These are the arms of John Clifford, ninth Lord of Skipton, who was also known as the Butcher. The beasts supporting the shield are wyverns – half dragon, half serpent.
The Conduit Court lies as the centre of Skipton Castle. The name is derived from the fact that spring water supply to the castle terminated here. The Yew in the centre of the court was planted in 1659 by Lady Anne Clifford.
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 14th 2011
I invite you to join me over at Vision and Verb where I talk about meeting up with Ginnie and some Black Country history.
Follow the links to see photographs from the meet-up:
A Spoon Full of Medicine by Astrid
Birthday Cake for Chris
Group Shot by Tracy
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 14th 2011
Skipton castle is 900 years old and one of the most complete and best preserved castles in England.
The Clifford family were granted the castle by Edward II in 1310 when Robert Clifford was appointed first Lord Clifford of Skipton and Guardian of Craven, which is the large tract of countryside to the north and west of Skipton. This remained the Cliffords’ principal seat until 1676. The Clifford banner still flies over the castle with the approval of the present Lord Clifford of Chudleigh.
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 13th 2011
Once again I still don’t know where all those years went…
Yesterday family and friends gathered for a birthday tea to celebrate the eighteenth birthday of nephew number two. Unlike his brother who went to Uni when he turned 18 nephew number two still has another year of schooling to do before he makes his career choices.
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Respond intelligently to unintelligent treatment.
Lao Tzu (circa 6th century BC)
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