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Santa Anastasia
St. Anastasia was a Roman lady of noble descent. Her father was an opulent and noble pagan; but her mother, who was a Christian, caused her to be baptized in her infancy, and secretly reared her in sentiments of Christian piety, in which she made great progress.
St. Anastasia had been married to a noble Roman, named Publius, who was a pagan; he loved his wife much, but having discovered her acts of piety, and that she was a Christian, from a loving husband he became a cruel tyrant, confined her to the house, and treated her like a slave. The saint, rejoiced that she could suffer for the love of Jesus Christ.
Publius, her cruel husband, having been appointed by the emperor ambassador to the King of Persia, gave orders to his domestics that they should maltreat his wife during his absence and that there should be no fear if she would be found dead upon his return. But God ordained that Publius met with an untimely death upon his journey; while the saint, having regained her pious labors in behalf of the prisoners of Jesus Christ.
St. Anastasia, inflamed with the love of God, occupied her time in consoling and succoring the Christians, particularly those who were in prison, who she exhorted to suffer for the faith. Having heard of the arrest of St. Chrysogonus, she hurried to his prison, and esteemed herself fortunate in having it in her power to be of service to him in this trial. He had been in prison for one year, during which he instructed his fellow-prisoners who were Christians, and converted many pagans to the faith. St. Anastasia rendered him such assistance, by reason of her extraordinary works of charity.
St. Chrysogonus, by order of Diocletian on November 24 in the year 303, was beheaded, but St. Anastasia continued her mission to the prisoners. One day upon an errand of charity, and having found that all the holy confessors had been butchered by order of the emporer, she wept bitterly. When officers of the court asked why she wept, she replied "I weep because I have lost my brethren, who have been cruelly put to death." Hence she was arrested and brought before the prefect, Florus, who got no satisfaction from her defence and so then he sent her to the emperor Diocletian. Diocletian was unsuccessful in exhorting her to abandon a religion which was proscribed thoroughout the empire, and so sent her back to the prefect Florus. He sent her to the pontiff of the capitol, Upian, in the hope that he could convince her to sacrifice to the gods.
Upian having used all his arts of persuasion in vain, said to her: "Now I shall give thee but three days to determine." Anastasia replied: "They are three too many; thou mayest imagine them already past. I am a Christian, and am anxious to die for Jesus Christ. From me thou shalt never get any other answer."
Upian then employed the assistance of three idolatrous women; but this having proved ineffectual, he made a second attempt himself, in which he had the effrontery to be guilty of some immodest action. This was instantly punished by the Almighty; for he was struck blind upon the spot, and seized by convulsions that within an hour terminated his life.
Florus, enraged at the death of Upian, caused the saint to be shut up in prison, with the intention of starving her; but the Lord miraculously preserved her life. Florus transferred her to another prison thinking the jailer had transgressed his orders to starve her - but she continued to live without food. Florus then ordered her to be put on board a ship with 120 idolaters - the ship was bored with holes and was supposed to sink. The ship soon filled with water, but instead of sinking went ashore; and the miracle worked the conversion of all these persons, who afterwards had the glory of suffering martyrdom for Jesus Christ. St. Anastasia was then conducted to the island of Palmarola, under sentence of death; she consummated her triumph in the flames.
Cascade Female Factory Hobart.
In 2010 UNESCO granted World Heritage status to the convict factory in Hobart as it tells the largely ignored story of transported convict women to Tasmania. It is one of eelven UNESCO listed convict sites in Australia but little remains of the original convict factory and this female factory was just one of many. In fact there five female factories in Tasmania (Van Diemen’s Land) – Hobart Gaol, the Cascades, Launceston, Georgetown and Ross. During the era of convict transportation between 1803 and its end in 1856 some 12,500 female convicts were transported to Tasmania with about 7,000 of them going to the Cascades. The Cascades Factory was expanded from the initial one yard with one dormitory to five yards and five dormitories which were capable of housing 1,000 women and 175 babies and infants. The current visitor centre and the revamped Female Factory museum opened in March 2022.
The Cascades site was previously a distillery until 1828 when the government acquired for the female factory. Female convicts in Britain were sentenced to a set number of years in gaol after transportation if their crimes were considered serious. Many female convicts were assigned to masters as “free” labour almost from the time they landed in Hobart, but the factories had to exist to process many women for assignment and then primarily to rehouse them in gaol conditions if they committed crime whilst assigned as a worker. Many committed theft or disobedience or similar crimes but the most common crime was getting pregnant. As soon as female assigned convicts became pregnant they were returned to the Cascades Female Factory. The convict dormitories were above the cot rooms. A very high proportion of the hundreds of children born at the Cascades died in infancy. Conditions were poor and bleak and the babies were undernourished. But these female convicts were probably treated better than many male convicts transported to the Australian colonies. It is a sad place. Apart from some of the original 1828 prison walls the only remaining structure still intact from the female factory era is the Matron’s House built in 1850. It is well worth a visit in the grounds and prison yards with their information boards. After the opening of the Cascades as Female Prison in 1856 that only lasted until 1877. Thereafter it housed the insane and those with infectious diseases. The other government institutions were closed by 1890 and the whole complex was demolished and stone re used for other buildings etc. During the era of convict transportation some 72,000 convicts were shipped to Tasmania between 1803 and 1853 of which about 7,000 were female.
Although there life stories of some of the convict women in the museum website there are few stories told on the information boards. Crimes was severely punished, by our modern world standards in the early 19th century, but some convict women were able to leave their criminal pasts behind and do well in the colony half way across the world from their homes. Only 2% of the female convicts were transported for violent crimes like murder and serious assault; most were transported for theft and what we would consider minor theft these days. Nevertheless some women were habitual criminals and found it hard to stop stealing. Others were caught for a one off desperate theft in England which determined their life outcome. Some female prisoner’s stories.
•Mary Deveraux convicted of counterfeiting coins was transported for life; she arrived in 1831; she was returned from assignment by 13 households for her abusive and bad behaviour; in 1838 she got her Ticker of Leave. She died a pauper in 1849.
•Nappy Ribbon convicted of stealing a sheep; arrived in 1849; she was a well behaved assignee and got her Ticket of Leave (like parole) in 1851; alas caught living in sin with another convict in 1853 and her Ticket of Leave was revoked. Freed from Cascades in 1855. Married in 1858.
•Sarah Mason convicted for theft three times; arrived 1851; given hard labour for her bad behaviour; her assignment lasted three days and she absconded; her second assignment lasted one month; spring 1856 granted Ticker of Leave. Late 1856 married. A women of her name & date of birth died in 1873.
•Margaret Shaw convicted a larceny; transported on the Rajah in 1841 and worked as a nurse on it; at the Cascades was again employed as a nursey in the infirmary; she was granted Ticket of Leave in 1843; in 1844 she got the government job of a nurse at the Orphan School on £18 per annum; next she worked in the laundry; she was freed in 1847.
•Winifred Sheridan transported for theft of clothes in 1849; rebellious so not assigned till 1851; absconded and returned to Cascades with hard labour; made watchwoman; 1853 given her Ticket of Leave; found drunk and Ticket of Leave rescinded ;tried for theft in 1855 and her sentenced extended; 1856 escaped twice from the Cascades then returned; freed in January 1857; Married a shoemaker in 1857; and agreed to marry another man in 1858; he accused her of stealing his purse; Winifred disappeared probably went to Victoria.
•Ann Eccles transported for 7 years when convicted of stealing; arrived Hobart 1837 at the Cascades Factory; a few days later assigned to the Lieutenant Governor’s wife Lady Jane Franklin as her maid; 1838 worked for a Ticket of Leave man; 1839 had a daughter and married the Ticket of Leave man; they lived and managed property near Sorell in 1839 but did not own it; she had five children; caught a chill and died in 1852 aged 33 years.
•Janet Cree sentenced to transportation for several thefts in 1850; arrived in the Cascades July 1850; assigned as maid Nov 1850 but absconded after a few days; given four moths hard labour and sent to Ross Factory; 1851 assigned and absconded again and returned to Ross Factory; 1852 assigned to a religious landowner; August 1852 applied to marry an emancipated man; baby arrived shortly after marriage in a church; 1854 given her Ticket of Leave; Janet and husband had 11 children all baptised; Janet died in 1912 as a church going woman of 82 years.
•Jane Allen arrested for stealing boots, bonnet and kettles in 1850; transported to Hobart 1851 and immediately assigned as a nursemaid; absconded and taken to Cascades Factory for hard labour; 1852 assigned again, no bad behaviour and granted Ticket of Leave in 1854; had a baby in 1854 that did not survive and married a Ticket of Leave man( a plastered) at Battery Point 1855; they had four children; her husband died in 1874; remarried in 1877 and had one more son; died in 1911 aged 81 years.
A baby was having fun at Shohrawardi Uddyan Dhaka. Due to lack of playground, children in this megacity have to go through an imprisoned childhood.
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"Brief exposure to general anesthesia during infancy does not affect neurological development"
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A cute little bundle of fluff. This wee girl is identified by a ballpoint pen inscription on the reverse. The handwriting is the same hand as the portrait of "Louise" and was purchased from the same dealer's odds and ends box so there is likely a family connection.
Only son "taken hence in his infancy" of Sir Edmond Barker and his wife Mary, flic.kr/p/MLSE3 daughter of Sir William Cooper of Ratling Court, Kent.
"Sacred tto the memory of Sir Edmond Barker knight, Lord of the mannor of Peasenhall gent. Pentio"Sacred tto the memory of Sir Edmond Barker knight, Lord of the mannor of Peasenhall gent. Pentioner in Ordinary to King Charles 2nd ....of a proved pietie & prudence exemplar for his loyaltie to his Prince. Conformitie to the church .... affection to his deare and well deserving wife Mary the eldest daughter of the Right Worshipful Sir William Cooper of Ratling Court in the County of Kent, knight and Baronet by whom having had one son & one daughter both taken hence in their infancies in XLl years happie wedlock with her ,the Vth of Xth divorced from her deare embrace by death in the LXl year of his life and of our Lord 1676 To whose deare & happie memory his sayd wife erected this monument the wittnesse of her never dying sorrow""
Edmund was the son of Edmund Chapman alias Barker www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/517997686/ and Marryan heiress daughter of George Vesey of Blyborough www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/517997674/
- Sibton church Suffolk
In 1916, internal combustion power was in its infancy and most railway locomotives were powered by steam. However, the smoke, steam and night-time glow of the fire on a steam loco were a disadvantage near the front line, as they allowed the enemy to identify and attack trains and railway lines. All participants in the Somme therefore used petrol-powered locomotives in forward areas, supported by steam locos to the rear.
The Motor Rail & Tramcar company supplied hundreds of ‘Simplex’ petrol-mechanical locomotives to the British army, in 20HP and 40HP variants. The larger 40HP locos were delivered with three varieties of bodywork: ‘Open’, ‘Protected’ or ‘Armoured’. Their 4-cylinder, 8-litre petrol engine was thirsty and had a terrible power/weight ratio, but was robust and easily maintained. After the war, many were reconditioned and sold, and some were still operating in industrial service 50 years later.
The Ffestiniog Railway purchased a reconditioned 40HP loco in 1923, primarily for shunting duties. It was a ‘cut and shut’ job using the frame and engine of an ‘Open’ locomotive with the bodywork of a ‘Protected’ type; presumably combining the good bits of two war-weary locos. It was the last loco in operation in 1946 and the first to be used by the preservationists in 1954. It has appeared in a number of guises over the years but was returned to a largely original appearance for the event at Froissy, replacing the roof and a missing end panel, adding numberplates and receiving a new coat of paint. The original petrol engine is still going strong; the heat, smell, noise and backache associated with driving this tin box is an experience I would only recommend to the most hardy railwayman. How much worse must it have been with shells, shrapnel and bullets flying?
Here the Simplex trundles through the wooded area along the banks of the Somme canal with a short freight train of contemporary wagons. David Blondin, who organised the event, is experiencing a ride in the 'tin turtle'.
East window of the south aisle by Wippell of Exeter, 1929.
St Luke's at Thurnby sits on high ground and is distinguished externally by its two-toned central tower, the dominant feature of the church and the result of separate building phases in the 13th and 15th centuries respectively. The rest of the building that surrounds it however appears to be almost entirely the result of rebuilding in the 1870s. There is however more left of the medieval building within than one might expect, as indicated by the small piece of Norman chevron molding reset within the porch.
Within the medieval nave arcades are revealed with their quaint carved heads between the arches. View of the space beyond is somewhat restricted by the heavy pillars that support the tower (of 12th century date) while the chancel beyond it is entirely of the Victorian period but attractively finished in a more costly manner than usual. There is a mixed collection of stained glass of various dates, the best being the large window by Wippell's at the east end of the south aisle.
This seems to be a well used and well loved church, and most of the people I met here were very welcoming. One lady I'd spoken to did seem a bit suspicious though and after telling me (not asking) to sign the book of condolence for the Queen seemed confused by me loitering for photos in the chancel, but I simply answered a rather demanding 'Are you all right?!' with a straight forward 'Yes' and that was that, but it did leave me feeling a little awkward.
The church won't likely be kept open outside of service times so best to visit for a service or like me time your Leicestershire churchcrawls to Ride & Stride day in September!
I uploaded this photo a while back, when my Flickr account was in its infancy. But now that I've had time to reflect on photography and this picture in particular, I wanted to share the story behind it.
In December of 2005, my family and I went to India to visit family. It had been 10 years since I had last been, and as a fourth grader, I didn't appreciate it nearly as much as I would as a 20 year old.
One day, towards the end of the trip, my uncle took me on a ride to see the family farms, which I had wanted to see for a long time. On the way there, we passed by so many mothers working under the unrelenting sun, accompanied by their children playing in the irrigation waters.
My uncle decided to stop, as he noticed a bread man on his bicycle approaching a large group of children. He gestured to the man to give food to all the children: bread, biscuits, rolls, cookies, and crackers.
Never in my life had I seen children so happy to have something so simple. The smiles on their faces are something that will always be etched in my mind.
Now, if only there were more people like my Uncle Simon.
A Norman chapel stands on the steep hillside above Chadlington. On a cold day in March the wind drives snow across the churchyard and rattles resilient patches of snowdrops. How many snows has this simple building seen, how many travellers have sought shelter from a howling storm, having climbed the steep hill from the River Evenlode below. Standing among the yew trees, on the bone-rich ground, the view from the churchyard is ancient, little altered by the passing years. At the end of a narrow lane All Saints has a few cottages for company, it is hard to tell whether these humble buildings are survivors of a larger village or have always stood isolated among the fields. It is easier to imagine the numberless generations of locals summoned here by bells to celebrate the passing ceremonies of Christian calendar.
The exterior of All Saints is austere, a simple two-cell Norman chapel extended to the south in the 15th century with a Georgian east window added during a major early restoration. The church consists of nave, chancel, an east belfry and 19th century south porch although outer and inner doors appear much earlier in date. Step inside and you are confronted by the Middle Ages in all it's symbolic complexity and the belief that the intervention of saints can influence our daily lives. A palimpsest, medieval saints overwritten with later biblical texts cover large areas of the nave walls, giving a faded impression of the elaborate decorative schemes that were common to all our pre-Reformation churches. A round-headed lancet survives in the north wall of the nave. The small 13th century chancel arch of two pointed chamfered orders is off-centre due to the nave being extended to the south. The south wall has two Perpendicular windows, a doorway and a piscina to the east, all of a similar date. A large squint to the south of the chancel arch connects nave and sanctuary. The west wall of the nave has a Tudor window and a blocked Georgian opening which may once have been one main doors of the church. An atmosphere of antiquity is emphasised by the 18th century pulpit, reading desk and box pews which tower over the east end of the nave. Opposite the door is a Norman tub font which has seen over 900 years of service. If you look through the Georgian east window of the chancel the tower of Spelsbury church can be seen in the distance, the chancel was rebuilt in the 18th century re-using a Decorated window in the south wall.
The real rarity of All Saints is the fortunate survival of several passages of medieval decoration preserved from destruction under a layer of whitewash. The earliest decoration surviving surrounds the 13th century round-headed north nave window, red lines mimic the pattern of stonework and small red floral motifs have been added to the window splay.
To the left of the blocked north door is a representation of St Frideswide, an 8th century princess who became a nun, choosing the church over a royal suitor, who was blinded when he attempted to force her into marriage. She became patron saint of Oxford and although her shrine was destroyed in the Reformation she is believed to be buried in Christ Church, Oxford.
To the right of the door is the figure of an archbishop, which might be St Edmund of Abingdon or a rare survival of an image of St Thomas a Becket, a particular target for iconoclasts due to his defiance of royal authority. The image shows the archbishop teaching a child to read.
To the west of the round-headed window is a fragmentary 14th century priest thought to be a depiction of St Leonard, patron saint of Eynsham Abbey, who owned the patronage of Shorthampton.
Over the chancel arch the remains of a Doom have been obscured by a Royal Coat of Arms. The Last Judgement, with the just ascending to heaven while sinners are thrown into the mouth of hell, is a common subject for the chancel arch, after the Reformation every church had to display the Royal Arms.
The squint was inserted in the 15th century to enable those in the widened southern portion of the nave to be able to witness the elevation of the host, during the celebration of the Mass. "The Legend of the Clay Birds" is depicted inside the squint, the Virgin Mary holds the Christ child and St John, although St.John might be holding a Goldfinch. The legend derives from the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of St Thomas which describes the Christ child making clay birds which he then brings to life.
To the right of this is "the Agony in the Garden" but there are two layers of paint which makes the imagery difficult to read.
The left reveal of the easterly south window of the nave has a small mid-15th century figure in an elaborate green dress. This is St Sitha, also known as Zita of Lucca, the patron saint of maids and domestic servants, often depicted holding a set of keys and said to help supplicants in finding items they have lost.
Between this window and the south door is a panel which shows St Loy or the "Legend of St Eligius", patron saint of blacksmiths and metalworkers, depicted shoeing a horse. A 7th century goldsmith famous for the building of churches.
Biblical texts replaced images of saints in the reign of Eward VI who ordered their destruction in 1548. The Creed appears on a large panel over the door and the west wall has a cartouche containing King Solomon's prayer. Also on the west wall is a disembodied wing probably the remains of "George and the Dragon" though possibly the Archangel Michael. There are also many small fragments of wall painting including foliate decoration round the chancel arch.
All in all a wonderful voyage through time. Shorthampton is a few miles from Chipping Norton about 40 minutes from Stratford-upon-Avon
"In its infancy, the orchestra was composed of sixteen pieces, thus, closely resembling a symphonic group. The early duties of this unit consisted of providing music for each Friday Assembly and for occasional student functions, in addition to broadcasting weekly over radio station WEXL in behalf of the Institute. . .
Johnny Matyas and the Techtonians was the first collegiate band to become incorporated. They carry their own amplifying system on all engagements and have added a vocal unity to the band."
p. 67, The L-Book, 1935
Memorial to John Hamilton Martin (d.1851 in infancy) on the south side of the chancel. The sculpture was the work of Thomas and Mary Thornycroft and shown at the Great Exhibition of 1851.
St Michael & All Angels at Ledbury is not only one of Herefordshire's grandest parish churches but also one of its most rewarding. There is much to enjoy in this ancient building from its unusual architectural features to its interesting monuments and top quality glass.
The church is set back from the town's main street and accessed via a narrow cobbled alleyway, the view of its soaring spire beckoning the visitor onward. Upon arriving at the churchyard gates this massive building reveals itself to be full of surprises, most noticeably the tower and spire being detached from the main building and standing a short distance to the north of a beautifully detailed chapel on the north side (formerly dedicated to St Katherine) whose large windows are enriched with ballflower ornament. To the right the mass of the three-gabled west front greets the visitor, centred around the original Norman west doorway with its carved capitals.
Much of the Norman building still remains but aside from the west door the building has been modified and extended in the following centuries to the point that most of the exterior now appears to be of 13th or 14th century date. The detached tower dates back to the 13th century in its lower stages, but the topmost belfry stage and the tapering spire above are an 18th century addition by architect Nathaniel Wilkinson of Worcester. The spire is nonetheless remarkable for its sheer height, and visitors can often ascend the tower to its base during the summer months.
Inside the church initially has a vast, almost barn-like feel owing to the great space and somewhat low level of light, particularly as the eye is drawn towards the chancel which almost disappears into the gloom at first sight. The church is lit by a series of tall windows but the light they admit is more limited by the extensive collection of stained glass (though fortunately most of this is exceptionally good). The chancel is the oldest part, retaining its Norman arcades with intriguing porthole-like oculi above that would have been originally glazed as a clerestorey before the aisles were enlarged. On the north side (almost acting as a transept) is the former chapel with its large Decorated windows that is now separated by a glazed screen and is referred to presently as the chapter house. It contains some old fragments of glass and a fine effigy of a 13th century priest.
Throughout the church there are tombs and monuments of interest (not all well lit so at times the eye needs to adjust to the darkness) from the medieval period to the 19th century. Most of the windows on the south side are filled with rich late Victorian glass by Kempe, whilst in the north side is a more varied display with good examples of Pre Raphaelite, Arts & Crafts and more modern work by Burne Jones, Christopher Whall and John K.Clark respectively, in my opinion the most outstanding windows in the church.
Ledbury church is normally kept open and welcoming for visitors to this popular, tourist-friendly market town. It is well worth a visit, a well above average church!
In the 1840s, when Bournemouth was very much in its infancy, the wealthy Talbot family from Surrey used to come and stay at one of the new villas that had recently been built on the east cliff.
The house was called Hinton Wood House, which later became the Hintonwood Hotel, since demolished and replaced by a tower block called Hintonwood.
Whilst staying in the area the family's two daughters, Georgina and Mary [ Marianne ] Talbot, were touched by the plight of some of the poor, and vowed to do something to help.
At this point there was relatively little development in Bournemouth, and the town's first official boundary, set as being within a one mile radius of today's Pier Approach, wouldn't come into force until 1856.
It is very unlikely that there were any noticeable numbers of poor in the vicinity of Hinton Wood House, where the Talbots were staying, although there would have been poor agricultural workers further afield, in areas such as Holdenhurst, Throop and Kinson.
It is likely the large villas, and more specifically the wealthy families within them, would have attracted the less well off to possible employment opportunities such as domestic servants, cooks and gardeners, so perhaps that is how the Talbot Sisters came into contact with the poor.
Another possibility is that tinkers and gypsies in the area would make a beeline to the wealthy visitors and plead desperate poverty in the hope of a hand out.
Whatever happened, the Talbot Sisters were sufficiently moved to use the money at their disposal to purchase some land upon which to build cottages with smallholdings, a number of farms, almshouses, a church and a school.
Work to construct the village began in 1850, with most being completed in just over a decade.
Tenants paid a rent and were expected to make a living working the land associated with their property.
The area covered by Talbot Village was originally larger than the current village as much of the surrounding farmland has been sold for development including the land that Bournemouth University and the Talbot Heath Estate, that eminates from Fern Barrow, now occupies, just across the border in Poole.
Wallisdown Rd that runs past the village is the boundary between the two towns.
Most of Talbot Village lay within the parish of Kinson which became part of Bournemouth in 1931.
Today the heart of Talbot Village remains as a conservation area, with many of it's buildings being grade 2 listed, standing discreetly amongst pines and woodland, mostly hidden from the busy Wallisdown Rd by tall hedges.
Lollipop Farmhouse, one of the village's former farms stands nearby at 74 Columbia Rd.
It fell into disrepair and stood derelict before it was fully restored in the late 1980s, and renamed Lollipop Cottage.
The last of the village's working farms, Highmoor Farm, stands next to the Bournemouth University / Talbot Heath Estate development, on the opposite side of Wallisdown Rd to Talbot Village itself, and therefore lying within the Borough of Poole.
In 2011 the Talbot Village Trust decided that the farm was no longer viable and decided to sell what remained of the farm's land to Poole Council for a housing development that includes 378 homes, 151 of which are affordable housing, including student accommodation.
This has understandably led to a sometimes fierce opposition from local residents. For further info click the link below.
The Talbot Village Trust survives as a charity and continues the good work started by the Talbot Sisters all those years ago, giving at least £800,000 to good causes in the East Dorset area each year.
The plan to redevelop the former Highmoor Farm site.
www.talbotvillageapplication.co.uk/trust_bkgrnd.html
www.bournemouth.gov.uk/PlanningBuildings/ConservationDesi...
One of a sequence of beautiful early 16th century windows in the south nave aisle of Chalons Cathedral.
The cathedral of St Etienne in Chalons sur Marne (renamed the more tourist friendly Chalons en Champagne in 1998) is unusual amongst French cathedrals in that it barely registers on the city's skyline, having no major tower or spire (the two pyramid capped belfries on the transepts barely extend above roof level). There once was a lofty steeple over the crossing, but this collapsed in the 17th century, damaging the choir which still betrays baroque alterations to this day, as does the west facade completed at this time (which looks oddly stuck on to the gothic structure behind).
The bulk of the cathedral dates from the 13th & 14th centuries and the nave posseses some fine stained glass from both ends of the gothic era.
"In Sacred memory of Frances, born of the illustrious and ancestral family of the lords of Berkeley, daughter of the most honourable Henry , Baron Berkeley and his wife Catherine sister of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, and most dear wife of George Shirley of Staunton, knight, to whom she bore 4 sons, two of whom were summoned to their heavenly home in infancy, and one daughter. She was lady of the highest chastity, modesty, integrity, faith in God and love for her husband, and splendidly equipped with the glory of all other virtues worthy of such a family. Piously and calmly she ended this mortal life in childbirth and was called to the company of the immortals on the 29th of December in the year of our Lord 1595 aged 31 years.
For her husband and her children she left behind a most greavous sense of loss.
George Shirley, grieving and sorrowing, has set up this monument and ordained that with her, to whom when living he was united in wedlock in the hope of children, he be invited to her tomb in death, together in the hope of the resurrection at the last day.
Death which untimely tore thee from my bed and robbed my home
Shall one day give me back with thee to wed in this thy tomb "
George Shirley 1622 and 1st wife Frances Berkeley 1598 who died in childbirth
George kneels with his 2 sons, in front of wife Frances and daughter Mary with 2 infants in cradles. Underneath lies a skeleton, a reminder of what they will become
Frances was the daughter of Henry 7th Baron Berkeley and Katherine www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/9496809132/ 3rd daughter of Henry Howard (the 'Poet Earl'), Earl of Surrey ex 1547 and Frances www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/9493951767/ daughter of John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford and Elizabeth Trussell. www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/14513115062/
George was the son of John Shirley 1570 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/sKgCZz of Staunton Harald and Jane heiress daughter of Thomas Lovett 1572 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/5356352947/ of Astwell by Elizabeth Fermor of Easton Neston
He was the grandson of Francis Shirley 1571 & Dorothy Giffard www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/1G500z
Francis Shirley had bought the former priory lands here from the Crown in 1539
Both his father and Shirley grandfather having already died, at the age of 13 after the death of his other grandfather Thomas Lovett , his custody, wardship and marriage were given by the Queen to Henry McWilliam & wife Lady Cheke
He studied at Harford College Oxford before "presenting his services at Court"
George & Frances married 22nd February 1586 at Callowden, near Coventry
Children
1. George b/d 1587 died an infant
2. Henry 1588-1634 m Dorothy daughter of Robert Devereux 2nd Earl of Essex and Frances Walsingham
3. Thomas 1594-1654 described as an antiquarian
4. John died an infant
1. Mary 1595-1630
Frances was "struck with a deadly disease lying in childbed and seeing herself on her deathbed, she sent for a famous and holy priest whom she had honoured for his learning, innocensy and sanctity of life, to assist her with his prayers at her last hours. She gave her blessing to her children, took her leave and gave her last farewell to her husband recommending unto him her surviving three little children, most earnestly praying and desiring that he would have a care that they might be instructed and brought up in the fear of God and the true Catholick religion,and having made a general confession of her whole life, she received with great fervour and devotion the blessed sacrament, and by divers miracles she was visited by the heavenly courtiers St Peter, St John & St Thomas of Canterbury on whose day she died ...... "
George m2 Dorothy www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2401560660/ daughter of Sir Thomas Wroughton of Broadhinton Wilts by Anne flic.kr/p/j5QVHF co-heiress of John Barwick of Wilcot.: Dorothy was the widow of Henry Unton
According to son Thomas, Sir George "had spent 3 whole years in mourning and solitary widowhood", before
"following his sute verie hard, but doth nowe meane to desist without shee will be brought to qualifie the conditions of her obigations "
Dorothy's "pre nup" on her marriage to George shows she wasn't taking any chances. -
" First she doth require to reserve her own living entire to herself, to bestow the commodities of it to her own pleasure, without any controls; secondly, she doth demand a £1000 yearly jointure; third, £500 land to be tyed upon her son, if by any good means there may be one gotten; fourthly, if it so fall that her husband and she should fall out, she doth require £500 a year out of his living, and to live apart from him with that added to her living of Faringdon".
George was created a baronet in 1611 having loaned King James £50 the highest sum in the county
George was suspected of being a Catholic, although mindful of the fines imposed, he outwardly conformed to the church of England.. (If a Papists refused to come to church on Sunday, they were liable to a penalty of 20 pounds for every lunar month during which they absented themselves). He was placed on the list of suspected Papists in Northamptonshire. All his armour and weapons were removed from Astwell House in his absence overseas in 1618 on the plea that his servants were recusants. Lord Exeter, then Lord Lieutenant, thereupon wrote to the Privy Council on his behalf that "he had always been loyal and forward in service and declared himself no recusant". Three years later his arms were restored to him. A letter to Dr. Lambe, Chancellor of the Diocese of Peterborourgh, from four of the local clergy, suggests that they thought very strongly that his attendance at their services was more than a mere formality. He was perhaps one of those who had "true unity, which is most glorious."
"May it please you, Sir, Whereas we whose names are hereunder written are intreated by Sir George Shirley of Astwell in your Countie of Northampton Baronet, to certifie our knowledge to your worship of his conformities in coming to the church and hearing devine service and sermons there, upon Sundays and Holldayes, according to the lawe in that case; we do hereby certifie you that the said Sir George Shirley (being an old gent. and his house farr from the parish churche) and having an auntient privileged chappell in his house, hathe, according to the booke of Common prayer, service red in the same chappell by Mr. Jones. a Batchelor in Divinitie and Chaplen in his house, who hathe of him a yearely stipend for reading prayer and preaching there, to which service and sermons himselfe, his Ladie and his familie doe come verie orderly, and we doe further certifie your worship that we ourselves doe verifie often every yeare in the absence of his said chaplen, or when we are thereunto entreated by the said Sir George Shirley, come thither and read service and preache in his his said chappell to him, his Ladie and his familie; and this with remembrance of our humble dutie we committ you to God, and rest.
However in the words of his son, Thomas, George died on 27th of April 1622, aged 63, "in the bosom of his mother, the Roman Catholick Church". "His piety was so remarkable in his large and bountiful alms, that he merited the glorious title of father and nourisher of the poor, relieving during the great dearth, 500 a day at his gates"
The monument was put up in 1598 after 1st wife Frances died. In 1596 he contracted with Garrett and Jasper Hollemans to put up a monument at Wappenham, Northamptonshire where her father was buried, but he evidently changed his mind about the location and had it erected at Breedon instead. .
The Shirley family bought the manor after it was surrendered to the Crown in 1539
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- Church of St Mary & St Hardulph, Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire
//Infancy//
//Freestyle image for week fourteen of Project 104//
//This is my youngest nephew Harley. Last friday me and my younger brother looked after him and my other nephew and I got some decent images, and also discovered some rad locations for future photos//
These are figures from two Toho Tokusatsu movies: The hand – “Frankenstein versus Subterranean Monster Baragon” - フランケンシュタイン対地底怪獣バラゴ) 1965 and Infancy Sanda from “Sanda vs. Gaira (フランケンシュタインの怪獣 サンダ対ガイラ)” 1966 by Iwakura. Sanda is 2 inches tall.
These are photos are from the 25th year anniversary of the EDSA People Power "Blood Less" Revolution.
I used to attend the yearly celebrations during its infancy, and so far the number of attendees has been slowly diminishing. This year's anniversary is evidence of that.
I graduated 4th year high school last 1986, the revolutionary batch. I was part of the original EDSA Revolution, and this time around I brought our two kids to witness a bit of the 25th year anniversary.
Unfortunately, we were not able to wait for Noynoy to arrive, and decided to go home before the presidential security group locks down the place. If we stayed, we would have been stuck for maybe two more hours, or until Noynoy leaves.
The color yellow symbolizes this event, but it was originally used by Ninoy Aquino supporters who wanted him to come back to the Philippines during the Marcos regime. The evident meaning of the Yellow Ribbon symbol, which even Noynoy uses today, came from the song "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree".
I still remember the night when Juan Ponce Enrile and Fidel Valdez Ramos went on a radio program and called for all the Filipinos to rally together and ostrasize President Marcos from office. When Marcos finally left, Corazon Cojuangco Aquino was chosen to be the country's new President. She was also the first ever female President in world history.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the photos, and more people power to you! 8-)
Sir Gilbert Gerard (1592) and Lady Anne (1602) daughter of Thomas Radcliff of Wimersley
Children who survived infancy
1.Thomas 1st Baron Gerard of Gerard 's Bromley m Alice Rivet www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/5660354769/
2.Radcliff flic.kr/p/6zNDtp died 1592 in a drowning accident, m Elizabeth only child of Sir Charles Somerset 1598 & Emma Brayne; www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/d9mw8o9uiG
Elizabeth was the grand daughter of Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester 1549 and 2nd wife Elizabeth 1565 flic.kr/p/8yWn1b daughter of Sir Anthony Browne 1506 and Lucy 1534 widow of Thomas Fitzwilliam www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/3888936707/ and daughter of John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montague
3. Frances born c1569 in Sudbury, Lancashire, m Sir Richard son of William Molyneux of Sefton and Bridget Caryll, c1590. (grandson of Sir Richard Molyneux and Eleanor Radliffe
www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8299646735/ )
4. Katherine m Richard of Hoghton of Hoghton Tower, Preston, Lancs
5. Margaret 1570-1603 m Peter Legh 1636 of LIme, Chester. Mother of 7 sons and 2 Daughters. She has a monument at Fulham www.flickr.com/photos/maggiejones/5627907301/
6. Radcliff d1601 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/13985510354/ m (1st wife) Thomas Wingfield of Easton
Obituary =
Gilbert was lord of Astley manor from 1561, which he acquired through his marriage and was in enjoyment of its profits and revenues for 32 years. His great name was known to every contemporary Astley man and woman. The eldest son of James Gerard of Ince and his mother ‘Margaret Holcroft’, he was sent to London to study law, entered Gray's Inn and was called in 1539. Later he rose to be treasurer of the Inn along with Nicholas Bacon in 1556. The ancient and loyal borough of Wigan returned him as MP in 1553 and 1555. It is said that during the dark eclipse of the fortunes of the young princess Elizabeth, Gerard had done her some great service and when she had come by the Crown, she quickly repaid him and on January 22, 1559, he was made attorney-general. Thenceforth he served her cause with undivided loyalty in all the great state trials to which her tortuous policy gave rise. He was knighted by her at Greenwich Palace July 5, 1579, and in 1581 attained his highest judicial appointment as Master of the Rolls. Lancaster borough returned him as member in 1584 By Anne Radcliff he had 2 sons and Frances a daughter. The younger son, Radcliff was drowned, while the elder, Thomas pursued like his father a political career and in 1603 was elevated to the peerage as Lord Gerard of Gerards Bromley (House)
In the 1840s, when Bournemouth was very much in its infancy, the wealthy Talbot family from Surrey used to come and stay at one of the new villas that had recently been built on the east cliff.
The house was called Hinton Wood House, which later became the Hintonwood Hotel, since demolished and replaced by a tower block called Hintonwood.
Whilst staying in the area the family's two daughters, Georgina and Mary [ Marianne ] Talbot, were touched by the plight of some of the poor, and vowed to do something to help.
At this point there was relatively little development in Bournemouth, and the town's first official boundary, set as being within a one mile radius of today's Pier Approach, wouldn't come into force until 1856.
It is very unlikely that there were any noticeable numbers of poor in the vicinity of Hinton Wood House, where the Talbots were staying, although there would have been poor agricultural workers further afield, in areas such as Holdenhurst, Throop and Kinson.
It is likely the large villas, and more specifically the wealthy families within them, would have attracted the less well off to possible employment opportunities such as domestic servants, cooks and gardeners, so perhaps that is how the Talbot Sisters came into contact with the poor.
Another possibility is that tinkers and gypsies in the area would make a beeline to the wealthy visitors and plead desperate poverty in the hope of a hand out.
Whatever happened, the Talbot Sisters were sufficiently moved to use the money at their disposal to purchase some land upon which to build cottages with smallholdings, a number of farms, almshouses, a church and a school.
Work to construct the village began in 1850, with most being completed in just over a decade.
Tenants paid a rent and were expected to make a living working the land associated with their property.
The area covered by Talbot Village was originally larger than the current village as much of the surrounding farmland has been sold for development including the land that Bournemouth University and the Talbot Heath Estate, that eminates from Fern Barrow, now occupies, just across the border in Poole.
Wallisdown Rd that runs past the village is the boundary between the two towns.
Most of Talbot Village lay within the parish of Kinson which became part of Bournemouth in 1931.
Today the heart of Talbot Village remains as a conservation area, with many of it's buildings being grade 2 listed, standing discreetly amongst pines and woodland, mostly hidden from the busy Wallisdown Rd by tall hedges.
Lollipop Farmhouse, one of the village's former farms stands nearby at 74 Columbia Rd.
It fell into disrepair and stood derelict before it was fully restored in the late 1980s, and renamed Lollipop Cottage.
The last of the village's working farms, Highmoor Farm, stands next to the Bournemouth University / Talbot Heath Estate development, on the opposite side of Wallisdown Rd to Talbot Village itself, and therefore lying within the Borough of Poole.
In 2011 the Talbot Village Trust decided that the farm was no longer viable and decided to sell what remained of the farm's land to Poole Council for a housing development that includes 378 homes, 151 of which are affordable housing, including student accommodation.
This has understandably led to a sometimes fierce opposition from local residents. For further info click the link below.
The Talbot Village Trust survives as a charity and continues the good work started by the Talbot Sisters all those years ago, giving at least £800,000 to good causes in the East Dorset area each year.
The plan to redevelop the former Highmoor Farm site.
www.talbotvillageapplication.co.uk/trust_bkgrnd.html
www.bournemouth.gov.uk/PlanningBuildings/ConservationDesi...
Inspired by Edvard Munch -
Edvard Munch passed its infancy and adolescence in the capital of Norway, that by then was called Christiania (today, Oslo). The family Munch included several prominent cultural and artistic personalities. In its youth, Edvard Munch lived with its family in a humble neighbourhood of the capital, in material conditions under its social rank. The father was a deeply religious military doctor with modest incomes. He instilled in their children a deep fear toward the hell assuring them that if they sinned anyway they would be condemned al hell without hope of pardon. When Munch had only five years, its mother died of tuberculosis, of the same illness its sister would die Sophie at the age of fifteen of age, its father I medicate alone could be a witness of its death, where Edvard Munch knew the impotence of the poor before the illness; later its sister Laura was diagnosed with a mental illness, illness that would carry it to pass the remainder of its life in a centre Psychiatric. Munch passed infancy with numerous illnesses and of the five brothers original so alone Andreas would marry dying a few months after the wedding. After a year in the Technical School of Architecture, decides to be a painter.
Its work Sick Girl, inspired in the death of its sister by tuberculosis would grant to a scholarship to travel to Paris. Shortly after its arrival to Paris the first autumn, receives the news of the death of its father. Munch feels very affected, al to suffer a probable pathological reaction of sorrow, al not to have been able to be said good-bye adequate of its father, with who maintained always some difficult relations.
With the time Edvard Munch receives numerous loving disillusionments, which also will be represented in its works. It frustrated by the female refusal, in an occasion discussing with a woman with which had been involved sentimentally decides to be cut the finger. Their nervous problems, aggravated by their alcoholism, they oblige him to remain boarding school eight months in a psychiatric clinic of Copenhagen.
In 1916 Edvard Munch buys a house in Ekely, where is dedicated to paint, surrounded by its pictures Edvard Munch dies like lived, in solitude, full of dreams and grievous memories.
This soldier apparently wears a mail coif, but the sculpted face itself doesn't. His hair shows the same pattern as the mail.
Note the upstanding shoulders, which might indicate a protective layer worn under the surcoat, typical of the first decades of the 13th century.
This soldier is depicted wearing a hauberk with integral mail hood/coif, long sleeves without mittens and mail chausses on his legs. A narrow belt is worn on his waist. A well-to-do soldier would have been armed this way.
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This soldier wears an early flat-topped great helm (aka an enclosed helmet), which is distinguishable from the great helm by a much greater depth to the face protection when compared to the depth of the helmet at the rear and side. The great helm superseded this version around 1240.
Note the upstanding shoulders, which might indicate a protective layer worn under the surcoat, typical of the first decades of the 13th century.
The soldier on the left wears an early flat-topped great helm (aka an enclosed helmet), which is distinguishable from the great helm by a much greater depth to the face protection when compared to the depth of the helmet at the rear and side. The great helm superseded this version around 1240.
The soldier on the right apparently wears a mail coif, but the sculpted head doesn't, although he might sport a cervelliere. His hair depicts the same pattern as the mail.
Note the upstanding shoulders, which might indicate a protective layer worn under the surcoat, typical of the first decades of the 13th century.
In the 1840s, when Bournemouth was very much in its infancy, the wealthy Talbot family from Surrey used to come and stay at one of the new villas that had recently been built on the east cliff.
The house was called Hinton Wood House, which later became the Hintonwood Hotel, since demolished and replaced by a tower block called Hintonwood.
Whilst staying in the area the family's two daughters, Georgina and Mary [ Marianne ] Talbot, were touched by the plight of some of the poor, and vowed to do something to help.
At this point there was relatively little development in Bournemouth, and the town's first official boundary, set as being within a one mile radius of today's Pier Approach, wouldn't come into force until 1856.
It is very unlikely that there were any noticeable numbers of poor in the vicinity of Hinton Wood House, where the Talbots were staying, although there would have been poor agricultural workers further afield, in areas such as Holdenhurst, Throop and Kinson.
It is likely the large villas, and more specifically the wealthy families within them, would have attracted the less well off to possible employment opportunities such as domestic servants, cooks and gardeners, so perhaps that is how the Talbot Sisters came into contact with the poor.
Another possibility is that tinkers and gypsies in the area would make a beeline to the wealthy visitors and plead desperate poverty in the hope of a hand out.
Whatever happened, the Talbot Sisters were sufficiently moved to use the money at their disposal to purchase some land upon which to build cottages with smallholdings, a number of farms, almshouses, a church and a school.
Work to construct the village began in 1850, with most being completed in just over a decade.
Tenants paid a rent and were expected to make a living working the land associated with their property.
The area covered by Talbot Village was originally larger than the current village as much of the surrounding farmland has been sold for development including the land that Bournemouth University and the Talbot Heath Estate, that eminates from Fern Barrow, now occupies, just across the border in Poole.
Wallisdown Rd that runs past the village is the boundary between the two towns.
Most of Talbot Village lay within the parish of Kinson which became part of Bournemouth in 1931.
Today the heart of Talbot Village remains as a conservation area, with many of it's buildings being grade 2 listed, standing discreetly amongst pines and woodland, mostly hidden from the busy Wallisdown Rd by tall hedges.
Lollipop Farmhouse, one of the village's former farms stands nearby at 74 Columbia Rd.
It fell into disrepair and stood derelict before it was fully restored in the late 1980s, and renamed Lollipop Cottage.
The last of the village's working farms, Highmoor Farm, stands next to the Bournemouth University / Talbot Heath Estate development, on the opposite side of Wallisdown Rd to Talbot Village itself, and therefore lying within the Borough of Poole.
In 2011 the Talbot Village Trust decided that the farm was no longer viable and decided to sell what remained of the farm's land to Poole Council for a housing development that includes 378 homes, 151 of which are affordable housing, including student accommodation.
This has understandably led to a sometimes fierce opposition from local residents. For further info click the link below.
The Talbot Village Trust survives as a charity and continues the good work started by the Talbot Sisters all those years ago, giving at least £800,000 to good causes in the East Dorset area each year.
The plan to redevelop the former Highmoor Farm site.
www.talbotvillageapplication.co.uk/trust_bkgrnd.html
www.bournemouth.gov.uk/PlanningBuildings/ConservationDesi...
John Maguire's old stomping grounds in London, England.
Some shots of John:
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BETHNAL-GREEN:
Bethnal-Green made a parish.
The very populous and extensive parish of Stepney having before suffered some diminutions, was again abridged in the year 1743, by the separation of the hamlet of Bethnal-Green, which was then by act of parliament made a distinct parish.
Situation.
Etymology:
The Green, from which the hamlet derived its name, lies about half a mile beyond the suburbs. I think it not improbable that Bethnal may have been a corruption of Bathon-Hall; and that it was the residence of the family of Bathon, or Bathonia, who had considerable property at Stepney in the reign of Edward the First (fn. 1).
Boundaries.
Extent.
Nature of land and foil.
Brick. Fields.
Land-tax.
The parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal-Green (fn. 2), extends over a considerable part of the suburbs of the metropolis, and reaches almost to Spitalfields. It is bounded on the north by Hackney; on the east by Stratford-Bow; on the west by St. Leonard's, Shoreditch; and on the south by Christ-church, Spitalfields, and Mile End New Town, a hamlet of Stepney. It appears by an actual survey of the hamlet of Bethnal-Green, (which was co-extensive with the present parish,) made in 1703, that it then contained about 550 acres of land, besides that which was occupied by buildings; this quantity is now somewhat abridged by the great increase of houses within the last five years. There are now about 190 acres of arable, about 160 of grass land, and about 140 occupied by market gardeners: the arable land frequently produces two crops in the year, one of corn and the other of garden vegetables. The soil is for the most part a rich loam. The brick-fields in this parish not only furnish bricks sufficient for the new buildings there, but a considerable quantity also for general sale. Bethnal-Green pays the sum of 1107l. 16s. 9d. to the land-tax, which, in the year 1792, was at the rate of 1s. 4d. in the pound.
Weavers:
Cotton-manufacture:
The town-part of this parish is extremely populous, being inhabited principally by journeymen weavers, who live three or four families in a house, and work at home at their looms and reels for the master weavers in Spitalfields. In St. John-street is an extensive cotton manufacture belonging to Messrs Paty and Byrchall, which was established about the year 1783, and employs from 200 to 300 hands. At the end of Pollard's-row, near the Hackneyroad, is a new manufacture lately established by Messrs. Hegner, Ehrliholtzer, and Co. for making "water-proof flaxen-pipe hose for fire-engines, brewers, ships, &c. they are wove tubular, without seams, and made to any length and of any diameter." The manufacture is yet in its infancy, and at present employs but a few hands.
Beggar of Bethnal-Green:
The well-known ballad of the Beggar of Bethnal-Green was written in the reign of Queen Elizabeth: the legend is told of the reign of Henry the Third; and Henry de Montfort, (son of the Earl of Leicester,) who was supposed to have fallen at the battle of Evesham, is the hero (fn. 3). Though it is probable that the author might have fixed upon any other spot with equal propriety for the residence of his beggar, the story nevertheless seems to have gained much credit in the village, where it decorates not only the sign-posts of the publicans, but the staff of the parish beadle; and so convinced are some of the inhabitants of its truth, that they shew an ancient house upon the Green as the palace of the blind beggar; and point out two turrets at the extremities of the court wall as the places where he deposited his gains.
Kirby Castle:
The old mansion above-mentioned, called in the survey of 1703 Bethnal-Green-house, was built in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, by John Kirby, citizen of London. Fleetwood, the recorder of London, in a letter to the lord treasurer (about the year 1578), mentions the death of "John Kirby, who built the fair house upon BethnalGreen, which house, lofty like a castle, occasioned certain rhimes abusive of him and some other city builders of great houses, who had prejudiced themselves thereby; viz. Kirby's Castle, and Fisher's Folly; Spinola's Pleasure, and Meggs's Glory (fn. 4)." This house was afterwards the residence of Sir Hugh Platt, Knt. author of "the Gar"den of Eden," "the Jewell-house of Art and Nature," and other works (fn. 5). Sir William Ryder, Knt. died there in 1669 (fn. 6), it being then his property (fn. 7). It now belongs to James Stratton, Esq. of Hackney, and has for many years been used for the reception of insane persons. It is still called in the writings Kirby Castle.
Sir Richard Gresham:
Sir Richard Gresham, a citizen of great note in the reign of Henry VIII. and father of the celebrated Sir Thomas Gresham, generally resided at Bethnal-Green (fn. 8). It was in consequence of his suggestion and advice that the convents of St. Thomas and St. Bartholomew were converted into public hospitals (fn. 9).
Sir Thomas Grey, Knt. died at his house at Bethnal-Green, August 7, 1570 (fn. 10).
Sir Balthazer Gerbier:
Sir Balthazer Gerbier, an enterprising projector of the last century, by profession a painter and an architect, but not very eminent as either, opened an academy at Bethnal-Green, anno 1649, in imitation as it should seem of the Museum Minervæ. (fn. 11) Here, in addition to the more common branches of education, he prosessed to teach astronomy, navigation, architecture, perspective, drawing, limning, engraving, sortification, fireworks, military discipline, the art of well speaking and civil conversation, history, constitutions, and maxims of state, and particular dispositions of nations, riding the great horse, scenes, exercises, and magnificent shows (fn. 12). Once a week, at three o'clock in the afternoon, Sir Balthazer gave a public lecture, gratis, on the various sciences which he previously advertised in the newspapers: a few specimens of these advertisements are given in the notes (fn. 13). Any person might speak or read at these public lec tures "on any subject, so that it was on unquestionable principles, warrantable terms, consonant with godliness, and with all due respect to the state (fn. 14)."
An account of Sir Balthazer Gerbier's academy was published in 1648, with his portrait prefixed; and in 1649, "the art of well "speaking," being one of the lectures delivered there gratis: this was ridiculed by Butler in his fictitious will of the Earl of Pembroke (fn. 15). Sir Balthazer seems to have been a very visionary schemer (fn. 16). After the failure of his academy, which soon happened (fn. 17), he went to America, where he was ill-treated by the Dutch, and narrowly escaped with his life (fn. 18). He afterwards returned to England, and designed the triumphal arch for the reception of Charles the Second (fn. 19).
Robert Ainsworth. William Caflon:
Ainsworch, the learned editor of the dictionary which goes by his name, kept an academy at Bethnal-Green (fn. 20). William Caslon, the eminent letter-founder, died at his house there in 1766, some years after he had retired from business (fn. 21).
Chapel at Bethnal-Green:
At the south-east corner of Bethnal-Green, stood a chapel, (on the site of which is now a private dwelling-house,) called, in the survey of 1703, St. George's chapel; of this I have not been able to obtain any farther information. Newcourt says, that at Bethnal-Green was formerly a chapel; but whether it was a chapel of ease, or only a private chapel, he could not find (fn. 22).
Removal of Aldgate:
At the same corner of the Green is a house, which lately belonged to Ebenezer Mussell, Esq. who having a taste for antiquities, and being an inhabitant of the parish in which Aldgate stood, (at the time of its removal,) purchased the materials, and carried them to his house at Bethnal-Green, where they are still preserved in an adjoining building.
Bishop's-hall:
About a quarter of a mile to the east of Bethnal-Green, is the site of an ancient house, called Bishop's-hall, (now converted into two or three tenements,) said by tradition to have been the residence of Bishop Bonner. That it was his property I have no doubt; and there is good reason for supposing that it has been the manor-house of Stepney; for Norden calls "Bushoppe's-hall" the seat of the Lord Wentworth (fn. 23). Bishop Braybroke dates many of his episcopal acts from Stepney; but I have not seen one dated thence by any of his successors; which leads to a supposition that they did not reside there, but leased the house with the manerial estate. In 1594, Bishop's hall was the residence of Sir Hugh Platt, as mentioned before (fn. 24).
Church of St. Matthew:
The church of St. Matthew Bethnal-Green, which is situated close to the suburbs, was consecrated July 15, 1746. It is built of brick with stone coins, and consists of an oblong square, with galleries on the north, south, and west sides. The communion-table stands within a recess at the east end. At the west end is a small square tower.
Tombs in the church and church-yard:
In the church are the tombs of John Brookbank, M. A. the first rector, who died in 1747; Mr. Thomas Windle, 1779; Mr. John Cheeseman, 1783; Mr. George Evans, 1791; and William Clarke, Esq. 1791. In the church-yard are those of William Luck, Esq. 1748; the Rev. William Gordon, M. A. the first lecturer, 1749; William Bridgman, Gent. 1760; Lewis Ourry, an emigrant from France, (anno 1701,) and many years an officer in the English army, 1771; Mr. Vincent Beverley, 1772; Captain Isaac Perry, 1773; Francis Campart, Gent. 1773; Elizabeth his relict, afterwards wife of the Rev. Thomas Greaves, vicar of Westoning, (Bedfordshire,) 1778; Mr. Abraham Mason, and Mary his wife, who died the same day, January 22, 1787; Captain William Curling, 1788; and Captain Matthew Curling, 1789.
Rectory:
The parish church of St. Matthew Bethnal-Green was, by the act of parliament above-mentioned, (viz. 16 Geo. II.) made a rectory, though it has no share in the great tithes, which were reserved to Brazen-Nose College, as patrons of the advowson of Stepney, and are received by the rector of that parish. By the same act it was directed, that the church-wardens should receive all the small tithes, Easter offerings, and all other dues within the parish, (except the surplice fees,) out of which they should pay the rector the sum of 130l. per annum, appropriating the remainder to the repairs of the church, and other parochial uses. The sum of 12l. per annum was reserved to the clerk of the parish of Stepney, as an equivalent for the loss he might sustain by the separation of the hamlet. Before the passing of this act, the rectory of Stepney had been divided by a former act (9 Queen Anne) into two equal portions. This division was by the act of 16 Geo. II. annulled; and it was enacted, that one of the portionists should be presented to the new benefice; and that the rectory of Stepney should for the future remain whole and undivided.
The first rector of St. Matthew Bethnal-Green was the Rev. John Brookbank, M. A.; the present rector is the Rev. William Loxham, M. A. who was instituted in 1766. The patronage is vested in the Principal and Fellows of Brazen-Nose College, Oxford.
Parish register:
The register of this parish is of the same date as the consecration of the church : before that period all entries relating to Bethnal-Green must be looked for in the parish registers at Stepney. The average of baptisms and burials since the year 1780, has been as follows:
Average of Baptisms.Average of Burials.
1780–1784373 1/5;307
1784–1789358 1/5;362 2/5;
1790418303
1791432310
1792502352
Comparative state of population.
It is to be observed, that the baptisms very much exceed the burials, which is a very unusual circumstance in the villages near London. Upon inquiry I find this is to be attributed to some private burial grounds in the neighbourhood, where the fees are somewhat lower than in that belonging to the church. One of this description has been lately made in the parish near the free-school. When the hamlet of Bethnal-Green was separated from Stepney, it was supposed to contain about 1800 houses; their number is now computed at 3500: the principal increase has been within the last three years: the increase of baptisms during those years bears nearly the same proportion.
Instances of longevity:
The following instances of longevity occur in the parish clerk's books, in which the ages of the deceased are inserted; Bethnal-Green being within the bills of mortality.
"Charles Marratt of Brick-lane, aged 99, buried January 15, 1748–9."
"Anne Postel, aged 100, buried October 24, 1749."
"Samuel Gates, aged 100, buried March 4, 1749-50."
"Margaret Lord, of Lord's Farm, aged 99, buried January 2, 1754."
"Bridget Fossett, aged 102, buried April 3, 1757."
"Mary Nash, aged 107, buried July 29, 1790."
"Mary Twits, aged 98, buried October 2, 1791."
There are entries also of one person of 90 and one of 93, buried in 1747;—two of 90, and one of 91, in 1749;—one of 90, in 1751;—one of 93, in 1754;—one of 90, in 1759;—one of 91, and one of 94, in 1761;—one of 91, in 1762;—one of 93, in 1789 (fn. 25);—one of 94, in 1790; two of 90, in 1791;—one of 93, in 1792;—and one of 94, in 1793.
Mr. Thomas Barker is said to have died at Bethnal-Green, in June 1762, aged 101 (fn. 26); and Mrs. Anne Hart in February 1765, aged 102. (fn. 27)
Benefactions:
Free-school:
Subscription School:
Mr. Thomas Parmiter, in the year 1722, left certain estates in Suffolk, now let at 52l. per ann. for the purpose of building and endowing a free-school and alms-house for the benefit of the hamlet of Bethnal-Green. Mrs. Elizabeth Carter gave the ground rent free for the term of 600 years, and 10l. per ann. to educate ten boys. Mr. William Lee gave 10l. per ann. to the school; and Mr. Edward Mayhew 5l. per annum towards clothing the children. The trustees with some savings made an advantageous purchase of a piece of ground called Cambridge Heath in the parish, near the Hackney road, now let on building leases for 95 years, at the rent of 43 l. per ann. They have also a stock of 550l. South Sea annuities. With these funds they are enabled to educate 50 boys, and to supply them with shoes, stockings, and books. The school-master has 50l. per ann. and coals; the six alms-men, 5l. per ann. each, with a certain allowance of coals. A subscription-school has been instituted also in this parish, to which various benefactions have been given to the amount of above 1200l. as appears from the tables in the church (fn. 28). The funds being farther augmented by an annual subscription and occasional charity sermons, 30 boys, and the like number of girls, are thereby clothed, educated, and put out apprentices.
Bethnal-Green, containing about seven acres, was purchased by the principal inhabitants in the year 1667, of Lady Wentworth, lady of the manor of Stepney, for the sum of 200l. The property was then vested in trustees, who were to let it to the best advantage, and divide the rents between the poor inhabitants of the Green only, in coals and money. It now produces 34l. 16s. per ann. About three acres of it are inclosed within a nursery-ground.
The drapers' and dyers' alms-houses, and those founded by Captain Fisher in 1711, are situated within this parish. The two last have no farther connection with it. The former was founded in 1698, by John Pennell, citizen and draper, for four poor widows of seamen who have been in the service of the East India Company, and are of the parish of Stepney: one of these is always chosen from Bethnal-Green, the endowment having taken place previous to its separation from that parish. The poor of Bethnal-Green are entitled, on the same account, to an interest in Priscilla Coborne's legacy to the widows of seamen, and other benefactions left to Stepney before the year 1743. The average number of poor in the work-house is about 450.
On the Green there is a meeting-house for the Presbyterian Dissenters.
Burial-ground of the Dutch Jews:
Near Ducking-pond-row, within the parish of Bethnal-Green, is a burial-ground of the Dutch Jews belonging to the synagogue at BricklayersHall, in Leadenhall-street. The tombs of the Levites, whose office it is to pour water (in the synagogue) upon the hands of the Cohens, (or those of the tribe of Aaron,) are distinguished by the device of a hand pouring water out of a flagon; those of the tribe of Judah, by the device of two hands with the thumbs joined. The inscriptions are for the most part in Hebrew only. The following is one of the few English epitaphs:
Mrs.
S earch England or the universe around, A doctress so compleat cannot be found; M edicines prepar'd from herbs remove each ill, P ersect great cures and proclaim her skill: S ome hundreds her assistance frequent claim, O ften recorded by the trump of fame—N ow, reader, see if you can tell her name.
Instances of longevity:
The date is 5550, which corresponds with 1790 of the Christian æra. Among the principal persons interred in this ground are Moses Jacob, founder of the synagogue above-mentioned, who died anno 1781; Lipman Spiar, a rabbi (no date); Dr. Benjamin Wolf Yonker, 1785; Mr. Daniel Mentz, son-in-law to Dr. de Folk, 1788; Michael Jacobs, Esq. 1788; Isaac Abraham, reader of the congregation, 1790; Anne, wife of Moses Levy, merchant, 1790. Two instances of remarkable longevity occur; viz. Mr. Solomon Myers, who died in 1778, aged 98; and Sarah Joseph, who died in 1782, at the age (according to her epitaph) of 107 years and 10 months. The keeper of the burial-ground assured me that she was a year older.
Footnotes:
1. Alice de Bathon died 2 Edw. I. seized of 2 messuage, &c. in Stepney, Esch. 2 Ed. I. No. 1. John de Bathonia her son, died 19 Edw. I. Esch. No. 13.
2. Described by that name, and directed to be so called in the act of parliament.
3. Percy's Reliques of Ancient Poetry, vol. ii. p. 162.
4. Stow's Survey of London, edit. 1755. vol. ii. p. 47.
5. Sir Hugh Platt is described as of Kirby Castle, in the epitaph of his son (who died A. D. 1637) at Highgate. In 1594, Sir Hugh lived at the neighbouring house, called Bishop's Hall, as he says himself, in his "Jewell-house of Art and Nature."
6. Funeral certificate.
7. Court-rolls of the manor.
8. Biograph. Brit.
9. Ibid.
10. Funeral certificate.
11. The Museum Minervæ was an academy instituted by Sir Francis Kynaston, (Esquire of the body to Charles the First,) A.D. 1635, in which year the king granted his letters-patent, whereby a house in Covent-garden, which Sir Francis had purchased, and furnished with books, manuscripts, musical and mathematical instruments, paintings, statues, antiques, &c. was appropriated for ever as a college for the education of the young nobility and others, under the name of the Museum Minervæ. Sir Francis Kynaston was made the governor under the title of Regent; Edward May, Thomas Hunt, Nicholas Phiske, John Spidell, Walter Salter, Michael Mason, fellows and professors of philosophy and medicine, music, astronomy, geometry, languages, &c. They had power to elect prosessors also of horsemanship, dancing, painting, engraving, &c.; were made a body corporate, were permitted to use a common seal, and to possess goods and lands in mortmain. Pat. 11 Car. pt. 8. No. 14. Sir Francis Kynaston published the Constitutions of the Museum Minervæ.
12. The terms for teaching all these arts and sciences were 61. per month, of which 3l. was charged for teaching to ride the great horse. Gentlemen were boarded at 3l. per month. No gentleman of age bound to engage to board for more than one month; those of 16 or 18 years old for a quarter of a year. Perfect Diurnal, Feb. 11, 1650.
13. On Wednesday next, the second public gratis lecture concerning cosmography, "with 'other academical entertainments for the lo"vers of learning." Perfect Diurnal, Nov. 23, 1649. Wednesday, 12 Dec. "Lecture "on navigation, succinct orations in Hebrew "on the creation of the world, with an aca"demical entertainment of music, so there be "time for the same." Perfect Diurnal, Dec. 7–14. "The lecture for the next week designed for the ladies and honourable women of this nation on the art of speaking." Perfect Occurrences, Dec. 14. "Sir Balthazer Gerbier desires, that if any lady or virtuous matron will attend his lectures, they will give notice, that they may be the better accommodated according to their quality." Several Proceedings of Parliament, Dec. 21–. Feb. 20, Lecture on music, gratis; when those who are expert in the art have promised to make good what the lecture says in commendation of it." Perfect Diurnal, Feb. 11, &c. 1650. "July 30, was exhibited a Spanish ancient Brazilean course, called Juego de Cannas—the throwing of darts against the desendants with shields, (the ground white, covered with flaming stars: the motto,"sans vouloir mal faire,") with an intermixed seigned fight with the sword, and the running of the ring." Perfect Occurrences, July 27, 1649. Some of the public exercises above-mentioned were in the White Friars, whither Sir Balthazer removed his academy in the winter. In some of his advertisements he complains much of "the extraordinary concourse of unruly people who robbed him, (Tuesday's Journal, Aug. 17, 1649,) and treated with savage rudeness his extraordinary services." Several Proceedings of Parliament, Jan. 11, 1650.
14. Perfect Occurrences, Dec. 14, 1649.
15. "All my other speeches, of what colour soever, I give to help Sir Balthazer's art of well speaking."
16. In one of his advertisements, he prosesses to lend from one shilling to fix, gratis, to such as are in extreme need, and have not wherewithal to endeavour their subsistence; whereas, week by week, they may drive on some trade." In the same advertisement he says, "the rarities heretofore-mentioned in a small printed bill are exposed to sale daily at the academy." Perfect Diurnal, March 4, 1650.
17. Whitlock's Memorials, p. 441.
18. After his return, he advertised a narrative of the ill usage he had received from the Dutch, who killed one of his daughters, wounded another, and threatened his own life. In his advertisement he recommends a settlement in South America, whence might be procured, he says, sugar, tobacco, indigo, cotton, spices, gums, colours, drugs, and dying materials." Mercurius Politicus, Dec. 6–13, 1660.
19. Biograph. Brit.
20. Biograph. Brit. new edit.
21. Biograph. Brit. and Nichols's Anecdotes of Bowyer, p. 317.
22. Repertorium, vol. i. p. 743. I think it does not seem clear that the chapel, with a messuage under the same roof leased by Bishop Bonner, 1 Edw. VI. to Sir Ralph Warren, was this chapel on the Green.
23. P. 17. Lord Wentworth had the manor.
24. See p. 29, note 5.
25. The clerk's books have not been preserved between the years 1762 and 1789.
26. Annual Register.
27. Ibid.
28. The principal benefactors were Mr. James Le Grew, who, in 1778, gave the sum of 100l. 3 per cents.; James Limborough, Esq. in 1783, 300l. 3 per cent. consol. Bank ann.; Mr. Michael Le Mounier in 1783, 50l.; Mr. George Leeds in 1785, 100l. 4 per cent. consol.; Mr. Peter Debeze in 1791, 500l. 3 per cent. New South Sea annuities : all the above benefactions, except Mr. Le Grew's, were by will.
BETHNAL GREEN.
Origin of the Name—The Ballad of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green—Kirby's Castle—The Bethnal Green Museum—Sir Richard Wallace's Collection—Nichol Street and its Population—The French Hospital in Bethnal Green and its present Site.
According to Mr. Lysons, Bethnal Green probably derives its name from the old family of the Bathons, who had possessions in Stepney in the reign of Edward I.
The old ballad of "the Beggar of Bethnal Green," written in the reign of Elizabeth, records the popular local legend of the concealment under this disguise of Henry de Montford, son of the redoubtable Earl of Leicester. He was wounded at Evesham, fighting by his father's side, and was found among the dead by a baron's daughter, who sold her jewels to marry him, and assumed with him a beggar's attire, to preserve his life. Their only child, a daughter, was the "Pretty Bessie" of the bailad in Percy.
"My father, shee said, is soone to be seene,
The seely blind beggar of Bednall Green,
That daylye sits begging for charitie,
He is the good father of pretty Bessee.
"His markes and his tokens are knowen very well,
He alwayes is led with a dogg and a bell;
A seely old man, God knoweth, is hee,
Yet hee is the father of pretty Bessee."
The sign-posts at Bethnal Green have for centuries preserved the memory of this story; the beadles' staffs were adorned in accordance with the ballad; and the inhabitants, in the early part of the century, used to boldly point out an ancient house on the Green as the palace of the Blind Beggar, and show two special turrets as the places where he deposited his gains.
This old house, called in the Survey of 1703 Bethnal Green House, was in reality built in the reign of Elizabeth by John Kirby, a rich London citizen. He was ridiculed at the time for his extravagance, in some rhymes which classed him with other similar builders, and which ranked Kirby's Castle with "Fisher's Folly, Spinila's Pleasure, and Megse's Glory." It was eventually turned into a madhouse. Sir Richard Gresham, father of the builder of the Royal Exchange, was a frequent resident at Bethnal Green.
The opening, in 1872, of an Eastern branch of the South Kensington Museum at Bethnal Green was the result of the untiring efforts of Mr. Cole, aided by Sir Antonio Brady, the Rev. Septimus Hansard, rector of Bethnal Green, and Mr. Clabon, Dr. Millar, and other gentlemen interested in the district, and was crowned with success by the princely liberality of Sir Richard Wallace (the inheritor of the Marquis of Hertford's thirty years' collection of art treasures), who offered to the education committee the loan of all his pictures and many other works of art. The Prince and Princess of Wales were present at the opening of the Museum, which took place June 24, 1872.
Sir Richard Wallace's collection, which occupied the whole of the upper galleries, comprised not only an assemblage of ancient and modern paintings in oil, by the greatest masters of past or modern times, a beautiful gallery of water-colour drawings, miniatures, and enamels by French, German, and British artists, but also some fine specimens of bronzes, art porcelain and pottery, statuary, snuffboxes, decorative furniture, and jewellers' and goldsmiths' work. The collection was strongest in Dutch and modern French pictures. Cuyp was represented by eleven pictures, Hobbema by five, Maes by four, Metzu by six, Mieris by nine, Netscher by four, Jan Steen by four, Teniers by five, Vanderneer by six, A. Vandevelde by three, W. Vandevelde by eight, Philip Wouvermans by five, Rubens by eleven, Rembrandt by eleven, Vandyck by six. In the Italian school the collection was deficient in early masters, but there were excellent specimens of Da Vinci, Andrea del Sarto, Carlo Dolce, and Canaletto. Of the Spanish school there were fine specimens of Murillo and Velasquez. The French school was well represented—Greuze by twentytwo works, Watteau by eleven, Boucher by eleven, Lancret by nine, and Fragonard by five. There were forty-one works by Horace Vernet, thirteen by Bellangé, four by Pils, fifteen by Delaroche, five by Ary Scheffer, two by Delacroix, two by Robert Fleury, five by Géricault, six by Prud'hon, twelve by Roqueplan, thirty-one by Decamps, and fifteen by Meissonier.
In the English collection Sir Joshua Reynolds stood pre-eminent. His matchless portrait of "Nelly O'Brien" stood out as beautiful and bewitching as ever, though the finer carnations had to some extent flown. The childish innocence of the "Strawberry Girl" found thousands of admirers, though the picture has faded to a disastrous degree; and "Love me, Love my Dog," had crowds of East-end admirers.
Among the superb portraits by Reynolds, in his most florid manner, "Lady Elizabeth SeymourConway," and "Frances Countess of Lincoln," daughters of the first Marquis of Hertford, and one of "Mrs. Hoare and Son" (a masterpiece), were the most popular. The mildness and dignity of Reynolds was supplemented by the ineffable grace and charm of Gainsborough. Novices in art were astonished at the naiveté of "Miss Haverfield," one of the most delightful child-portraits ever painted. The fine works of Bonington, a painter of genius little known, astonished those who were ignorant of his works. Among his finest productions at Bethnal Green were "The Ducal Palace at Venice," "The Earl of Surrey and the Fair Geraldine," and "Henri IV. of France and the Spanish Ambassador." This king, to the horror of the proud hidalgo, is carrying his children pick-a-back.
Among the French pictures there were eleven first-rate Bouchers. This protégé of Madame de Pompadour was a great favourite with the Marquis, and at Bethnal Green one saw him at his best. There was a portrait of "The Pompadour," quite coquettishly innocent, and those well-known pictures, "The Sleeping Shepherdess," the "Amphitrite," and the "Jupiter disguised as Diana." Three sacred pictures by Philippe de Champagne, showed us French religious art of the most ascetic kind, presenting a striking contrast to the gaiety and license of French art in general. In Greuze we find the affected simplicity and the forced sentiment of the age before the Revolution in its most graceful form, "The Bacchante," "The Broken Mirror," "The Broken Eggs," and the peerless portrait of "Sophie Arnould," enabled even those unacquainted with the charm of this painter to appreciate his merits. Lancret, the contemporary of Boucher, was represented by many works, among which the critics at once decided on the pre-eminence of "The Broken Necklace," and a portrait of the famous dancer, "Mdlle. Camargo." Lepicié was represented by his "Teaching to Read," and "The Breakfast," capital pieces of character. Watteau, that delightful painter of theatrical landscape, was a favourite of the Marquis, and at Bethnal Green appeared his fairy-like "Landscape with Pastoral Groups," his delightful "Conversation Humourieuse," and his inimitable "Arlequin and Colombine." What painter conveys so fully the enjoyment of a fête champêtre or the grace of coquettish woman? A dazzling array of twenty-six Decamps included the ghastly "Execution in the East," and that wonderful sketch of Turkish children, "The Breaking-up of a Constantinople School." The fifteen Paul Delaroche's comprised "The Repose in Egypt," one of the finest pictures in the collection; "The Princes in the Tower hearing the approach of the Murderers," and that powerful picture, "The Last Sickness of Cardinal Mazarin." Amongst the specimens of that high-minded painter, Ary Scheffer, we had the "Francesca da Rimini," one of the most touching of the painter's works, and the "Margaret at the Fountain." Eugene Delacroix, Meissonier, Rosa Bonheur, Horace Vernet, Gaspar and Nicholas Poussin, and many other well-known artists, are also represented in this part of the great collection.
"Nichols Street," says a newspaper writer of 1862, writing of Bethnal Green in its coarser aspects, "New Nichols Street, Half Nichols Street, Turvile Street, comprising within the same area numerous blind courts and alleys, form a densely crowded district in Bethnal Green. Among its inhabitants may be found street-vendors of every kind of produce, travellers to fairs, tramps, dog-fanciers, dogstealers, men and women sharpers, shoplifters, and pickpockets. It abounds with the young Arabs of the streets, and its outward moral degradation is at once apparent to any one who passes that way. Here the police are certain to be found, day and night, their presence being required to quell riots and to preserve decency. Sunday is a day much devoted to pet pigeons and to bird-singing clubs; prizes are given to such as excel in note, and a ready sale follows each award. Time thus employed was formerly devoted to cock-fighting. In this locality, twenty-five years ago, an employer of labour, Mr. Jonathan Duthiot, made an attempt to influence the people for good, by the hire of a room for meeting purposes. The first attendance consisted of one person. Persistent efforts were, however, made; other rooms have from time to time been taken and enlarged; there is a hall for Christian instruction, and another for educational purposes; illustrated lectures are delivered; a loanlibrary has been established, also a clothing-club and penny bank, and training-classes for industrial purposes."
Mr. Smiles, in his "Huguenots in London," has an interesting page on the old French Hospital in Bethnal Green:—"Among the charitable institutions founded by the refugees for the succour of their distressed fellow-countrymen in England," says Mr. Smiles, "the most important was the French Hospital. This establishment owes its origin to a M. de Gastigny, a French gentleman, who had been Master of the Buckhounds to William III., in Holland, while Prince of Orange. At his death, in 1708, he bequeathed a sum of £1,000 towards founding an hospital, in London, for the relief of distressed French Protestants. The money was placed at interest for eight years, during which successive benefactions were added to the fund. In 1716, a piece of ground in Old Street, St. Luke's, was purchased of the Ironmongers' Company, and a lease was taken from the City of London of some adjoining land, forming altogether an area of about four acres, on which a building was erected, and fitted up for the reception of eighty poor Protestants of the French nation. In 1718, George I. granted a charter of incorporation to the governor and directors of the hospital, under which the Earl of Galway was appointed the first governor. Shortly after, in November, 1718, the opening of the institution was celebrated by a solemn act of religion, and the chapel was consecrated amidst a great concourse of refugees and their descendants, the Rev. Philip Menard, minister of the French chapel of St. James's, conducting the service on the occasion.
"From that time the funds of the institution steadily increased. The French merchants of Toulon, who had been prosperous in trade, liberally contributed towards its support, and legacies and donations multiplied. Lord Galway bequeathed a thousand pounds to the hospital, in 1720, and in the following year Baron Hervart de Huningue gave a donation of £4,000. The corporation were placed in the possession of ample means, and they accordingly proceeded to erect additional buildings, in which they were enabled, by the year 1760, to give an asylum to 234 poor people."
The French Hospital has recently been removed from its original site to Victoria Park, where a handsome building has been erected as an hospital, for the accommodation of forty men and twenty women, after the designs of Mr. Robert Lewis Roumieu, architect, one of the directors, Mr. Roumieu being himself descended from an illustrious Huguenot family—the Roumieus of Languedoc.
A Tudor ballad, the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green, tells the story of an ostensibly poor man who gave a surprisingly generous dowry for his daughter's wedding. The tale furnishes the parish of Bethnal Green's coat of arms. According to one version of the legend, found in Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry published in 1765, the beggar was said to be Henry, the son of Simon de Montfort, but Percy himself declared that this version was not genuine.[3] The Blind Beggar public house in Whitechapel is reputed to be the site of his begging.
Boxing has a long association with Bethnal Green. Daniel Mendoza, who was champion of England from 1792 to 1795 though born in Aldgate, lived in Paradise Row on the western side of Bethnal Green for 30 years. Since then numerous boxers have been associated with the area, and the local leisure centre, York Hall, remains notable for presentation of boxing bouts.
In 1841, the Anglo-Catholic Nathaniel Woodard, who was to become a highly influential educationalist in the later part of the 19th century, became the curate of the newly created St. Bartholomew's in Bethnal Green. He was a capable pastoral visitor and established a parochial school. In 1843, he got into trouble for preaching a sermon in St. Bartholomew's in which he argued that the Book of Common Prayer should have additional material to provide for confession and absolution and in which he criticised the 'inefficient and Godless clergy' of the Church of England. After examining the text of the sermon, the Bishop of London condemned it as containing 'erroneous and dangerous notions'. As a result, the bishop sent Woodard to be a curate in Clapton.
We visited Kryal Castle in January, 1977. It was in its infancy then, having only been open just over two years. This is me locked in the stocks set-up in the castle compound.
Kryal Castle is an Australian replica medieval castle located on a foothill of Mount Warrenheip at Dunnstown 8 km from Ballarat. It was built in 1972 and opened to the public in 1974 by Keith Ryall, who gave the castle his namesake, having made his fortune selling body armour. The castle has many features including a moat, drawbridge, maze, castle towers, stocks medical museum, armoury. It also features shows such as jousting, public whipping, a jester juggler, fire eating and a "Wax Of Torture" museum. It also has accommodation and performs weddings. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryal_Castle
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Kryal Castle is an Australian replica medieval castle located on a foothill of Mount Warrenheip at Dunnstown 8 km from Ballarat. It was built in 1972 and opened to the public in 1974 by Keith Ryall, who gave the castle his namesake, having made his fortune selling body armour. The castle has many features including a moat, drawbridge, maze, castle towers, stocks medical museum, armoury. It also features shows such as jousting, public whipping, a jester juggler, fire eating and a "Wax Of Torture" museum. It also has accommodation and performs weddings. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryal_Castle
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How Digital Health Saved My Life
While digital health to many is still in it’s infancy, the stories of success are beginning to emerge. Don’t miss this unforgettable session where we’ll hear real accounts of life-changing, lifesaving digital health in action. Speakers include: Masatake Eto, Director, Managing Executive Officer / Member, A&D Company, Limited / Continua Health Alliance, Jason Goldberg, President, IDEAL LIFE INC., Claudia Graham, VP, Global Access, Dexcom, Inc., Terry Gregg, CEO, Dexcom, Inc., Nathan Harding, Co-Founder, CEO, Ekso Bionics, and Dr. Saroj Misra, Osteopathic Family Physician/Program director, St. John Providence Health System, St. John Providence Health System.
SPEAKERS:
Masatake Eto, Director, Managing Executive Officer / Member, A&D Company, Limited / Continua Health Alliance, @Continua
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Jason Goldberg, President, IDEAL LIFE INC., @IDEALLIFE1
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Claudia Graham, VP, Global Access, Dexcom, Inc., @dexcom
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Terry Gregg, @terry_gregg, CEO, Dexcom, Inc., @dexcom
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Nathan Harding, Co-Founder, CEO, Ekso Bionics, @EksoBionics
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Paul Thacker, @paulthacker11, Ambassador, Ekso Bionics, @EksoBionics
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Dr. Saroj Misra, Osteopathic Family Physician/Program director, St. John Providence Health System, St. John Providence Health System, @StJohnProv
WEBSITE: bit.ly/1bW6DZS
FACEBOOK: on.fb.me/1dsnWB5
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In the 1840s, when Bournemouth was very much in its infancy, the wealthy Talbot family from Surrey used to come and stay at one of the new villas that had recently been built on the east cliff.
The house was called Hinton Wood House, which later became the Hintonwood Hotel, since demolished and replaced by a tower block called Hintonwood.
Whilst staying in the area the family's two daughters, Georgina and Mary [ Marianne ] Talbot, were touched by the plight of some of the poor, and vowed to do something to help.
At this point there was relatively little development in Bournemouth, and the town's first official boundary, set as being within a one mile radius of today's Pier Approach, wouldn't come into force until 1856.
It is very unlikely that there were any noticeable numbers of poor in the vicinity of Hinton Wood House, where the Talbots were staying, although there would have been poor agricultural workers further afield, in areas such as Holdenhurst, Throop and Kinson.
It is likely the large villas, and more specifically the wealthy families within them, would have attracted the less well off to possible employment opportunities such as domestic servants, cooks and gardeners, so perhaps that is how the Talbot Sisters came into contact with the poor.
Another possibility is that tinkers and gypsies in the area would make a beeline to the wealthy visitors and plead desperate poverty in the hope of a hand out.
Whatever happened, the Talbot Sisters were sufficiently moved to use the money at their disposal to purchase some land upon which to build cottages with smallholdings, a number of farms, almshouses, a church and a school.
Work to construct the village began in 1850, with most being completed in just over a decade.
Tenants paid a rent and were expected to make a living working the land associated with their property.
The area covered by Talbot Village was originally larger than the current village as much of the surrounding farmland has been sold for development including the land that Bournemouth University and the Talbot Heath Estate, that eminates from Fern Barrow, now occupies, just across the border in Poole.
Wallisdown Rd that runs past the village is the boundary between the two towns.
Most of Talbot Village lay within the parish of Kinson which became part of Bournemouth in 1931.
Today the heart of Talbot Village remains as a conservation area, with many of it's buildings being grade 2 listed, standing discreetly amongst pines and woodland, mostly hidden from the busy Wallisdown Rd by tall hedges.
Lollipop Farmhouse, one of the village's former farms stands nearby at 74 Columbia Rd.
It fell into disrepair and stood derelict before it was fully restored in the late 1980s, and renamed Lollipop Cottage.
The last of the village's working farms, Highmoor Farm, stands next to the Bournemouth University / Talbot Heath Estate development, on the opposite side of Wallisdown Rd to Talbot Village itself, and therefore lying within the Borough of Poole.
In 2011 the Talbot Village Trust decided that the farm was no longer viable and decided to sell what remained of the farm's land to Poole Council for a housing development that includes 378 homes, 151 of which are affordable housing, including student accommodation.
This has understandably led to a sometimes fierce opposition from local residents. For further info click the link below.
The Talbot Village Trust survives as a charity and continues the good work started by the Talbot Sisters all those years ago, giving at least £800,000 to good causes in the East Dorset area each year.
The plan to redevelop the former Highmoor Farm site.
www.talbotvillageapplication.co.uk/trust_bkgrnd.html
www.bournemouth.gov.uk/PlanningBuildings/ConservationDesi...
In 1916, internal combustion power was in its infancy and most railway locomotives were powered by steam. However, the smoke, steam and night-time glow of the fire on a steam loco were a disadvantage near the front line, as they allowed the enemy to identify and attack trains and railway lines. All participants in the Somme therefore used petrol-powered locomotives in forward areas, supported by steam locos to the rear.
The Motor Rail & Tramcar company supplied hundreds of ‘Simplex’ petrol-mechanical locomotives to the British army, in 20HP and 40HP variants. The larger 40HP locos were delivered with three varieties of bodywork: ‘Open’, ‘Protected’ or ‘Armoured’. Their 4-cylinder, 8-litre petrol engine was thirsty and had a terrible power/weight ratio, but was robust and easily maintained. After the war, many were reconditioned and sold, and some were still operating in industrial service 50 years later.
The Ffestiniog Railway purchased a reconditioned 40HP loco in 1923, primarily for shunting duties. It was a ‘cut and shut’ job using the frame and engine of an ‘Open’ locomotive with the bodywork of a ‘Protected’ type; presumably combining the good bits of two war-weary locos. It was the last loco in operation in 1946 and the first to be used by the preservationists in 1954. It has appeared in a number of guises over the years but was returned to a largely original appearance for the event at Froissy, replacing the roof and a missing end panel, adding numberplates and receiving a new coat of paint. The original petrol engine is still going strong; the heat, smell, noise and backache associated with driving this tin box is an experience I would only recommend to the most hardy railwayman. How much worse must it have been with shells, shrapnel and bullets flying?
Here the Simplex trundles through the wooded area along the banks of the Somme canal with a short freight train of contemporary wagons.