The chapel of St Leonard stands in the outer court. It was built as the parish church by Sir Thomas Hungerford between about 1370 and 1383. The small north chapel (dedicated to St Anne) was added in about 1400 to house his tomb.
It became the castle chapel in the 1440s and was further altered in [...]
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Farleigh Hungerford Chapel
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 19th 2021
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Farleigh Hungerford Castle
Begun in the late 14th century, Farleigh Hungerford Castle was for 300 years the home of the Hungerfords, a family that after distinguished beginnings suffered a series of disasters and scandals – some of which took place within the castle walls. A ‘romantic ruin’ since the 1730s, it retains two of its corner towers, parts [...]
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Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Magical places are always beautiful and deserve to be contemplated, they represent a bridge between the invisible and the visible.
Paulo Coelho
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 31st 2021
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Everything that in nature is great, everything that is pleasant, everything that is terrible, it is comparable to the Etna and Etna is not comparable to anything.
Voyage en Sicilie, 1788 Dominique Vivand Denon
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 24th 2021
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
Jack Kerouac
2 Comments CherryPie on Jan 17th 2021
