Hurley Priory, located on the banks of the River Thames was founded in 1086 by Geoffrey Mandeville I as a cell of Westminster Abbey. After declaring himself head of the English Church, Henry VIII suppressed the priory in 1536 and ownership was transferred to Westminster Abbey. When in 1540 Westminster Abbey was dissolved Hurley Priory [...]
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Hurley Priory
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 26th 2017
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Ye Olde Bell
On my recent visit to the Olde Bell in Hurley I noticed some information above a wooden panel next to the fireplace. I was intrigued by it and took a closer look. The photo and words informed that a passage runs from the cellar of the Olde Bell to the Village Priory and the passage [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 25th 2017
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The Magna Carta Memorial Oak at Runnymede
This oak tree, planted with soil from Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the New World, commemorates the bicentenary of the constitution of the United States of America. It stand in acknowledgement that the ideals of liberty and justice embodied in the constitution trace their lineage through institutions of English law to the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 20th 2017
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The Savill Garden – Water Feature
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 19th 2017
For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Psalms 36:1:9 (KJV)
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 17th 2017
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The Savill Garden
The Savill Garden is in situated in Windsor Great Park and was created by Eric Savill who, with a few staff started work on the garden in the winter of 1932.
Eric Savill gained the permission and support of the reigning monarch, George V, to undertake this new enterprise and a site next to an existing [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Sep 16th 2017
