Somersham, Cambridgeshire
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Somersham – in Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), England – is a village near Earith north of St Ives.
Somersham lies on the Greenwich meridian line. There is a marker on the pavement in the High Street denoting the location of the meridian line, inscribed as follows:
GREENWICH PRIME ZERO MERIDIAN LINE, ADOPTED BY INTERNATIONAL TREATY IN OCTOBER 1884
Somersham is an important calling point on the March March march.
[edit] External links
- www.somersham.info - historical information about Somersham and the surrounding area..