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Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Norwich & Windsor 2025
Information from The Assembly House website:
Designed by architect Thomas Ivory in 1754 on the site of a medieval chapel, no expense was spared in the construction of the House, which historians view as one of the most important buildings in Norwich.
The Assembly House stands on land that was once crofts and fields on the outskirts [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Oct 5th 2025
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Aethelflaed, also known as Lady of the Mercians, was the eldest daughter of King Alfred the Great. Justifiably thought of as England’s forgotten Queen; she was a formidable leader in a shadowy history of the dark ages. She only one child, a daughter, AElfwynn, and when her husband Aethelred died in 911, she ruled Mercia [...]
3 Comments CherryPie on Sep 18th 2025
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In addition to displaying items from the Staffordshire hoard Tamworth Castle also has on display the Glascote Torc.
The Glascote Torc is an Iron Age, gold, silver and copper ally torc, probably dating from the 5th-4th century BC. The Torc was found in 1943 by Mr S. G. bates and Mr G. E. Croshaw whilst digging [...]
7 Comments CherryPie on Sep 17th 2025
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We recently learned via a random YouTube video that Tamworth Castle holds some pieces from the Staffordshire Hoard. On a sunny Sunday afternoon we took the opportunity to visit the castle which has a lot more to offer in addition to the Staffordshire Hoard. Tamworth Castle covers almost 1000 years of history from its early Anglo-Saxon [...]
5 Comments CherryPie on Sep 15th 2025
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The Statue was cared by Sir Jacob-Epstein during 1934-5 from a block of Subiaco marble. It was given to Coventry Cathedral at the wish of Lady Epstein and dedicated on 22 March 1969.
ECCE HOMO represents Christ before Pilate with his hands bound and a crown of thorns upon his head. *
*quoted from a plaque beneath [...]
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