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scvincent.com
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| | | | | "Holy air encased in stone" ... that is how Sir John Betjeman described the crypt at Repton, and it was this that we had come to see... we hoped. On a previous visit, the crypt had been locked. This time, as we descended the worn stone steps that lead beneath the nave, we were really... | |
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danspencer.info
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| | | | | Over the past year or so I have been on a quest to visit as many castles in England (and Wales) as possible. This has meant that I have seen some wonderful places around the country (although there are many more that I intend to visit). However, in this blog post I am going to... | |
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lancashirepast.com
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| | | | | The Whalley monks originally came from Stanlaw Abbey, near Ellesmere Port. They had wanted to move for some time, because of the unsuitability of the Stanlaw site. Stanlaw Abbey had been subject to repeated floods over the years and the landscape had progressively become more of a swamp. In 1287 the church tower had collapsed... | |
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adventuresofatudornerd.com
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| | | The year of 1215 marked a turning point in English history with the sealing of a rather unique document; the Charter of Liberties, or as we know it today, the Magna Carta. It was a charter from the people to a king demanding the rights that they believed that they deserved. Those who sealed it... | ||
