Lady’s Guide to the 17 Prettiest London Neighborhoods
I know this isn’t pretty, but I love wandering a bit off the main lines in London to roam about the less traveled and I always feel like one of these days I may just walk thru time as well as distances.
Witch Windows: Craftsbury, Vermont
The Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast Museum offers lodging and tours in the house where the infamous murders of Andrew and Abby Borden took place on Aug. 4, 1892.’You can stay the night or just stop by for a tour at the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast Museum, the former home of Lizzie Borden, who was tried for killing her father and stepmother in 1892 with an axe. (She was acquitted, but many continued to consider her guilty.) If you’re feeling brave enough, you can sleep in her very bedroom, or her father and stepmother’s room.
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small cove and hamlet between Port Isaac and Polzeat in north Cornwall, England, UK
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Port Quin, Cornwall
Port Quinn a town with a legend
Located near Port Issac at the head of a narrow inlet which like most of coastal Cornwall empties with the low tide.
Cornish History – Stone Age to Present Day
It is a small town with some remaining cottages and ruined fish cellars. It is said that it was once a busy, occupied fishing village—and then one day the men went out to sea into a terriable storm and none returned, or that is the explination of the village current condition—but the legend is not supported by history and so I’m not sure what really happened to the place.
The town now is a mix with some of the cottages converted into holiday lets and several that remain in a state of ongoing ruin.
Doyden Castle
On the headlands overlooking the town is this red brick
Victorian Folly
which is now a vacation let.
This Adorable British Castle Looks Like It Just Popped Out of a Disney Movie — and You Can Rent It for a Romantic Retreat
This includes our previouss Folly—just click on this link and check them out
Port Isaac (might recognize from Doc Martin sh
England’s Early Queens. Matilda and Eleanor HD part 1
(there’s a link at this site for part 2)
When the White Ship sank off the Normandy Coast on the night of 25 November 1120, all but one of the roughly 300 people on board perished. Among the dead was 17-year-old William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England, his death left the king with no legitiment male off spring. A new marriage failed to produce one, so he looked to his daughter to rule after him instead.
Henry’s death on 1 Dec. 1135 sparked a sucession crisis.
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Janny Welkees Interview with historian
and author Dr. Catherine Hanley
BBC History rvisited
November 2021
Where is Empress Matilda buried?
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Sanford Florida
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This Wisconsin Town is the Birthplace of the “Greatest Show on Earth”
As for Barnum, the death-defying feat the great showman pulled off was perhaps his greatest show on earth, and his last one. Lying on his death bed, the circus impressario took to wondering what his obituary would say about him, so Barnum asked the New York Evening News to publish the death notice in advance. His curosity was satisfid on 24 March 1891, when the paper headlined “Great and Only Barnum, He Wanted to Read His Obituray: Here It Is”. Two weeks later he died and was buried at Bridgeport, Conn.’s Mountain Grove Cemetery across the road from where he had erected a memorial to Tom Thumb, a forty-foot high marble shaft topped by a pint size, life size statue of the midget circus attraction who died in 1883.
The Cemetery Book
Tom Wentz
The Barnum Museum in downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut
A TOUR OF HAMPSTEAD | London Guide
North of London Sets Hampstead
This is one of London’s highest spot with spectacular views and winding streets that speak of the long gone days of yor.
Hampstead means basically Homestead
in 1086 it was an area of small farms
Henry VIII hunted here–the Tudors even sent their laundry here because of the quality of the water.
Late in the 17th c the iron rich waters were pumped on to the south side.
Today it is a popular shopping site with many independent stores.
Flash Walk is the oldest street and home of Flash Pub
Grade II listed which sets on the site of the Flash Tavern— which beside the tavern it was also the site of a mineral water busines from 1700.
Another pub in this area is the Holly Bush Pub
which was orginally the studio of 18th c artist Greg Romney
Kenwood House sets on the edge of Hampstead Heath. it is full of small gems and includes a pillared libary by Robert Adams, and sculptured gardens. You might even see some works by Rembrant, Turner and Vermeer
Kenwood House – Hampstead London
A Visit to Nancy Forrester’s Secret Garden
Nancy Forrester’s Secret Garden is a tropical hideaway in the heart of Key West, Florida, USA. Filled with orchids, bromiliads, ferns, aroids, and more than 150 different species of palms, this exquisite botanical garden offers the visitor a chance to stroll in the privacy of a miniature rainforest, experience the delights of one of the country’s finest horticultural sites, or enjoy the beauty of Florida’s long tropical nights in the fully equipped cottage.
NANCY FORRESTER’S SECRET GARDEN
Enziane
Restaurant, bar and cinema
Maitland, FL
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Sleep under the stars at this spectacular dome hotel near Machu Picchu
Lincoln’s Inn Chapel
I took the above picture when I stayed in London by myself on my first trip—-I visited the under croft but the chapel was closed I’m hoping that I will be able to visit my next trip there.
Lincoln’s Inn, Camden/Westminster
and my main picture:
Stonehenge
ancient monument, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
I was on some kind of vehicle either arriving or leaving when I took that one—again my first visit.