I have returned from a weekend break in Stratford-on-Avon where the weather was unseasonably kind to us. I am now juggling organising my photos around Christmas preparations.
Archive for the tag 'Guildhall'
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Stratford-upon-Avon 2022
The Wanderer Returns
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 1st 2022
Filed under Heritage, Holidays
The Guildhall
Winchester Guildhall stands on part of the site of an estate granted by Alfred the Great to his wife Ealswith probably as a coronation gift in 871 AD. After his death she retired there and founded a nunnery known as Nunnaminster. Known in the later medieval ages as St Mary’s Abbey, it was one of [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 24th 2014
Filed under Holidays, Kent January 2012
Rochester Guildhall
On my recent trip to Kent I payed my first visit to Rochester and one of the first things I noticed as I entered the city was a weather vane in the shape of a ship. On further investigation I found that it was on top of the guildhall which was built in 1687.
Outside, [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Jan 28th 2012
