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Old Bridge Stirling
The Battle of Stirling Bridge was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence.
On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham, near Stirling, on the River Forth.
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a unusual find on the way back from Holkham yesterday
Burnham Overy Union mill is one of only three mills in Norfolk to use both water and wind power from the same site, the others being Little_Cressingham and Thurning. During parts of the 20th century the mill was sometimes known as Roy's Mill. However, it was more often called the Union Mill because unlike Little_Cressingham and possibly Thurning, the tower windmill on this site was actually linked to the machinery within the watermill ...being completely connected & the floors are parallel to each other... and was capable of driving the stones in both buildings. The watermill section had 3 pairs of stones and the windmill had a further 2 pairs. The windmill could also work the flour mill within the watermill when requird. Both mills were built in 1737, being constructed of brick, the watermill having two storeys under a Norfolk pantiled roof, with a third storey being added later. The windmill was originally built with five floors but a sixth was subsequently added. In 1825 the sails had copper vanes.
The mill was built in 1821 And was one of only three mills In Norfolk that had dual power. ie water and wind
Barn owl - Tyto alba - taken on a day out with Eden Falconry, Essex. A terrific day with friendly, knowledgeable owners/handlers and a great site at Cressingham Barns, Witham. Can't wait to see them again.
The barn is challenging - iso 8000 and even the new 5D struggles at that level.
The Battle of Stirling Bridge was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence. On September 11, 1297, the forces of Andrew de Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth.
Just playing about photographing my local village church on a lovely spring day here in sunny Norfolk.
The mill was built about 1821 and was powered by wind and water. Two pairs of stones at the base of the tower were driven by the waterfall while two further pairs of stones in the upper half of the tower were driven by sails
Little Cressingham is a tiny village or more accurately a hamlet, from the centre of it you go down the road towards the mill and you come across this beautiful church, from many angles this looks ruinous but its very much still used, St Andrews used to be a large church with the tower offset somewhat from the nave, but the tower collapsed in the late 18th century and the rest of church was in a state, the chancel and half of the nave was restored and thats how it now stands, to enter the church you still use the south door and the stunning ruined tower rises above you.
St Michaels Church in the Norfolk village of Great Cressingham. A Norman architecture style church in a winter snow scene looking through the wrought iron gates into the graveyard.
I went with a monochrome, slightly sepia style, as there wasn't much colour in this image and I thought it made it look as though it could have been taken at any time in history. Well, maybe not 400 years ago when it was built, but at least since the camera has been invented...
Site of Battle of Stirling Bridge, it was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth.
Stirling's Old Bridge was constructed on rubble foundations around 1500 and replaced earlier wooden bridges, including the one which the Battle of Stirling Bridge was fought.
Stirling was traditionally regarded as the key to Scotland. The battle on 11th September 1297 was fought during the First War of Scottish Independence between the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace, who dominated the soft flat ground north of the river, and the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham who camped south of the river.
St Michaels Church, Great Cressingham. Just playing about photographing my local village church on a lovely spring day here in sunny Norfolk.
St Michaels Church in the Norfolk village of Great Cressingham. A Norman architecture style church in a winter snow scene including traditional village sign post.
I went with a monochrome, slightly sepia style, as there wasn't much colour in this image and I thought it made it look as though it could have been taken at any time in history. Well, maybe not 400 years ago when it was built, but at least since the camera has been invented...
St Michaels Church, Great Cressingham. Just playing about photographing my local village church on a lovely spring day here in sunny Norfolk.
The Auld Brig reflections
A handsome bridge built in the 15th or early 16th century. The southern arch was rebuilt in 1749 after it had been blown up during “The ’45” to prevent the Jacobite army entering the town.
Deleting unwanted files from past years, these are unused photographs I thought worth saving from the bin.
Threxton All Saints is a round-tower church at Threxton Hill, situated east of the village of Little Cressingham and west of the town of Watton in the English county of Norfolk.
Not been on for a while been very busy with work stuff and will be again. A shot from last years snow not the best shot but worth a post me thinks.
Thanks for all your comments and faves.
Old Bridge, Stirling.
The Battle of Stirling Bridge was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth.
La Batalla del Puente de Stirling fue uno de los enfrentamientos más importantes de la guerras de independencia de Escocia entre escoceses e ingleses. El 11 de septiembre de 1297, las fuerzas de Andrew de Moray y William Wallace derrotaron a los ingleses comandados por John de Warenne, VII conde de Surrey, y Hugh de Cressingham, estos últimos en superioridad numérica.
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I went on a U3A walk around Angmering Village yesterday to look at the old buildings (of corse I didn't take my camera so I used my iPhone)
410 (YR13PNO) is pictured on Shinfield Road as it heads to Kennet Island from Reading, St Mary's Butts on route 10.
Recent changes to the Ruby 10 sees the route operate via the Royal Berkshire Hospital, University of Reading and Whitley (Cressingham Road). Now operating hourly, the service is suffering from usual delays on London Road and around Christchurch Green.
I went on a U3A walk around Angmering Village yesterday to look at the old buildings (of corse I didn't take my camera so I used my iPhone)
Sunrise at the Auld Brig and The Wallace Monument in Stirling.
The Battle of Stirling Bridge was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth.
The Battle of Stirling Bridge was fought during the First War of Scottish Independence. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth. This view was taken from atop the Wallace Monument on Abbey Craig, looking south-west.
Surrey had arrived at the bridge on 9 September and became concerned with the number of Scots he faced, separated by a long causeway and narrow, wooden bridge, over the River Forth near the castle. Determining that he would be at a tactical disadvantage if he attempted to take his main force across there, he delayed crossing for several days to allow for negotiations and to reconnoitre the area. Camped on Abbey Craig (i.e. below my vantage point), the Scots dominated the soft flat ground north of the river. The English force of English, Welsh and Scots knights, bowmen and foot soldiers camped south of the river.
Sir Richard Lundie, a Scots knight who joined the English after the Capitulation of Irvine, offered to outflank the enemy by leading a cavalry force over a ford two miles upstream, where 60 horsemen could cross at the same time. Hugh de Cressingham, King Edward's treasurer in Scotland, persuaded the Earl to reject that advice and order a direct attack across the bridge. The small bridge was broad enough to let only two horsemen cross abreast but offered the safest river crossing, as the Forth widened to the east and the marshland of Flanders Moss lay to the west.
The Scots waited as the English knights and infantry, led by Cressingham, with Sir Marmaduke Thweng and Sir Richard Waldegrave, began to make their slow progress across the bridge on the morning of 11 September. It would have taken several hours for the entire English army to cross. Wallace and Moray waited, according to the Chronicle of Hemingburgh, until "as many of the enemy had come over as they believed they could overcome". When a substantial number of the troops had crossed (possibly about 2,000?) the attack was ordered. The Scots spearmen came down from the high ground in rapid advance and fended off a charge by the English heavy cavalry and then counter-attacked the English infantry. They gained control of the east side of the bridge and cut off the chance of English reinforcements to cross. Caught on the low ground in the loop of the river with no chance of relief or of retreat, most of the outnumbered English on the east side were probably killed. A few hundred may have escaped by swimming across the river. Marmaduke Thweng managed to fight his way back across the bridge with some of his men.
The Stirling Bridge of that time is believed to have been about 180m upstream from the 15th-century stone bridge (tagged above) that now crosses the river. Four stone piers have been found underwater just north and at an angle to the extant 15th-century bridge, along with man-made stonework on one bank in line with the piers. The site of the fighting was along either side of an earthen causeway leading from the Abbey Craig, atop which the Wallace Monument is now, to the north end of the bridge. The battlefield has been inventoried and protected by Historic Scotland under the Scottish Historical Environment Policy of 2009.
This was taken using the 'pano' option on an iPhone - probably equivalent to 2-3 frames on an SLR.
The Battle of Stirling Bridge was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth.
I have always struggled to get a nice shot of this Church and im resonably happy with this one.
Thanks for all your comments and faves. Below same Church in the snow from last year.
"Not marble nor the gilded monuments
Of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme;
But you shall shine more bright in these contents
Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time.
When wasteful war shall statues overturn,
And broils root out the work of masonry,
Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn
The living record of your memory.
'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity
Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room,
Even in the eyes of all posterity
That wear this world out to the ending doom.
So, till the judgment that yourself arise,
You live in this, and dwell in lovers' eyes."
~ William Shakespeare, 1564-1616 ~
Some snippets of information about Stirling Bridge.
"The Battle of Stirling Bridge was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew de Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth."
"Stirling Old Bridge was built around 1500 and was the lowest bridging point over the River Forth for almost four centuries. Duties were levied on goods entering the Burgh and customs men sat in a covered booth in a recess in the middle of the bridge.
In 1571 a gallows was erected on the bridge to hang Archbishop Hamilton.
In 1745, the Southernmost arch was blown up by general Blackney to prevent the Highlanders from crossing.
Before this Bridge was built there were earlier structures, including the wooden bridge where Sir William Wallace defeated the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297."
Early bronze age : 3,700 - 3,400 ybp
A Gold plate that formed part of the 'Little Cressingham grave group' from a bowl barrow near the 'Icknield Way' in central Norfolk in the British Isles. The 'way' was one of many interlacing prehistoric common routes for people to take to pass to another region, meeting people on the way, not worry about getting lost and passing places primed for stop overs. One might choose to imagine cairns, arborglyphs, decorated trees and post work adding visual diversion and logographic communication for walkers. The 'Icknield Way' linked Norfolk with Wessex, so the post Doggerland flats with the Stonehenge chalks via various tree free and dry chalk hill crests. As with all routes (tube, bus, bridleway...), its intermediate destinations are as important as its end points. An early spelling for the Way was 'Iceni(lde) weg' which includes 'Iceni' in the title - the name of Boudica's tribe. With time, the path (and others) became protected highways (or past rules of land were simple taken into text).. Predictably some historical commentators employ reverse history to argue that the paths were a Roman contribution to the British Isles :-) The impact of the path can be seen in the gold plaque, which looks to have been influenced by Wessex styles.
Also in the barrow were an amber necklace, three very small cylindric gold boxes and two types of knife. Comparisons with other barrow offerings such as those in Wessex and Flintshire can be made, with fashion and taste bouncing between local idiom, and styles gathered at inter regional meeting and from walking and meeting. The principle probably being from the aphorism that: 'one person with a Japanese television does not have to eat sushi in the same way as a person who eats sushi does not necessarily have a Japanese television'. This is worth saying as the occurrence of an archaeological object in a style of another region does not necessarily mean that the whole cultural package had passed with the object : cooking habits, jokes, stories, songs, accents and hair cuts may have remained unchanged. The Queen and I both have some tupperware and yet our lifestyles are quite different. Today, it is very easy to see tartan in London, but the tartan is not immediately 'read' as being evidence of subtle clan heritage on islands or Highlands - rights for agricultural wandering, oatmeal offal and a wee dram.
The gold plaque was on display surrounded by other items of prehistoric gold rather than within its set of diverse grave goods. Today, lots of gold together can end up looking out of context - an image of ultra centralized bling wealth rather than a love for pattern, exploration, aesthetic and material. The same problem may occur with my photostream as I take a moment to post objects in gold...
The decorative gold sheet work was almost certainly originally presented on a ridging wooden plaque, which has long, long, long since turned to dust. The thin gold sheet work then became vulnerable to compression effects, giving the work the 'milk top crinkles' you see above. If this decoration worked in a similar way to like items found near Stonehenge, then it may have been attached to a belt forming an impressive, smart and measured focal point for the wearer. On saying that, information from the grave site suggests that the plaque may have been sewn into the centre of a piece of clothing.
The control and precision of the craft is to behold and the object is larger than a credit card and lighter than the most expensive portable phone.
AJ