector called an elephant.

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Over deze tour

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Duur 30–50 minsGa op je eigen tempo
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3.3 km wandelrouteVolg het geleide pad
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LocatieColchester, Verenigd Koninkrijk
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Werkt offlineEén keer downloaden, overal gebruiken
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Levenslange toegangOp elk moment opnieuw afspelen, voor altijd
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Start bij Balkerne Gate, Colchester

Stops op deze tour

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Balkerne GateThe largest surviving Roman gateway in Britain, built into the west wall of Camulodunum around AD 70-90. Originally a monumental arch celebrating the Claudian conquest of AD 43, incorporated and expanded by the wall-gang that built Camulodunum's defences after the Boudican revolt. Four carriageways and two pedestrian arches; today the south pedestrian passage and guardroom survive. The tombstone of Marcus Favonius Facilis, centurion of the Twentieth Legion, was raised nearby around AD 50 — the monument was paid for and erected by his freed slaves, Verecundus and Novicius.

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Jumbo Water TowerThe 1882 water tower designed by Charles Clegg, Borough Engineer, and built by Everett & Sons of Hythe Hill. Stands 131 feet 5 inches; 1.2 million locally-produced bricks; cost £11,138. The tank — 230,000 gallons weighing 1,000 tons — was supplied by AG Mumford from the iron foundry on Culver Street. Named 'Jumbo' by Reverend John Irvine, rector of St Mary's at the Walls, who wrote to the Essex Standard complaining about 'such a huge building' being planned next to his garden, and compared it to the famous London Zoo elephant.

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English Heritage - St John's Abbey GateThe sole surviving remnant of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John, founded 1096. Built around 1400 in response to the Peasants' Revolt, its elaborate East Anglian flushwork makes it the most ornate medieval gatehouse in Essex. The last Abbot of St John's was John Beche (alias Thomas Marshall), who refused to surrender the abbey to Henry VIII. Found guilty of treason by a jury headed by the Earl of Essex, he was hanged on his own demesne lands in Colchester on 1 December 1539 — the last abbot in England to be executed for refusing dissolution.

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English Heritage - St Botolph's PrioryThe ruins of the first Augustinian priory in England, founded c.1093. The founding story names the people: a local priest called Ainulf and a companion sent Norman to France to learn the Rule of St Augustine from the abbey of Mont-Saint-Éloi, who returned and established the house under Archbishop Anselm's protection. The priory was dissolved in 1536; in 1648, Parliamentary cannon reduced the nave to its present ruinous state during the siege of Colchester. The west front, circular pillars and round arches remain, built in flint and reused Roman brick.

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Priory Street Car ParkThe best-preserved section of Colchester's Roman town wall — 2,800 metres of it survive, up to 6 metres high and 2.4 metres wide, built around AD 70-90 in five courses of septaria alternating with four courses of Roman tile. Britain's oldest substantial town wall. This section, running along Priory Street between the abbey ruins and the south gate, was the wall that Parliamentary artillery was firing past in 1648 when St Botolph's nave fell. The wall has been repaired, modified and built against in every century since its construction.

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Saint Helen's LaneA short medieval lane running south from the Dutch Quarter to High Street, named for the chapel of St Helen that once stood here — traditionally associated with Helena, daughter of Old King Cole and mother of Constantine. This is the threshold where the Dutch Quarter's working weaving households met the commercial High Street; the lane served as the route along which bays and says cloth moved from the weaver's workshop to the market.

Veelgestelde vragen

Hoe begin ik de tour?

Download na aankoop de AudaTours-app en voer je inwisselcode in. De tour is direct klaar om te starten – tik gewoon op afspelen en volg de GPS-geleide route.

Heb ik internet nodig tijdens de tour?

Nee! Download de tour voordat je begint en geniet er volledig offline van. Alleen de chatfunctie vereist internet. We raden aan om te downloaden via wifi om mobiele data te besparen.

Is dit een groepsrondleiding met gids?

Nee - dit is een audiotour met eigen gids. Je verkent zelfstandig op je eigen tempo, met audiovertelling via je telefoon. Geen tourguide, geen groep, geen schema.

Hoe lang duurt de tour?

De meeste tours duren 60-90 minuten, maar jij bepaalt het tempo volledig. Pauzeer, sla stops over of neem pauzes wanneer je wilt.

Wat als ik de tour vandaag niet kan afmaken?

Geen probleem! Tours hebben levenslange toegang. Pauzeer en hervat wanneer je wilt – morgen, volgende week of volgend jaar. Je voortgang wordt opgeslagen.

Welke talen zijn beschikbaar?

Alle tours zijn beschikbaar in meer dan 50 talen. Selecteer je voorkeurstaal bij het inwisselen van je code. Let op: de taal kan niet worden gewijzigd na het genereren van de tour.

Waar vind ik de tour na aankoop?

Download de gratis AudaTours-app uit de App Store of Google Play. Voer je inwisselcode in (verzonden per e-mail) en de tour verschijnt in je bibliotheek, klaar om te downloaden en te starten.

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