That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.
Aldous Huxley
Archive for the tag 'History'
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 7th 2011
Filed under Crookham 2011, Heritage, Holidays
Kelso Memorial Cloister
In 1933 a memorial cloister was built to commemorate the 8th Duke of Roxburghe. The cloisters were built in the style of the original cloisters.
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 4th 2011
Filed under Crookham 2011, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays
Kelso Abbey
Kelso Abbey was built in 1128 by the Tironesian monks (originally from Tiron, near Chartres, in France). During the 1540s it fell into decline at the hands of Henry VIII’s army.
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 3rd 2011
Filed under Anecdotes, Crookham 2011, Heritage, Holidays
Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens
This was my first visit to Belsay and it has a bit of everything and comprises of three different elements. A hall inspired by the architecture of ancient Greece, a medieval castle with rare wall paintings and magnificent gardens. The hall was enlarged in the early 17th century and subsequently superseded by a Greek Revival [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 28th 2011
Filed under Crookham 2011, Heritage, Holidays
Warkworth Castle – Great Tower
The great tower was commissioned by Henry Percy after he was made the first earl of Northumberland in 1377. The building is styled in the shape of a Greek cross, with four polygonal wings radiating from a central block. *
*Information from the English Heritage guidebook.
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 23rd 2011
Filed under Crookham 2011, Heritage, Holidays
Warkworth Castle
A brief overview of the castle from the English Heritage guide book:
The castle was probably laid out in its present form by Roger fitz Roger in about 1200 and was developed by its subsequent owners, the Percy family, the earls (and later dukes) of Northumberland. The scale and ambition of this great building embody the [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 21st 2011
Filed under Crookham 2009, Heritage, Holidays
PhotoHunt – Informative
An information board near to Craster harbour was very informative:
Crastor Harbour
…an important cultural landmark within the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty…
Craster developed as a fishing village around a small natural harbour formed between the outlying rocks of Little Carr and Muckle Carr. The traditional fishing boat of the North East Coast, the coble, [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 17th 2011
