Tring Walk: Town Centre【4K】

Описание: Located in the county of Hertfordshire, and around 30 miles northwest of central London, is the town of Tring.

Geographically Tring is situated at the edge of the Chiltern Hills where the ancient Icknield Way crosses the Roman Akeman Street. The name 'Tring' is believed to come from Old English 'Tredunga' or 'Trehangr', meaning 'slope where trees grow'.

In 1315 Tring was granted a market charter by Edward II. At the heart of the town stands St Peter and St Paul's Church, which is thought to date back to circa 1100. The edifice as it stands today was rebuilt between the 13th and 15th century.

In 1633, the great grandfather of George Washington - John Washington, was born in Tring. In 1656 he left the town to go on a trading voyage to Virginia but after a shipwreck on the Potomac River he remained in Virginia, married and started a family.

In 1682 Tring Manor House was designed by Christopher Wren. Situated just over a mile east of the town centre, it was built for Colonel Henry Guy, Groom of the Bedchamber to King Charles II. In the late 19th century the Manor became the home of a branch of the Rothschild banking family, who would go on to hold considerable influence over Tring. The distinctive building on stilts at the intersection of the High Street and Akeman Street is Tring Market House. This was built in 1898 in the Tudor revival style and was funded primarily by the Rothschilds. Walter Rothschild built a private zoological museum in Tring. This housed one of the largest collection of stuffed animals in the world. Since 1937 it has been under the control of the Natural History Museum in London.

In 1793 work began on the construction of the Grand Junction Canal, reaching Tring by 1799. This would later form part of the Grand Union Canal which connects London to Birmingham and Leicester. The arrival of the canal brought a boost to Tring as goods could be transported over the waterways. In 1837 the railway arrived in Tring courtesy of the London and Birmingham Railway. Today this is situated on the West Coast Main Line which runs from London Euston to Glasgow and Edinburgh via the Midlands and North West. Trains to London take around three quarters of an hour from Tring. This would make it ideally situated as a commuter town if not for a key caveat - that the railway station is situated just short of two miles away from the town centre.

Following the death of Charles Rothschild in 1923, the banking family's estate in Tring was gradually sold off. In 1945 Tring Manor House was leased, and later sold, to an independent performing arts school. Today it has been repurposed as a luxury hotel known as Pendley Manor.

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Filmed: 3rd April 2022

Link to the walk on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/b9VAxDR4w4UJEKYH8

Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 London Road
0:40 High Street
3:12 St Peter and St Paul's Church
3:38 High Street
6:26 Akeman Street
9:00 Frogmore Street
11:32 High Street