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Tag Archives: English History
Sunday Picture Post: A Breton Chase
7th August we return to the formerly “forbidden” woods of Costessey, this time as a short-cut to the neighbouring parish. But first, this… We’re hoping to walk along the river Tud which flows through this anciently-held Breton estate but deep … Continue reading
Posted in Photos
Tagged English History, Local History, Norfolk Walks, Photos, River Wensum
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CCC180: The Problem of a Wooden Castle
I didn’t want to marry the earl. But my brother had got in deep with him and together they were conspiring – not that I knew that then. I didn’t know until my husband, the earl, threw the keys to … Continue reading
Exquisitely, Annoyingly, Totally Unanswerable
I don’t suppose the average Joe in the street gives thought to this, far more concerned with football results, rising prices, Climate Change, the increase in positive Covid tests and whether Blundering Boris will fall off a figurative cliff before … Continue reading
CCC154: Crowded Out
Look at this. What do you see? Beautiful, isn’t it. The praise of God made permanent in stone. But look again and see the oppression of the Saxon race, Norman stone that crowded us out of our homes. Three parishes … Continue reading
Posted in Crimson's Creative Challenge, History, Photos
Tagged #CCC154, Crimson's Creative Challenge, English History, Local History
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For England and Saint… Who?
Today – 23rd April – is Saint George’s Day. But even without the lockdown, you’d see few English folk celebrating. Of the Four Nations of Britain, it’s only we English that let our Patron Saint’s Day pass without a fuss. … Continue reading
The Wall
There is a wall around our town, which aptly fits Maria’s Antonia’s #2020picoftheweek challenge title of Around Town. Of the many intact stretches of the wall, I picked this one cos… well, seems someone might be living there. The wall dates to … Continue reading
Posted in History, Photos
Tagged #2020picoftheweek, English History, Local History, Photos
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What Pegman Saw: Of Mud and Trade
It formed where the three rivers joined, between the island-guarded northern bank and southern cliffs, at the estuary the Celtic Iceni called “Noisy Mouth” (for the strident gulls that roosted there). The Romans helped. They built a fort on the … Continue reading
What Pegman Saw: Don’t Listen to Local Talk
You say Jean de Gisors founded Portsmouth? On land that he bought off Adam de Port? But that can’t be true. In 1172 Henry Plantagenet exiled Adam de Port for his involvement in the Scottish Lion-king’s invasion of *the Borders*; … Continue reading
The Market Cross
Mark my confesion: It wasn’t intentional, it was quite accidental, my attention down rather than up. in my need to exclude the non-consenting general public I lopped off the cross at the top. Though neither round nor square, I claim … Continue reading
Posted in History, Photos
Tagged #2019picoftheweek, English History, Local History, Photos
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Under the Arches
I claim this photo for #2019picoftheweek challenge title Three of a Kind [For details of #2019picoftheweek challenge see MariaAntonia] Wymondham Abbey was founded in 1107 by William d’Aubigny ‘Pincerna’, butler to Henry I, to serve as Benedictine monastery with attached … Continue reading
Posted in History, Photos
Tagged #2019picoftheweek, English History, Local History, Norfolk Churches, Photos
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