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Fairfield is part of the Church of England parish of Brookland and Fairfield on Walland Marsh (part of Romney Marsh) in the Shepway District of Kent, England. Until 1934 it was a civil parish, but was then absorbed into the civil parish of Snargate.The area lies west of the village of Brookland.
The area is most notable for the isolated church of St Thomas a Becket, a Grade I listed building, in the Romney Deanery.
This church was used as a filming location for the 2011 BBC adaption of Great Expectations.
Fairfield lies between Brookland and Brenzett on a minor road in a deserted part of the Walland Marsh .
The area was won from the sea (inned) sometime between 1200 and 1270. The monks from Canterbury built dykes to the western edge of the Rhee Wall (the sea defenses built by the Romans) and enclosed the land so reclaiming the rich and fertile soil from the sea.
1287 saw the great storm in which Broomhill was swept away and New Romney barely survived. The Rother changed its course to the sea, and exited the marshes at Rye, whereas before the storm the river found its way to the sea near to modern day Greatstone and Littlestone .
Fayrefelde existed before 1595 as a map of the time shows the village approximately where the church now sits. It is likely that as the land became more reclaimed so the village sprung up.
Nowadays all that can be seen is the church lying down from the road embankment which is probably the original inning wall. The church was built as a temporary structure of timber lath and plaster in the 1200's to support the local farming community. The exterior has been strengthened with brick, and in 1913 the whole building was reconstructed and encased to preserve it.
St Thomas a Beckett at Fairfield is one of those churches supported by the Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust .
Dutch postcard, 1967 by 't Sticht, Utrecht, no. AX 6305.
Today, it was announced that Dutch singer and actress Liesbeth List (1941) passed away last Wednesday, 25 March 2020. List was known as the Grande Dame of the Dutch chanson, thanks to songs like 'Pastorale', 'Aan de andere kant van de heuvels' (On the other side of the hills), and 'Kinderen een kwartje' (Children a quarter). She became popular during the 1960s and frequently collaborated with Ramses Shaffy. List sang Jacques Brel's chansons in a Dutch translation, and also acted in a few Dutch films. Liesbeth List was 78.
Liesbeth List was born Elisabeth 'Elly' Dorathea Driessen in 1941 in Bandoeng, Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia). Her parents were separated in 1942 when during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, her father was forced to work in coal mines. List and her mother were sent to one of the many camps set up exclusively to contain Dutch occupants of Indonesia. Such camps were known under the Dutch nickname 'jappenkamp' (Jap-Camp). The circumstances in which List and her mother lived in the camp were very hard on her mother, who developed depression. Four years later, the Netherlands freed the East Indies of the Japanese occupation, and List and her mother were set free. They were reunited with their father and husband, but a few weeks later, List's mother committed suicide. List and her father returned to the Netherlands, where her father remarried. His new wife, however, frequently clashed with List. At the age of seven, the child's services took List away. It was thought List's father was deceased, and she was placed in an orphanage. After it was revealed List's father was still alive, she was placed back with her father and stepmother. In 1948, during a trip to Dutch island Vlieland, List's stepmother was told that the owner of a hotel on Vlieland and his wife were seeking to adopt a child. Liesbeth List was subsequently given up by her father and adopted by this couple, whose surname was List.
As a teenager, Liesbeth List was very interested in culture and music. She moved to Amsterdam in 1959, aged 18, where she did a fashion study and had a job as a secretary. She appeared on TV in the talent show Nieuwe Oogst/New harvest, after which she was signed to collaborate with legendary Dutch singer Ramses Shaffy in the theatre show 'Shaffy Chantant'. They first started this show, in which they performed well-known chansons, in 1964. In 1965, the duo was awarded at the Knokke Song Contest in Knokke, Belgium. Their duet 'Pastorale' became a hit at the charts and has grown into an evergreen in the lowlands. This success caused List to focus on a musical career and to release her debut album in 1966. In 1967, Mikis Theodorakis asked her to collaborate on an LP of his Mauthausen Ballad, describing the persecution of Jews during the Second World War in dramatic chansons. The LP was a critical and commercial success. List was also successful with an LP containing cover versions of songs by Jacques Brel: the LP was certified gold.
In 1969, Liesbeth List was awarded a press prize at a television festival in Montreux. The prize was awarded to her for a television show, directed by Bob Rooijens. This foreign acclaim caused List to focus more on international success. She started recording more cover versions of well-known artists, such as Gilbert Bécaud. List's success continued with the release of more LPs and continued acting career in television, film, and stage. In 1972 she made with the American singer, songwriter Rod McKuen the album 'Two against the morning'. In 1973 she recorded in England the album: 'Meet lovely Liesbeth List.' Her album: 'Liesbeth List sings Jacques Brel' was released in the USA in 1972. In 1976, she recorded an album with songs of Charles Aznavour 'Charles Aznavour presents Liesbeth List'. She sang with him the duet 'Don't say a word.' As an actress, she became known for such films as the Dutch thriller To Grab the Ring (Nikolai van der Heyde, 1968) with Ben Carruthers and Françoise Brion, the German drama Zum Abschied Chrysanthemen/Goodbye with Mums (Florian Furtwängler, 1974) with Maria Furtwängler and Christine Kaufmann, and the Knut Hamsun adaptation Mysteries/Evil Mysteries (Paul de Lussanet, 1978) starring Rutger Hauer and Sylvia Kristel. She also appeared in several TV films and series, including the Dutch TV film De liefdeswacht/The love guard (Dimitri Frenkel Frank, 1974) with Ramses Shaffy, and Een heel dun laagje goud/A very thin layer of gold (Dimitri Frenkel Frank, 1978) with Robert Long.
Liesbeth List took a short break when she became pregnant with her first child. She and her husband Robert Braaksma had a daughter, Elisah, in 1983, when List was 41. List ceased her activities to care for her child for six years. Hence in 1988, List made her return to the public eye, starring in a theatre programme titled 'List NU'. In 1990, she started another, similar show, but it gained neither critical nor commercial success, causing List to accept her career had ended. Producer Frank Boeijen revived List's career. She released three more albums since she first contacted him. In 2009 she released a new CD called 'Verloren & Gewonnen'. Liesbeth List has also appeared in musicals, such as 'Eindeloos' (Endless) in 1997 and 'Piaf' in 1999. In the latter production, she played the title role of the legendary French singer Edith Piaf. Ten years later she played Piaf again, but then at a later age. She was awarded a Johnny Kraaijkamp Musical Award for both performances. In 2014 her husband Robert Braaksma passed away. In 2017 there was a musical about Liesbeth List herself, 'Liesbeth de Musical'. The main role was played by Renée van Wegberg. In the same year List announced that she stopped performing, partly because she suffered from a form of dementia. During her long career, List received several major Dutch awards including two Edisons (1971 and 1995) and a Gouden Harp (Golden Harp, 1998). Liesbeth List passed away in her hometown Soest, the Netherlands, at the age of 78.
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I took this photograph at Lodge Corner during the HSCC Pre ’60 Historic Sports Car Championship race at the HSCC Spring Historic Race Meeting at Oulton Park in May 1987. It's a 3.8 litre Lister Jaguar driven by Aidan Mills-Thomas and has the 'knobbly' body which featured on the early Lister Jaguars. The car was apparently severely damaged at one point, to the extent that it's registration number (WTM 446) and chassis number (BHL126) were transferred to another Lister Jaguar. This change of identity was subsequently disputed, and the result was an extremely expensive court case in which the judge finally decided that it was not his place to decide such a matter.
Listed Building Grade II
List Entry Number : 1086562
Date First Listed : 12 November 1984
Built in the 18th century, a stone house that became a Post Office with a modillioned eaves cornice and a green slate roof. It has two storeys and three bays. In the centre is a segmental-headed doorway, and the windows are sashes, those in the ground floor with segmental heads.
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The Grade I Listed Church of St Mary de Castro a Grade I Listed Building on Castle View in Leicester, Leicestershire.
The church was founded in 1107 when Henry I of England took the lands and castle from a rebellious owner and granted them instead to Robert de Beaumont. Beaumont established it as a collegiate church within Leicester Castle bailey as a college served by a Dean and 12 Canons in honour of the Virgin Mary and All Souls and as a chantry chapel for the souls of him, his family and the first three Norman kings. He endowed this and 4 other churches with £6 of his income and land in or near the city.
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Listed Building Grade II
List Entry Number : 1270200
Date First Listed : 20 June 1972
Two early 19th century shops with living accommodation above, they are rendered with a slate roof, and have three storeys. No. 64 on the right has two bays, and No. 66 has one. In the ground floor are shop fronts, and No. 66 has a timber cornice. In the upper floors is one sash window, the others being casements.
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Listed Building Grade II
List Entry Number : 1196989
Date First Listed : 23 May 1993
Built in the mid 1890's as a house and a shop on a semicircular corner site, in sandstone with a string course, modillions, and a hipped slate roof. There are two storeys and five bays. The shop front is divided into panels with rounded arches containing stained glass, and with a doorway, all flanked by pilasters. To the right is a doorway with a stone surround and a fanlight. In the upper floor are sash windows in moulded quoined surrounds.
The Grade I Listed Liverpool Cathedral on St James's Mount in Liverpool, Merseyside.
The cathedral is based on a design by Giles Gilbert Scott in Gothic Revival style. The total external length of the building, including the Lady Chapel (dedicated to the Blessed Virgin), is 207 yards making it the longest cathedral in the world; its internal length is 160 yards. In terms of overall volume, Liverpool Cathedral ranks as the fifth-largest cathedral in the world and contests with the incomplete Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City for the title of largest Anglican Church building. With a height of 331 feet, it is also one of the world's tallest non-spired church buildings and the third-tallest structure in the city of Liverpool.
It is one of two Cathedrals in the city, the other, the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral of Liverpool, is situated approximately half a mile to the north. The cathedrals are linked by Hope Street, which takes its name from William Hope, a local merchant whose house stood on the site now occupied by the Philharmonic Hall and was named long before either cathedral was built.
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BLM Winter Bucket List #27: Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona, for Day Hikes Among the Saguaro
The Sonoran Desert National Monument, a part of the BLM’s National Conservation Lands, contains more than 487,000 acres of Sonoran Desert landscape. In the most biologically diverse of the North American deserts, the Sonoran Desert National Monument includes an extensive saguaro cactus forest and three distinct mountain ranges - the Maricopa, Sand Tank, and Table Top Mountains. The monument is also home to three congressionally-designated wilderness areas, many significant archaeological and historic sites, and remnants of several important historic trails.
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The Grade I Listed Liverpool Cenotaph on St George's Plateau in Liverpool, Merseyside.
It was erected as a memorial to those who had fallen in the First World War. The dates of the Second World War were subsequently added. The cenotaph consists of a rectangular block of stone on a stone platform, with bronze, low-relief sculptures on the sides depicting marching troops and mourners. It was designed by Lionel Budden, with carving by Herbert Tyson Smith.
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The Grade I listed Worcester Cathedral which before the English Reformation was known as Worcester Priory. In Worcester, Worcestershire.
It is the seat of the Bishop of Worcester and its official name is The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary the Virgin of Worcester. Built between 1084 and 1504, Worcester Cathedral represents every style of English architecture from Norman to Perpendicular Gothic. It is famous for its Norman crypt and unique chapter house, its unusual Transitional Gothic bays, its fine woodwork and its "exquisite" central tower, which is of particularly fine proportions.
What is now the Cathedral was founded in 680 as a Priory, with Bishop Bosel at its head. The first priory was built in this period, but nothing now remains of it. The crypt of the present-day cathedral dates from the 10th century and the time of St Oswald, Bishop of Worcester. The monastery became Benedictine in the second half of the tenth century. The Priory came to an end with King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries, and the Benedictine monks were removed on 18 January 1540 and replaced by secular canons. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the former Priory was re-established as a cathedral of secular clergy. In the 1860s the cathedral was subject to major restoration work planned by Sir George Gilbert Scott and A. E. Perkins.
Worcester Cathedral embodies many features that are highly typical of an English medieval cathedral. Like the cathedrals of Salisbury and Lincoln, it has two transepts crossing the nave, rather than the single transept usual on the Continent. This feature of English Cathedrals was to facilitate the private saying of the Holy Office by many clergy or monks. Worcester is also typical of English cathedrals in having a chapter house and cloister. Worcester Cathedral's tower was constructed in the Perpendicular style is described by Alec Clifton-Taylor as "exquisite" and is seen best across the River Severn.
The earliest part of the building at Worcester is the multi-columned Norman crypt with cushion capitals remaining from the original monastic church begun by St Wulfstan in 1084. Also, from the Norman period is the circular chapter house of 1120, made octagonal on the outside when the walls were reinforced in the 14th century. The nave was built and rebuilt piecemeal and in different styles by several different architects over a period of 200 years, from 1170 to 1374, some bays being a unique and decorative transition between Norman and Gothic.
The east end was rebuilt over the Norman crypt by Alexander Mason between 1224 and 1269, coinciding with, and in a very similar Early English style to Salisbury Cathedral. From 1360 John Clyve finished off the nave, built its vault, the west front, the north porch and the eastern range of the cloister. He also strengthened the Norman chapter house, added buttresses and changed its vault. His masterpiece is the central tower of 1374, originally supporting a timber, lead-covered spire, now gone.
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this was not easy at ALL... but, in my initial run through of who to bring to blythecon....... here's where i'm at.
margaux and her giant hair have no business at all making such a trip... but, we'll see....
if you have any special requests.... lmk. i'm trying not to bring any stock girls, beyond miss a and parco... b/c with the # of people attending i'm sure that all the stock girls will be covered!
um... crap, i already noticed two girls who were on my handwritten list that somehow got overlooked while i was doing this..... FML
The Grade II Listed former St Marks Railway Station which has been converted into a St Marks Shopping centre, off the High Street in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Built in 1846 by Midland Railway and Lincoln's first railway station opening in 3rd August 1846. The architect is unknown but it may have been I A Davies of the Midland Railway. The building contractor was John Burton under the charge of the line engineer W H Barlow. Two platforms originally c 90m long, later extended, covered by double roof resting on side walls and supported by iron columns between rails. Four tracks, the inner two being sidings. Station was terminus until 1848 when end-on joining to Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway necessitated level crossing across High Street. Building was originally lit by gas. Roof was removed in April 1957, with a canopy erected over part of north platform. A small waiting room was placed on south platform. Station buildings were on the north platform. Entrance via steps through prostyle portico supported on Ionic style columns. At rear of portico and at east and west extremities of exterior are Doric style pilasters. A turntable was situated on the south side from c1870 to at least 1930s.
To save duplication of operating two stations in 1985 the station closed when services were diverted to the nearby Lincoln Central station. The construction of a new 80 metre length of track to the west allowed services from Newark to reach Lincoln Central. The grand ionic portico that was once the entrance has been preserved and, as of January 2007, is home to Lakeland Limited as part of the commercial development of the site. A mock signalbox has also been erected in the car park on which has been affixed an original sign from the station. The remainder of the former station site is now St. Marks Shopping Centre. The redevelopment in keeping with the preserved buildings won an Ian Allan heritage award in 2009, commemorated by a plaque.
Grade I listed. Erected circa 1715 by the Ironmongers' Company on land purchased by the bequest of Sir Robert Geffrye (d 1704). Long, U-shaped range of 2 storeys and basement, 15 bays in side wings and 20 at either side of central chapel in main east range.Chapel is taller, with 2 long, round-headed, windows flanking door in architrave with cornice on consoles, and tablet over with inscription. In niche above reproduction of figure of founder. Pediment above with clock and bell-cupola over. Whole building is of stock brick with red brick dressings and stone quoins to chapel. Tiled roofs, original, wood modillion cornice. Sash windows with glazing bars (mostly replaced) in moulded flush frames. Every 5 bays a 6-panel door with radial fanlight (replaced). Semi-circular stone steps to main entrance, plain steps to others, all with cast iron handrails. Small 1-storey lodge at west end of south wing. Almshouses acquired by LCC in 1910 and opened as a museum of the furniture trade in 1914 after internal alterations, mainly removal of upper floors and breaching partitions. Small graveyard to north of building.
Grade II Listed. Livery company hall with offices. 1967 design, built 1972-6. John S Bonnington Partnership, formerly Sir Basil Spence, Bonnington & Collins, and Spence had early conceptual design involvement.
Materials: In situ concrete frame clad with aluminium curtain wall on lower office floors with smoke-coloured glass; ribbed, knapped and bush hammered concrete (painted in 1992) to modelled upper floors.
Plan: Rectangular plan to Fore Street, with four storeys of lettable office space below a double-height hall and further Salters' accommodation at floors five and six.
Exterior: Fore Street level, with porte-cochere, is semi-open with pilotis, and the central wrought iron gates, dated 1887, and featuring birds and delicate foliate decoration; to the left is the name plaque. Above this, the four bays of office accommodation, divided by concrete piers, and with aluminum-framed, smoked-glass windows to north and south (except for north-east bay which is blind for the lifts inside). The exterior is defined by its dominant floors five and six, which extend beyond the footprint of the stories below. The concrete faced floor five wraps around, blind to the north side, and with some windows and the Salters' coat of arms in bronzed GRP to the south. Rising from this at the west end is the two-storey main hall, and extending from the east end is the three-storey stair tower, flanked by a taller lift shaft. Floors six and seven also hold the Salter's office, expressed externally with smaller windows in aluminum frames. The building connects with the high-level walkway to the east, which is not included in the listing.
History: The medieval hall of the Salters' Company, founded in 1394, was in Bread Street, and then in the 17th century was rebuilt in St Swithin's Lane. This building was rebuilt several times, including after being destroyed in the Great Fire. The Salters' were also hit by the second great wave of City of London damage when the handsome 1823-7 hall by Henry Carr was destroyed in an air raid in May 1941. Fortunately, the gates of 1887 were salvaged and re-used in the present Fore Street building.
The Salters' Hall has been attributed to Basil Spence but it seems more likely that due to his age (it was near the end of his career, and he died in 1976) and some internal disagreements, he had a minor role in the design as built. Spence's partner from the firm of Basil Spence, Bonnington and Collins (founded in 1963) carried out the project as the John S Bonnington Partnership. The interior was fitted out and designed by a partnership of the leading interior designers David Hicks and Patrick Garnett.
Salter's Hall won a RIBA London Award 2018.
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The Church in the grounds of the Grade II Listed Chad Varah House which is currently undergoing conversion into private housing. On the corner of Steep Hill and Wordsworth Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
It was formerly the home of the Lincoln School of Theology, the Lincoln Theological College and the University of Lincoln's Conservation & Restoration and History of Art and Design Departments and recently the University Technical College.
Built in 1776 by John Carr of York and William Lumby. As an infirmary/County Hospital. A new north-west wing was added in 1854-1855; 1860-1 the two south wings were extended; the chapel built 1906-7 and is by Temple; There is also a late 19th-century attached house and water tower. It continued as a hospital until the 1870s until the new County Hospital was opened in 1876. A burial ground lay at the south end of the site.
It was bought by Bishop Wordsworth in 1879 for £3800 to be used as the Schola Cancellarii Lincolniensis/Bishops Hostel. Between 1916-1919 it was used as a temporary hospital. The name Lincoln Theological College was introduced by Kenneth Sansbury the Warden between 1945-1962. The building was leased by De Montford University (Faculty of Art and Design) and named Chad Varah House. It was used as the School of Art and Design by the University of Lincoln between 2002-2009; and since then and to date as the Lincoln School of Theology.
Timbers from the floor of the former dining room in the west wing were dated by tree-ring analysis in 1997 and found to be from to c.1660, and are considered to come from Chirurgans Inn, (subsequently the Hare and Hounds and the Fighting Cocks) built on the site around that time and demolished for the construction of the hospital.
Listed Building Grade II
List Entry Number : 1137404
Date First Listed : 27 May 1977
This early 19th century hotel is in stuccoed stone with quoins and a slate roof. It has three storeys and six bays. There is a Roman Doric porch with two columns, pilasters, and a cornice. The windows are sashes. To the left is a taller former separate building, later incorporated into the hotel, with three storeys and two bays. It has a doorway with a cornice, a two-storey canted bay window, and dormer windows.
A remarkable survivor in everyday industrial use, even in the late 1980's, was this 2ft gauge 4-wheel diesel-mechanical Lister (Works No.7954 built in 1936). The driver is just clambering on board ready to propel a single peat car onto the moss at Adams Peat Products, Chat Moss, Irlam, on 26th May 1989. This loco was rarely used in the latter years and it was therefore a stroke of luck to find it in use on this occasion. The system was closed down around October 1999. The Lister is now privately preserved in Ripon, North Yorkshire on the Ripon & District Light Railway.
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Looking out from the top of the tower at St Laurence's Church, a Grade I Listed building and the largest parish church in Ludlow, Shropshire. It was one of only 18 churches given a five-star rating in England's Thousand Greatest Churches by Simon Jenkins (1999) and is described as the "cathedral of the Marches". It is the 13th most popular free visitor attraction in the West Midlands, with 70,000 visitors per year.
The parish church was established as a place of worship in association with the founding of Ludlow by the Normans in the late 11th century. It is situated atop the hill around which the medieval town developed. The church was rebuilt in the year 1199 and has had several later additions and modifications. The tower is 135 feet (41 metres) high and commands expansive views of the town and surrounding countryside. Notable features include an extensive set of misericords in the choir stalls as well as fine stained glass windows.
Original Norman traces were found beneath the south porch, indicating some extant foundations exist from the 11th century AD. After its initial construction the church was expanded and rebuilt in 1199 to accommodate a growing town population. In the late Middle Ages considerable wealth accrued to the town based upon the wool trade. Correspondingly the church underwent several further additions in that era. The major works occurred between 1433 and 1471 with a virtual re-building of the nave, tower and chancel elements. The tower took on a Perpendicular style which was the preferred style of the late 15th century in England. The Saint John's Chapel on the north side was the chapel of the Palmers Guild, which thrived in the Late Middle Ages. The Palmers' Window within St John's Chapel illustrates the legend of King Edward the Confessor and St John the Evangelist by eight panels and was inspired by the Ludlow Palmers’ 13th century pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
In 1540, John Leland called the church very Fayre and large and richly adorned and taken for the Fayrest in all these parts.
The large east window of the chancel underwent restoration in the year 1832; this window depicts the martyrdom of St Laurence. The most extensive modern repairs and rehabilitation occurred in the period 1859 to 1861, which consisted primarily of interior modifications. Further major restorations took place between 1870 and 1909, including that on the tower in 1889-91, and to the roof in 1953-59.
A detail of a fresco inside the Church of Aghios Nikolaos, in the upper town of the old city of Mystras. Founded by the Frankish leader Guillaume de Villehardouin, ruler of the principate of Achaea, in 1249, on the slopes of the hill of Myzithra, Mystras was taken over by the Byzantines in 1262 before falling to the Ottomans in 1460. The city state flourished under Byzantine rule for nearly 200 years, becoming a major cultural and literary hub. By the time Greece won its independence in the 1820s, Mystras was a largely abandoned ruin. It has been a UNESCO-listed World Heritage Site since 1989 and parts of the old city have been restored since then.
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The Grade I Listed The Royal Albert Hall a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London.
It has a capacity of up to 5,272 seats and has held the Proms concerts annually each summer since 1941. The Hall is a registered charity held in trust for the nation and receives no public or government funding.
Since its opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage and it has become one of the UK's most treasured and distinctive buildings. The location of some of the most notable events in British culture, each year it hosts more than 390 shows in the main auditorium, including classical, rock and pop concerts, ballet, opera, film screenings with live orchestra, sports, award ceremonies, school and community events, charity performances and banquets. A further 400 events are held each year in the non-auditorium spaces.
The Hall was originally supposed to have been called the Central Hall of Arts and Sciences, but the name was changed to the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences by Queen Victoria upon laying the Hall's foundation stone in 1867, in memory of her husband consort, Prince Albert, who had died six years earlier. It forms the practical part of a memorial to the Prince Consort – the decorative part is the Albert Memorial directly to the north in Kensington Gardens, now separated from the Hall by Kensington Gore.
The Grade I Listed ruins of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds, located in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, East Anglia, England
It was once among the richest Benedictine monasteries in England, until the Dissolution of the monasteries in 1539. The ruins are owned by English Heritage and managed by St Edmundsbury Borough Council.
The Abbey's charters granted extensive lands and rights in Suffolk. By 1327, the Abbey owned all West Suffolk. The monks charged tariffs on every economic activity, including the collecting of horse droppings in Bury St Edmund’s streets. The Abbey even ran the Royal Mint. During the 13th century general prosperity blunted the resistance of burghers and peasants.
Throughout 1327, the monastery suffered extensively, as several monks lost their lives in riots, and many buildings were destroyed. The townspeople attacked in January, forcing a charter of liberties on them. When the monks reneged on this they attacked again in February and May.
A reprieve came on September 29 when Queen Isabella arrived at the Abbey with an army from Hainault. She had returned from the continent with the intention of Deposing her husband, King Edward II. She stayed at the Abbey several days with her son the future Edward III.
On October 18, 1327, a group of monks entered the local parish church. They threw off their habits, they were armoured underneath, and took several hostages. The people called for the hostages' release, the monks fired on them, killing some. In response, the citizens swore to fight the abbey to the death.
In 1431 the west tower of the abbey church collapsed. Two years later Henry VI moved into residence at the abbey for Christmas and was still enjoying monastic hospitality four months later. More trouble arose in 1446 when the Duke of Gloucester died in suspicious circumstances after his arrest, and in 1465 the entire church was burnt out by an accidental fire. Largely rebuilt by 1506, the abbey of Bury St Edmunds settled into a quieter existence until dissolution in 1539.
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Grade II listed historic building constructed 1878-9.
"Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of London. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, its population was 123,867 including 24,506 students. Cambridge became an important trading centre during the Roman and Viking ages, and there is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area as early as the Bronze Age. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although modern city status was not officially conferred until 1951.
The University of Cambridge was founded in 1209. The buildings of the university include King's College Chapel, Cavendish Laboratory, and the Cambridge University Library, one of the largest legal deposit libraries in the world. The city's skyline is dominated by several college buildings, along with the spire of the Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church, and the chimney of Addenbrooke's Hospital. Anglia Ruskin University, which evolved from the Cambridge School of Art and the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, also has its main campus in the city.
Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology Silicon Fen with industries such as software and bioscience and many start-up companies born out of the university. Over 40 per cent of the workforce have a higher education qualification, more than twice the national average. The Cambridge Biomedical Campus, one of the largest biomedical research clusters in the world, is soon to house premises of AstraZeneca, a hotel, and the relocated Papworth Hospital.
The first game of association football took place at Parker's Piece. The Strawberry Fair music and arts festival and Midsummer Fair are held on Midsummer Common, and the annual Cambridge Beer Festival takes place on Jesus Green. The city is adjacent to the M11 and A14 roads. Cambridge station is less than an hour from London King's Cross railway station." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
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The Grade II Listed Llandudno Pier on the beach front in Llandudno, County Conwy, North Wales.
The pier had its origins in a much shorter pier of just 242 feet (74 m) built on 16 wooden piles, opened in 1858 by the St George's Harbour and Railway Company, which had just completed its branch line from Llandudno to Conwy via a junction with the Chester and Holyhead Railway near the present Llandudno Junction railway station to which the branch was soon diverted.
That short pier was built to protect the rights of its owners to a much more ambitious scheme to build a major port in Llandudno Bay. Unfortunately, the pier was severely damaged in the Royal Charter Storm of 25 October 1859, which caused the loss of 223 ships and 800 people in British coastal waters. Although repaired and used for a further 16 years, the pier was too short and could only be used by steam ships at high tide.
The present pier, built for the Llandudno Pier Company by Walter Macfarlane of Glasgow using iron castings from the Glasgow Elmbank foundry, was opened to the public on 1 August 1877. The landwards extension to the same design, still in deep water and supported on iron columns, was opened in 1884 and a new landing stage was added in 1891. In 1969, the landing stage was totally rebuilt in concrete and steel, which enabled its use by the largest Isle of Man Steamers then in use. The wooden decking has been extensively renewed in recent years, and the superstructure is maintained systematically.
Until the Second World War, the public were charged admission to access the pier. Admission allowed the promenaders access to musical entertainment from a bandstand at the pierhead. A small orchestra was established in 1877. The notable French musician, Jules Rivière was appointed to take charge of the orchestra in 1887.
The orchestral performances moved to the Pier Pavilion, built on land adjacent to the main entrance from the promenade, which had opened in September 1886. Rivière's Orchestra at the Llandudno Pier Pavilion was a great success and trebled in size to symphony proportions.
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The Grade I Listed St Mary's Church an Anglican church in the centre of Haverfordwest and is prominently visible at the top of the town's High Street. In Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, South Wales.
The main body of the church was built in the late 12th century and was probably rebuilt in the 1240s, including a tower, porches and north aisle, after being damaged by Llewelyn the Great in 1220. An upper level of clerestory windows was added during the 15th century. The tower originally had a timber spire clad in lead, though it was removed in 1802 after becoming dangerous.
The church's interior has a fine timber panelled ceiling with moulded beams, rafters and ribs, and carves bosses at the intersections. The church organ dates from 1737, by Harris & Byfield, with two keyboards.
Of the three main churches in the town, St Mary's was originally the church for the merchants. St Martins of Tours was for the castle and the aristocracy while St Thomas á Becket was for the common people. St Mary's joined with St Thomas a Becket in the 1940s under one vicar. When St Thomas closed because of insurmountable repair bills, the congregation met at St Mary's church. St Martins finally merged with the parish in 2013.
It includes an epitaph dating from 1642 to John Davids, Mayor of Haverfordwest and his wife Sage on the south wall of the chancel. The fine oak panelled roof dates from the 16th Century and a copy of the Tudor rose is frequently seen in the carving. Its corbels are representations of men's heads on the south side and women's heads on the north side. The church has the oldest parish registers in Pembrokeshire dating from 1590, these are now held in the County Records Office in Haverfordwest. The organ is the largest in the county except for that in St David's Cathedral
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The Grade I Listed St Mary & All Saints Church in Conwy, Conwy County, North Wales.
The foundations of the church date back to 1172, and the Aberconwy Abbey was completed in 1186. Since then, the church has grown and changed. The East and West-end buttresses and parts of the walls, particularly on the North side, are original.
In the 14th Century, the church received the lower portion of its tower, the South transept, and the North and South porches. A room north of the tower was enclosed to serve as a charnel house. The 15th Century saw the completion of the tower, and the installation of the rood screen and the early Tudor period baptismal font.
In the 16th Century the roofs over the aisles were raised. Next to the altar at the south end is the tomb of Robert Wynne, a major benefactor of St Mary's, and the builder of Plas Mawr on Conwy's High Street. The chancel floor was raised later, and in 1872 the roof of the nave was raised. At some point the South window of the transept was reconstructed and the clerestory windows were reset to where they now remain.
Also in the 19th Century, Lord Penrhyn donated the tower clock. In 1921 the church received a memorial chapel on the church's north side, and five years later the vestry was enlarged. In 1949 the former charnel house became the Parish Room. The church holds several objects of interest dating back to medieval times, and two windows in the nave's south aisle made by the workshop of the Pre-raphealite artist Edward Burne-Jones.
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The Grade I Listed remains of Old Sarum a former Iron Age fort, 2 miles north of Salisbury in Wiltshire.
The great monoliths of Stonehenge and Avebury were erected nearby and indications of prehistoric settlement have been discovered from as early as 3000 BC. An Iron Age hillfort was erected around 400 BC, controlling the intersection of two native trade paths and the Hampshire Avon. The site continued to be occupied during the Roman period, when the paths became roads. The Saxons took the British fort in the 6th century and later used it as a stronghold against marauding Vikings. The Normans constructed a motte and bailey castle, a stone curtain wall, and a great cathedral. A royal palace was built within the castle for King Henry I and was subsequently used by Plantagenet monarchs.
This heyday of the settlement lasted for around 300 years until disputes between the Wiltshire sheriff and the Salisbury bishop finally led to the removal of the church into the nearby plain. As New Salisbury grew up around the construction site for the new cathedral in the early 13th century, the buildings of Old Sarum were dismantled for stone and the old town dwindled. Its long-neglected castle was abandoned by Edward II in 1322 and sold by Henry VIII in 1514.
The castle grounds were sold by Henry VIII in 1514. Although the settlement was effectively uninhabited, its landowners continued to have parliamentary representation into the 19th century, making it the most notorious of the rotten boroughs that existed before the Reform Act of 1832. Most famously, Old Sarum served as a pocket borough of the Pitt family.
The site of the castle and cathedral is considered a highly important British monument: it was among the 26 English locations scheduled by the 1882 Ancient Monuments Protection Act, the first such British legislation. This protection has subsequently continued, expanding to include some suburban areas west and southeast of the outer bailey.
W. H. St J. Hope, W. Hawley, and D.H. Montgomerie excavated the site between 1909 and 1915 for the Society of Antiquaries of London. In 1917, during World War I, a site just northeast of Old Sarum along the Portway was developed as the 'Ford Farm' aerodrome. This became Old Sarum Airfield, which remains in operation with a single grass runway. A second excavation occurred in the 1950s under John W G Musty and Philip Rahtz.
Opened in 1964 Castle House was the main department store of Brightside & Carbrook Co-operative. It cost £925,000 to build and was designed by G.S. Hay. The store closed in 2006 and remains empty. It is now listed by English Heritage, containing many original features, especially the stunning staircase and an original Board Room.