Main Picture: The Catherine Wheel Pub
This pub closed in 2003—-I was in London with that ciggie tour in 2002— that I’ve told you about before with my hubby—he stayed for the 6 days or so and then went back to work—I had been with my company for years and had more vacation time than I ever had before or since—-so I stayed 2 weeks or so in London on my own and the main picture and Kensington was an area I managed to roam about and this picture is taken a year or so before this pub was gone forever and the building is now used as a Lebonese restaurant called Randa.
IF anyone knows about the history of this pub let me know as I couldn’t really find much about it
Catherine Wheel Alley (London)—In Spitalfield
While this has nothing but the name in Common I thought the info of where that name came from was insteresting so am sharing it.
This picture is No 10 Lower Thames Street , futuristic stunning modern contemporary architecture blue reflective glass office block on riverside
Virtual walking tour: City of London
City Walk : River Thames Virtual Tour (Hammersmith to Fulham Broadway)
My picture (above) is from a river ferry we took along the Thames and is a prime example that those of you who prefer modern have a lot to pick from in London too.
Welcome to The Box
HISTORY OF CORBRIDGE TOWN
I’ve seen a bit of Hadrian’s wall—but there is so much of it that I like to point out things that might add to your interest. And will give me something to look forward ACV (after the Covid)
Corbridge Roman Site
North of Corbridge Roman Town is the Main Supply depot, which was built for the armies that once guarded Hadrian’s Wall nearly 2,000 years ago.
This specific site not only has substantial remains but the best example of military graneries in England.
Since its 1964 discovery at Corbridge Roman town, the so called Corbridge hoard has been an invaluable source of information
The Museum’s
famous stone fountain head
The Lion of Corbridge gives an interesting look into Roman Britain.
Corbridge Town the main site is infact a Roman Town and not a Roman military formation
Corbridge, Northumberland【4K】| Village Centre Walk 2021
Aydon Castle Northumberland
Aydon Castle
About a mile from Corbridge Village (an English site) is this fortified, 13th c fortified mansion above the Cor Burn River
looking over the valley with Hexham Abbey in the distance.
This castle is well preserved, but yet still in ruins—and has been for many years–seems it fell into the hands of the Scots, whose borders are not so far from here, at the beginning of the Tudor’s rule in England and has been in ruins since then. Doesn’t seem like they were too enthusiastic about the new dynasty and that continued even though a Tudor Girl eventually grew into a Scottish Queen.
More recently the Castle was used for a back drop in the 1997 movie Elizabeth (Kate Blanchette)
Elizabeth 1998 Trailer HD | Cate Blanchett | Geoffrey Rush
Take a (Virtual) Tour of St.Andrew’s Cathedral in the year 1318
Cobridge Church: St Andrews
This church has a Saxon Porch
The church is ,after Hexham Abbey, the earlist eecclesiastical building in
Northumberland—
It has been speculated that it may largely be built of stone from the Roman ruins. In fact the arch to the nave is suppose to have been transfered from a Roman gateway.
Corbridge
Saxon and Norman churches in Northumbria
The tower, is Saxon and dates back to the 8th century. While the main body of the church is said to be a mix of Gothic and Saxon
and that entrance is Norman
The last place we’re featuring in Corbridge is
Dilston Physic Garden
with over 600 medicinal plant
April – Sept.
It sets above the Devil’s Water
at Dilston
(Dilston Castle side trip?)
on the
Tyne Valley
This isn’t a site in the Corbridge area—but it is related to Romans in England and it’s quite interesting so thought I’d include it:
More Roman finds —including skelton that is indicating a:
Roman crucifixion: First example in UK found in Cambridgeshire
Carcomroe Abbey, County Clare: This 12th c abbey had the delightful and well deserved name of Santa Maria de Petra Fertel Rock. The ruins lie in a valley which is rich in green grass in the spring–a rarity in the barren limestone district of the Burrens in County Claire. It was a Cistercian foundation, inspired by the great change that came over Irish monasticism after 1142. Ireland’s leading churchs of the period, St. Malachy…..had visited St. Brenard at Clairvaux and had been deeply inspired by the austere purity of the Cisterian rule…it was the end of the pleasantly lax, friendly humanity of Irish monastrism which had flourished from the early days of St. Patrick.
Secret Landscapes
Wynford Vaughn
Thomas & Michael Hall
Lecture 46: Monastic Ireland by Dr. Thérèse Cullen
About St. Joseph’s Indian School
Unicorn Attractions Around the World | Travel Channel
Longwood, Florida
Longwood Hotel
On Ronald Regan
Built in 1887–frame vernacular. Joseph B. Clouser architect. 3 story frame with wrap around veranda. A rare surviving example of a small wood frame hotel that were common in many small communities through Florida at the end of the last (19th) century. Still one of the largest buildings in Longwood. Presently used for offices.
Florida History Through It’s Places
The Floria Institute of Government
June 1988–Compiled by Weresburgh Morton
The Senator
36 Hours in St. Augustine
Have You Been to St. Augustine yet?
Coming to Florida doesn’t have to be all of one thing and not the other—you can visit Disney (I like Universal best myself) and still have a real adventure—learn about and see the real Florida and enrich your brain all with a trip of about 114 miles—.
Reserve Now & Pay Later
Saint Augustine Day Trip from Orlando
So what is there in St Augustine?
FORT MOSE HISTORIC STATE PARK
Fort Mose established in 1738 is the first free-African settlement in the furture USA. Slaves fleeing the English Colonies–and encouraged by the Spanish –could gain admitance to Florida and a place at Ft. Mose by converting to Catholism and swearing allegiance to Spain. Many did and Fort Mose was established changing the run-away slaves to Spanish colonists.
FLORIDA FRONTIERS
Fort Mose: America’s First Free Black Community
There is a park on the site of the fort today, which includes a museum and there are festivals and historical re-enactments held here every year.
Fort Mose Site Florida
St. Augustine, Florida [4K] Walking Tour (Historic Downtown) 2021
The Settlement of St. Augustine which started in 1565 and was alway—for the Spanish Settler—a military post—-the fort they built here still stands in its full glory and is a must for any visit.
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument …
Colonial Quarter | Colonial Quarter Saint Augustine
St. Augustine’s Colonial Quarter
Here you can walk thru a few city streets within a block or so of the fort but covering 450 years of history with stores & restaurants as well as period homes, and costumed guides that help to make an authentic experience.
Preserving the Past for the Future, St. Augustine’s Early History
Henry Morrison Flagler Biography
Flagler was a Director of St. Augustine Destiny
Henry Flagler a millionaire from New York decided Florida could use his expertise to develop them more—he started with a railroad that came down from Jacksonville thru St. Augustine which Flagler remade—he buried his first wife in a church here as well as later his daughter and her baby and finally himself, for he may have had three wives (the second one he got a spcial divorce granted by the state of Florida legislature) he appears to have loved the first best.
His rail road then moved on and along the way he developed Palm Beach—with a huge hotel and a lovely mansion—and West Palm Beach were the servants lived.
But he wasn’t quite done yet—-and so the overseas railroad was built—which was tracks that moved from the tip of the state and along the Florida Keys—with many—including a seven mile one—bridges until it ended in Key West another city where he built a hotel among other thing.
Keys Railroad that ‘Went to Sea’ to Mark 100th Anniversary
HISTORIC VIRTUAL TOURS
Here in St. Augustine Flager built the Ponce de Leon Hotel (among other) which is now Flagler College.
Flagler College
The Lightner Museum History – Curator Tour
He also also built another hotel the Alcazar which is now
The Lightner Museum
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How to Visit Nubia — The Colorful Nubian Village in Egypt
Nubian Pyramids, Meroe, Sudan:
Three black–stone pyramids poke out of the dessert, symbolising the former power of Nubia, also called Kush. Nubia at times ruled over by its great rival Egypt. These edifices are some of the 177 pyramids found in Meroe. They were largely built from the 4th c BC to the 4th c AD. Steeper than their Egyptian cousins, many were decapitated by Europeons fortune seeker. And most have at their base offering temples for the deceased.
Abandond Sacred Places
Lawerence Jaffe
Sudan’s forgotten pyramids – BBC News
ULTIMATE COLLECTION OF CROCK-POT GAME DAY RECIPES!
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2 Fun Ways to Refashion Clothes: DIY Cold-Shoulder Top & Fringe Jeans
Another picture–probably 2002 —2 wks of London all on my own
Very interesting
Hidden Gems of London That Most Tourists Never See (+ Map)