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This ancient inn owes its origins to the pilgrims that visited the nearby shrine of St Swithun. In the 1350’s enterprising residents of the High Street started selling souvenirs, food and drink to pilgrims from the bottom of their gardens. These stalls eventually became permanent shops and inns to form what is now The Square.
In about 1540 the present building was erected; the central siting of the fireplace is typical of a house of this period. Almost all of the timbers are original - of particular interest is the main beam in the front bar; this beam, hewn from a single oak tree, is over six metres long. The way it has been worked (the decoration ceases towards one end), suggests that it was ‘recycled’ from another building, or perhaps a ship. In 1920 the pub underwent extensive restoration, and the original front was removed and replaced with the very good “Mock Tudor” facade.
During the Eclipse’s long history the building has been: a private house, a rectory (to the Church of St Lawrence), an ale-house (in 1750) and finally an inn in the 1800’s. Legend has it that the name arose because it surpassed a nearby inn, the Sun, thereby “Eclipsing” it.
The Eclipse has an important connection with Monmouth rebellion of the 1680’s. Lady Alicia Lisle was held here for her execution after being sentenced to death for harbouring rebels by the notorious “hanging” Judge Jeffries. The trial of 27 August 1685 was a travesty of justice - 71 years old, hard of hearing, she was subjected to a tirade of abuse by Judge Jeffries and sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered that very day. Horrified clergy and citizens made such an outcry that the sentence was commuted to beheading, and many of the present safeguards in our legal system date from this time. After James II fled the country her daughters won an annulment of their mother’s conviction.
For the execution, a scaffold was erected outside the Eclipse and Lady Alicia spent the last day of her life in a small upstairs room, before being beheaded on 5th September 1685. There have been repeated sightings down the years of a (friendly) ghost of the “Lady in Grey” in the passage outside the room where Lady Alicia was held. If this ghost is in fact that of Lady Alicia, one hopes that she finds pleasure in the convivial atmosphere of this old, unspoilt and friendly inn.
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Bruce Dickinson, IronMaiden, Cardiff Aviation, David Hayman, Morten B. Lund, Aeris Aviation, ONE Aviation, Eclipse Aerospace, Karmøy, Haugesund Lufthavn, Torp, Sandefjord Lufthavn, Bromma Stockholm Airport
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On August 21, 2017 the Night Sky Festival went out with a flare as a partial solar eclipse occurred over Shenandoah National Park. Visitors young and old gathered at Byrd Visitor Center to experience the wonder of this natural phenomenon together.
Sendhil Ramamurthy, Santiago Cabrera, David Anders, Cristine Rose, Noah Gray-Cabey and Jessalyn Gilsig talking on stage at the end of the Eclipse Heroes Convention.
Sendhil Ramamurthy, Santiago Cabrera, David Anders, Cristine Rose, Noah Gray-Cabey and Jessalyn Gilsig talking on stage at the end of the Eclipse Heroes Convention.
Sendhil Ramamurthy, Santiago Cabrera, David Anders, Cristine Rose, Noah Gray-Cabey and Jessalyn Gilsig talking on stage at the end of the Eclipse Heroes Convention.
Sendhil Ramamurthy, Santiago Cabrera, David Anders, Cristine Rose, Noah Gray-Cabey and Jessalyn Gilsig talking on stage at the end of the Eclipse Heroes Convention.
Sendhil Ramamurthy, Santiago Cabrera, David Anders, Cristine Rose, Noah Gray-Cabey and Jessalyn Gilsig talking on stage at the end of the Eclipse Heroes Convention.
Sendhil Ramamurthy, Santiago Cabrera, David Anders, Cristine Rose, Noah Gray-Cabey and Jessalyn Gilsig talking on stage at the end of the Eclipse Heroes Convention.
Sendhil Ramamurthy, Santiago Cabrera, David Anders, Cristine Rose, Noah Gray-Cabey and Jessalyn Gilsig talking on stage at the end of the Eclipse Heroes Convention.
Sendhil Ramamurthy, Santiago Cabrera, David Anders, Cristine Rose, Noah Gray-Cabey and Jessalyn Gilsig talking on stage at the end of the Eclipse Heroes Convention.
just for the joke here you have the eclipse think taken with my "canyon cn wcam 21" web cam at 80% from lisbon. I know its very bad, but i was there with my spectial glasses and i saw it better with my eyes over that glasses.
Shot just after the maximum of the partial lunar eclipse.
10 shots stacked in Registax. Shot with Sky-Watcher 150/750 newtonian telescope with Sony Alpha A200 at prime focus.
Lothian Buses Volvo B7TL Wright Eclipse Gemini SN55BNA 728 passing The Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh