River Granta
The River Granta is the name of a small tributary of the River Cam, but it is also an alternative name for the upper course of the Cam. The Granta runs from south of Haverhill to join the Cam south of Great Shelford.
In many maps the river changes its name at the Silver Street Bridge in Cambridge and is called "Granta" above and "Cam" below it.
In earlier times even the lower part of the Cam was also named the Granta, but after the name of the Anglo-Saxon town of Grantebrycge had been modified to Cambridge, the river was renamed to match.
The name of Grantchester reminds to the ancient meaning of "Granta", whereas Granta Park is on the banks of the small Granta.
The literary magazine Granta, founded in 1889 by students at Cambridge University as The Granta, is named after the river.
Literature
- Franz X. Bogner & Stephen P. Tomkins: The Cam. An Aerial Portrait of the Cambridge River. Laber Foundation, 2015. .
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