This was taken in Burton Agnes Garden, which is Elizabethan in style.
Since 1990 the family have been involved in a major redevelopment of the garden. The garden has many different garden rooms showing different themes and colours. The aim was to make it a garden that all the family can enjoy and several [...]
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30 Comments CherryPie on Jul 2nd 2010
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100 Photos 27 :: Board Games
Some of you will already know that I am very fond of board games and that I have quite a collection of them. Snakes and Ladders isn’t usually a game I would play, my usual choice is a strategy game. It was however fun to play because it was hidden away in Burton [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Jul 1st 2010
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100 Photos 26 :: Architecture
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 [...]
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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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
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The Blue Bicycle
I am sure you have all had enough of meetings by now, I know I have. So I shall now return to York and the photographs of the Blue Bicycle that I promised to post.
The food was excellent and I would certainly go back again next time I visit York. Instead of the normal bread [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 23rd 2010
