Rayleigh Town by Drone - DJI Mini 2 - 2.7K UHD - Aerial Videography

Описание: A quick stop off on my way home from the day job to take a few aerial views of my local market town, Rayleigh in Essex. Shot from St Georges playing field, onto Holy Trinity Church at the top of the High Street. Over to the Windmill at Rayleigh Mount and a short flight over the High Street itself.

Dating back to the late Saxon period the name Rayleigh is Old English in origin deriving from rǣge ('female roe-deer or she-goat') and lēah ('clearing'). Therefore, the name means overall 'wood or clearing of the wild she-goats or roe-deer".

One significant archaeological find was in the early 2000s at the western edge of Rayleigh, at the site of the former Park School in Rawreth Lane. An early Saxon cemetery site was discovered here, with 144 cremation burials and evidence of just one high-status female inhumation burial.[6]

By the end of the Saxon period, there was definitely a village here, as it is recorded in the Domesday Book when it was held by Swein of Essex, the son of Robert FitzWimarc.[7]

The most significant historic monument in Rayleigh is the great medieval mound of Rayleigh Castle. This was an early Norman motte and bailey castle, of which only the motte and its surrounding embankments remain. Despite the loss of its timber superstructure and later stone buildings, its height and bulk mean that it still dominates the town center.

Source: Wikipedia
Music: Don't Waste My Time - Victor Lundburg (Epidemic Sound)