Burton Agnes Hall was built in 1598 next to the Old Manor House. It has remained within the same family since it was built, although on occasions it has passed through the female line.
In 1977 the Hall and gardens were handed over to a charitable trust by Mr Marcus Wickham-Boynton so that they could [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, York 2010
100 Photos 26 :: Architecture
2 Comments CherryPie on Jun 30th 2010
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York Castle Bailey
The first photo was taken from Clifford’s Tower and shows three blocks of buildings that mark out the extent of the bailey or courtyard of York Castle. The second photo shows what was originally the Assize court (now used as the Crown courts) with Clifford’s Tower in the background to give it perspective.
The three neoclassical [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 28th 2010
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Your mind is a garden,
your thoughts are the seeds,
the harvest can be either flowers or weeds.
Author Unknown
34 Comments CherryPie on Jun 27th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens
The Patio at Night
It was such a lovely day yesterday that it would have been nice to get out and about somewhere, especially because the lounge floor had been taken over by a wargame. Unfortunately there were jobs to do, but even those got put on hold because the war game didn’t quite happen. Before lunch [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 27th 2010
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PhotoHunt – Purple
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
35 Comments CherryPie on Jun 25th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Faith Foundations, Holidays, York 2010
Testing Email to Flickr to Blog
For some time I have been meaning to try out the option of emailing photos to Flickr so that they auto-post on my blog. I know it worked on Blogger, but the photo sizes didn’t go with the templates that were available at the time and as I am fussy about layout I decided [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 25th 2010
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Clifford’s Tower
Clifford’s Tower is the castle keep and originally it was surrounded by a moat fed by the river Foss. It has three essential parts:
The grass-covered earth mound which dates from William the conquerors reign
The stone keep that was built on the orders of Henry III in the mid-thirteenth century
The gatehouse that was erected in the [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 24th 2010
