Some of you may have noticed that, unfortunately, owing to the fact that a certain person who sells truck photos on eBay commercially has been lifting my images from this album and selling them I have had to remove 2300 photos that didn't have a watermark. I have now run around 1700 through Lightroom and added a watermark with the intention of bulk uploading them again. Rather than watermark the existing (hidden) files in Flickr one at a time it will be easier to do it this way. I definitely won’t be adding individual tags with the make and model of each vehicle I will just add generic transport tags. Each photo is named after the vehicle and reg in any case. For anyone new to these images there is a chapter and verse explanation below. It is staggering how many times I get asked questions that a quick scan would answer or just as likely I can’t possibly answer – I didn’t take them, but, just to clarify-I do own the copyright- and I do pursue copyright theft.

This is a collection of scanned prints from a collection of photographs taken by the late Jim Taylor A number of years ago I was offered a large number of photographs taken by Jim Taylor, a transport photographer based in Huddersfield. The collection, 30,000 prints, 20,000 negatives – and copyright! – had been offered to me and one of the national transport magazines previously by a friend of Jim's, on behalf of Jim's wife. I initially turned them down, already having over 30,000 of my own prints filed away and taking space up. Several months later the prints were still for sale – at what was, apparently, the going rate. It was a lot of money and I deliberated for quite a while before deciding to buy them. I did however buy them directly from Jim’s wife and she delivered them personally – just to quash the occasional rumour from people who can’t mind their own business. Although some prints were sold elsewhere, particularly the popular big fleet stuff, I should have the negatives, unfortunately they came to me in a random mix, 1200 to a box, without any sort of indexing and as such it would be impossible to match negatives to prints, or, to even find a print of any particular vehicle. I have only ever looked at a handful myself unless I am scanning them. The prints are generally in excellent condition and I initially stored them in a bedroom without ever looking at any of them. In 2006 I built an extension and they had to be well protected from dust and moved a few times. Ultimately my former 6x7 box room office has become their (and my own work’s) permanent home.

I hope to avoid posting images that Jim had not taken his self, however should I inadvertently infringe another photographers copyright, please inform me by email and I will resolve the issue immediately. There are copyright issues with some of the photographs that were sold to me. A Flickr member from Scotland drew my attention to some of his own work amongst the first uploads of Jim’s work. I had a quick look through some of the 30 boxes of prints and decided that for the time being the safest thing for me to do was withdraw the majority of the earlier uploaded scans and deal with the problem – which I did. whilst the vast majority of the prints are Jims, there is a problem defining copyright of some of them, this is something that the seller did not make clear at the time. I am reasonably confident that I have since been successful in identifying Jims own work. His early work consists of many thousands of lustre 6x4 prints which are difficult to scan well, later work is almost entirely 7x5 glossy, much easier to scan. Not all of the prints are pin sharp but I can generally print successfully to A4 from a scan.

You may notice photographs being duplicated in this Album, unfortunately there are multiple copies of many prints (for swapping) and as I have to have a system of archiving and backing up I can only guess - using memory - if I have scanned a print before. The bigger fleets have so many similar vehicles and registration numbers that it is impossible to get it right all of the time. It is easier to scan and process a print than check my files - on three different PC’s - for duplicates. There has not been, nor will there ever be, any intention to knowingly breach anyone else's copyright. I have presented the Jim Taylor collection as exactly that-The Jim Taylor Collection- his work not mine, my own work is quite obviously mine.

Unfortunately, many truck spotters have swapped and traded their work without copyright marking it as theirs. These people never anticipated the ease with which images would be shared online in the future. I would guess that having swapped and traded photos for many years that it is almost impossible to control their future use. Anyone wanting to control the future use of their work would have been well advised to copyright mark their work (as many did) and would be well advised not to post them on photo sharing sites without a watermark as the whole point of these sites is to share the image, it is very easy for those that wish, to lift any image, despite security settings, indeed, Flickr itself, warns you that this is the case. It was this abuse and theft of my material that led me to watermark all of my later uploads. I may yet withdraw non-watermarked photos, I haven’t decided yet. (I did in the end)

To anyone reading the above it will be quite obvious that I can’t provide information regarding specific photos or potential future uploads – I didn’t take them! There are many vehicles that were well known to me as Jim only lived down the road from me (although I didn’t know him), however scanning, titling, tagging and uploading is laborious and time consuming enough, I do however provide a fair amount of information with my own transport (and other) photos. I am aware that there are requests from other Flickr users that are unanswered, I stumble across them months or years after they were posted, this isn’t deliberate. Some weekends one or two “enthusiasts” can add many hundreds of photos as favourites, this pushes requests that are in the comments section ten or twenty pages out of sight and I miss them. I also have notifications switched off, I receive around 50 emails a day through work and I don’t want even more from Flickr. Other requests, like many other things, I just plain forget – no excuses! Uploads of Jim’s photos will be infrequent as it is a boring pastime and I would much rather work on my own output.

Last post. More images on my website: www.deeceei.com

Posting for FILM26:

Film only Film. There are 26 two week periods in a year...and 26 letters in the alphabet. Every two weeks we will use the corresponding letter of the alphabet as our inspiration. Either take a photo of the letter itself or choose a word that begins with the letter as inspiration for your photo.

I can't believe this project is coming to a close! A year has gone by very quickly and the letter Z will be posted before 2013. Hmmm…what can I photograph or find something that inspires starting with the letter Z???

Autoren gesucht!!!

The lovely posting box outside the Post Office on St Aldate's, Oxford.

Posting for the day 26/01. Second attempt to have tea! :)

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Postando para o dia 26/01. Segunda tentariva de tomar chá! :)

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Red for CC rainbow game.

Today's Posting Assignment #150

"Good Friday - A cross is used as a symbol, use the theme of a cross or two items crossing today"

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In the Danish (Evangelic-Lutheran) Peoples Church this day in Easter is called "Long Friday".

To cross fingers is not a part of the religious rituals of the DPC! :-D

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www.seiyaku.com/customs/fingers-crossed.html

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Field Trip - Sherrardspark Wood - 03/08/19

Finally getting my bottom in to gear and posting some of the field trip reports from last month.

First up, the moth group trip we did to Sherrardspark Wood on the outskirts of Welwyn Garden City.

The day had been relatively warm and the night time temperatures held up, unfortunately the catches were poor and apart from a few nice species, numbers were dominated by hundreds upon hundreds of Blastobasis adustella, in fact it was hard to see past them at times!

The best moth of the night was a single Nemapogon ruricolella, only the 5th modern record for Herts.

Aristotelia ericinella was found in good numbers around the Heather.

For the temperature, we were a little disappointed, maybe we were too late for the good stuff!

Below is the full list from the night.

3rd August 2019: Sherrardspark Wood, Hertfordshire.

· North-east monad – TL2314: Colin and Graeme’s team

· South-west monad – TL2223: Ben

List 1: north-east tetrad

12.010 Morophaga choragella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

17.003 Ypsolopha dentella (Fabricius, 1775) Honeysuckle Moth

17.005 Ypsolopha scabrella (Linnaeus, 1761)

17.009 Ypsolopha sylvella (Linnaeus, 1767)

18.001 Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758) Diamond-back Moth

20.012 Argyresthia goedartella (Linnaeus, 1758)

20.021 Argyresthia pruniella (Clerck, 1759) Cherry Fruit Moth

28.008 Metalampra italica Baldizzone, 1977

28.014 Crassa unitella (Hübner, 1796)

31.001 Carcina quercana (Fabricius, 1775)

32.031 Agonopterix alstromeriana (Clerck, 1759)

35.050 Aristotelia ericinella (Zeller, 1839)

41.002 Blastobasis adustella Walsingham, 1894

49.024 Pandemis corylana (Fabricius, 1794) Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix

49.109 Agapeta hamana (Linnaeus, 1758)

49.144 Eudemis profundana ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

49.341 Cydia splendana (Hübner, [1799])

49.342 Cydia fagiglandana (Zeller, 1841)

62.029 Phycita roborella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

62.034 Acrobasis repandana (Fabricius, 1798)

62.077 Endotricha flammealis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

63.025 Anania hortulata (Linnaeus, 1758) Small Magpie

63.034 Udea prunalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

63.038 Pleuroptya ruralis (Scopoli, 1763) Mother of Pearl

63.054 Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) Box-tree Moth

63.064 Scoparia ambigualis (Treitschke, 1829)

63.074 Eudonia mercurella (Linnaeus, 1758)

63.080 Chrysoteuchia culmella (Linnaeus, 1758) Garden Grass-veneer

63.081 Crambus pascuella (Linnaeus, 1758)

63.089 Agriphila tristella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

63.093 Agriphila straminella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

63.102 Catoptria falsella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

63.115 Acentria ephemerella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Water Veneer

63.116 Cataclysta lemnata (Linnaeus, 1758) Small China-mark

65.005 Drepana falcataria (Linnaeus, 1758) Pebble Hook-tip

65.011 Tethea or ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Poplar Lutestring

69.003 Laothoe populi (Linnaeus, 1758) Poplar Hawk-moth

69.007 Sphinx pinastri Linnaeus, 1758 Pine Hawk-moth

70.004 Idaea rusticata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Least Carpet

70.011 Idaea dimidiata (Hufnagel, 1767) Single-dotted Wave

70.013 Idaea biselata (Hufnagel, 1767) Small Fan-footed Wave

70.016 Idaea aversata (Linnaeus, 1758) Riband Wave

70.029 Timandra comae Schmidt, 1931 Blood-Vein

70.059 Camptogramma bilineata (Linnaeus, 1758) Yellow Shell

70.061 Epirrhoe alternata (Müller, 1764) Common Carpet

70.111 Asthena albulata (Hufnagel, 1767) Small White Wave

70.252 Biston betularia (Linnaeus, 1758) Peppered Moth

70.258 Peribatodes rhomboidaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Willow Beauty

70.277 Cabera pusaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Common White Wave

70.299 Geometra papilionaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Large Emerald

71.012 Notodonta dromedarius (Linnaeus, 1767) Iron Prominent

72.010 Lymantria monacha (Linnaeus, 1758) Black Arches

72.011 Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus, 1758) Gypsy Moth

72.017 Orgyia antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758) Vapourer

72.024 Phragmatobia fuliginosa (Linnaeus, 1758) Ruby Tiger

72.043 Eilema depressa (Esper, 1787) Buff Footman

72.044 Eilema griseola (Hübner, [1803]) Dingy Footman

72.046 Eilema complana (Linnaeus, 1758) Scarce Footman

73.032 Colocasia coryli (Linnaeus, 1758) Nut-tree Tussock

73.038 Acronicta psi (Linnaeus, 1758) Grey Dagger

73.062 Amphipyra pyramidea (Linnaeus, 1758) Copper Underwing

73.082 Cryphia algae (Fabricius, 1775) Tree-lichen Beauty

73.084 Bryotropha domestica (Hufnagel, 1766) Marbled Beauty

73.096 Hoplodrina octogenaria (Goeze, 1781) Uncertain

73.128 Amphipoea oculea (Linnaeus, 1761) Ear Moth

73.169 Mesapamea secalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Common Rustic

73.172 Mesoligia furuncula ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Cloaked Minor

73.215 Cosmia affinis (Linnaeus, 1767) Lesser-spotted Pinion

73.216 Cosmia trapezina (Linnaeus, 1758) Dun-bar

73.325 Agrotis puta (Hübner, [1803]) Shuttle-shaped Dart

73.342 Noctua pronuba (Linnaeus, 1758) Large Yellow Underwing

73.343 Noctua fimbriata (Schreber, 1759) Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

73.345 Noctua comes Hübner, [1813] Lesser Yellow Underwing

73.348 Noctua janthe (Borkhausen, 1792) Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

74.007 Bena bicolorana (Fuessly, 1775) Scarce Silver-lines

List 2: south-west tetrad

To follow.

List 3: Composite – all areas

Tineidae

12.010 Morophaga choragella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

12.033 Tinea trinotella Thunberg, 1794

Bucculatricidae

14.007 Bucculatrix albedinella (Zeller, 1839)

Yponomeutidae

17.003 Ypsolopha dentella (Fabricius, 1775) Honeysuckle Moth

17.005 Ypsolopha scabrella (Linnaeus, 1761)

17.009 Ypsolopha sylvella (Linnaeus, 1767)

Plutellidae

18.001 Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758) Diamond-back Moth

Argyresthiidae

20.012 Argyresthia goedartella (Linnaeus, 1758)

20.021 Argyresthia pruniella (Clerck, 1759) Cherry Fruit Moth

Oecophoridae

28.008 Metalampra italica Baldizzone, 1977

28.010 Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Stainton, 1849) Brown House-moth

28.014 Crassa unitella (Hübner, 1796)

28.024 Tachystola acroxantha (Meyrick, 1885)

Peleopodidae

31.001 Carcina quercana (Fabricius, 1775)

Depressariidae

32.031 Agonopterix alstromeriana (Clerck, 1759)

Gelechiidae

35.050 Aristotelia ericinella (Zeller, 1839)

35.107 Psoricoptera gibbosella (Zeller, 1839)

Momphidae

40.011 Mompha langiella (Hübner, 1796)

Blastobasidae

41.002 Blastobasis adustella Walsingham, 1894

41.003 Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1940

Tortricidae

49.024 Pandemis corylana (Fabricius, 1794) Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix

49.062 Acleris forsskaleana (Linnaeus, 1758)

49.091 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (Fabricius, 1775)

49.109 Agapeta hamana (Linnaeus, 1758)

49.144 Eudemis profundana ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

49.223 Rhopobota naevana (Hübner, [1817]) Holly Tortrix

49.260 Zeiraphera isertana (Fabricius, 1794)

49.338 Cydia pomonella (Linnaeus, 1758) Codling Moth

49.341 Cydia splendana (Hübner, [1799])

49.342 Cydia fagiglandana (Zeller, 1841)

49.367 Pammene fasciana (Linnaeus, 1761)

Pyralidae

62.010 Elegia similella (Zincken, 1818)

62.029 Phycita roborella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

62.034 Acrobasis repandana (Fabricius, 1798)

62.076 Hypsopygia glaucinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

62.077 Endotricha flammealis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Crambidae

63.025 Anania hortulata (Linnaeus, 1758) Small Magpie

63.034 Udea prunalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

63.038 Pleuroptya ruralis (Scopoli, 1763) Mother of Pearl

63.054 Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) Box-tree Moth

63.064 Scoparia ambigualis (Treitschke, 1829)

63.074 Eudonia mercurella (Linnaeus, 1758)

63.080 Chrysoteuchia culmella (Linnaeus, 1758) Garden Grass-veneer

63.081 Crambus pascuella (Linnaeus, 1758)

63.089 Agriphila tristella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

63.093 Agriphila straminella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

63.102 Catoptria falsella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

63.109 Pediasia contaminella (Hübner, 1796)

63.115 Acentria ephemerella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Water Veneer

63.116 Cataclysta lemnata (Linnaeus, 1758) Small China-mark

Drepanidae

65.005 Drepana falcataria (Linnaeus, 1758) Pebble Hook-tip

65.011 Tethea or ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Poplar Lutestring

Sphingidae

69.003 Laothoe populi (Linnaeus, 1758) Poplar Hawk-moth

69.006 Sphinx ligustri Linnaeus, 1758 Privet Hawk-moth

69.007 Sphinx pinastri Linnaeus, 1758 Pine Hawk-moth

69.016 Deilephila elpenor (Linnaeus, 1758) Elephant Hawk-moth

Geometridae

70.004 Idaea rusticata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Least Carpet

70.011 Idaea dimidiata (Hufnagel, 1767) Single-dotted Wave

70.013 Idaea biselata (Hufnagel, 1767) Small Fan-footed Wave

70.016 Idaea aversata (Linnaeus, 1758) Riband Wave

70.029 Timandra comae Schmidt, 1931 Blood-Vein

70.036 Cyclophora punctaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Maiden's Blush

70.037 Cyclophora linearia (Hübner, [1799]) Clay Triple-lines

70.053 Xanthorhoe designata (Hufnagel, 1767) Flame Carpet

70.059 Camptogramma bilineata (Linnaeus, 1758) Yellow Shell

70.061 Epirrhoe alternata (Müller, 1764) Common Carpet

70.111 Asthena albulata (Hufnagel, 1767) Small White Wave

70.133 Perizoma alchemillata (Linnaeus, 1758) Small Rivulet

70.226 Opisthograptis luteolata (Linnaeus, 1758) Brimstone Moth

70.252 Biston betularia (Linnaeus, 1758) Peppered Moth

70.258 Peribatodes rhomboidaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Willow Beauty

70.277 Cabera pusaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Common White Wave

70.299 Geometra papilionaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Large Emerald

70.305 Hemithea aestivaria (Hübner, 1789) Common Emerald

Notodontidae

71.012 Notodonta dromedarius (Linnaeus, 1767) Iron Prominent

71.018 Pheosia gnoma (Fabricius, [1777]) Lesser Swallow Prominent

71.022 Ptilodon cucullina ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Maple Prominent

Erebidae

72.010 Lymantria monacha (Linnaeus, 1758) Black Arches

72.011 Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus, 1758) Gypsy Moth

72.017 Orgyia antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758) Vapourer

72.024 Phragmatobia fuliginosa (Linnaeus, 1758) Ruby Tiger

72.030 Euplagia quadripunctaria (Poda, 1761) Jersey Tiger

72.043 Eilema depressa (Esper, 1787) Buff Footman

72.044 Eilema griseola (Hübner, [1803]) Dingy Footman

72.046 Eilema complana (Linnaeus, 1758) Scarce Footman

Noctuidae

73.032 Colocasia coryli (Linnaeus, 1758) Nut-tree Tussock

73.038 Acronicta psi (Linnaeus, 1758) Grey Dagger

73.062 Amphipyra pyramidea (Linnaeus, 1758) Copper Underwing

73.082 Cryphia algae (Fabricius, 1775) Tree-lichen Beauty

73.084 Bryophila domestica (Hufnagel, 1766) Marbled Beauty

73.096 Hoplodrina octogenaria (Goeze, 1781) Uncertain

73.099 Hoplodrina ambigua ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Vine's Rustic

73.128 Amphipoea oculea (Linnaeus, 1761) Ear Moth

73.169 Mesapamea secalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Common Rustic

73.172 Mesoligia furuncula ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Cloaked Minor

73.215 Cosmia affinis (Linnaeus, 1767) Lesser-spotted Pinion

73.216 Cosmia trapezina (Linnaeus, 1758) Dun-bar

73.317 Agrotis exclamationis (Linnaeus, 1758) Heart and Dart

73.325 Agrotis puta (Hübner, [1803]) Shuttle-shaped Dart

73.342 Noctua pronuba (Linnaeus, 1758) Large Yellow Underwing

73.343 Noctua fimbriata (Schreber, 1759) Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

73.345 Noctua comes Hübner, [1813] Lesser Yellow Underwing

73.346 Noctua interjecta Hübner, [1803] Least Yellow Underwing

73.348 Noctua janthe (Borkhausen, 1792) Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Nolidae

74.007 Bena bicolorana (Fuessly, 1775) Scarce Silver-lines

Image to illustrate strange effect of frozen raspberries in the microwave, for my weblog.

Posting tonight - 27 October 2015 - to reminisce about War weekends gone past... this Hellcat sadly had an accident recently and killed its two-man crew.

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This photo is part of the photoset of Historic Flight Foundation's (HFF's) D-Day + 70 commemoration. Occasionally some modern pictures will show up as they were part of my trip.

Normally I just photograph airplanes, but the aviation was like 20% of the D-Day commemoration. Which is perfectly o-kay.......... the camaraderie & living history was well worth the trips!

Our first trip after arriving in Grostenquin - an archeological "dig" for students. Our 2 sons were not happy, having to pose for pictures!!

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This week I'll be posting photos of trains and train stations.

Continuing the series I started to post over the weekend I'm uploading today a photo of a Shinkansen train taken a few weeks ago in Tokyo station, the second busiest train station in Tokyo.

The Shinkansen, also known as the bullet train, is the name given in Japan to both the network of high speed trains and the high speed trains themselves. The Shinkansen system started in 1964 and is now one of the most important institutions in Japanese societey.

According to the Wikipedia:

"The Tōkaidō Shinkansen is the world's busiest high-speed rail line. Carrying 151 million passengers a year it has transported more passengers (over 6 billion) than any other high speed line in the world. Between Tokyo and Osaka, the two largest metropolises in Japan, up to ten trains per hour with 16 cars each (1,300 seats capacity) run in each direction with a minimum of 3 minutes between trains. Though largely a long-distance transport system, the Shinkansen also serves commuters who travel to work in metropolitan areas from outlying cities."

Posting shots of churches we have visited has shown me that my photography has improved now I don't use the ultrawide angle lenses, so many churches need a revisit.

And with the orchid season now at an end, nearly, it is time to turn to churchcrawling.

And the easiest non-Kent church to revisit was Winchelsea, just over the border in East Sussex, also gave us the chance to call in at the fishmongers in Rye for some smoked haddock.

After the early morning coffee and then the rush round Tesco, back home to pack it all away and for me to make bacon butties and another brew.

And then: go west.

Traffic is not so mad now, so it was easy to drive to Folkestone then up the motorway to Ashford, before turning off, past the inland border facility, then out onto the Marsh past Hamstreet.

West of Brookland, the road meanders about, bend after bend, crossing and recrossing the railway until we reach Rye.

We stop to buy the fish, then round the river, over the bridge and out the other side, five miles to Winchelsea, turning off to go up the hill under the old town gate, parking near the village shop.

Whereas Rye was already busy, Winchelsea was quiet, and just past ten meaning the church had just opened.

We walk across the large churchyard through the ruins of the tower and into the church, where the triple wide nave was lines on the north and south walls with fine wall tombs.

I photograph each on in turn, and the corbel heads on each too.

I rephotograph the fine windows too, as despite being modern, they really are on another level.

One or two people come in, a family of three last 30 seconds before the mother and teenage son leave.

After completing the shots, I go out to meet up with Jools so we can walk to the shop to have ice cream, and sit to eat them on a bench looking at the north wall of the church.

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The town was planned on a gridiron pattern with the church occupying a dominant two-acre site near the centre. It was planned on a grand scale and work started in 1288 to erect a magnificent Gothic edifice, with a chancel and choir, two side chapels, a central tower, transepts and a great nave.

Building stone came from Caen in Normandy, marble from the west of Sussex and timber rafters made of sound Sussex oak. Highly skilled stonemasons worked on the carvings which include handsome sedilia in the chancel and side chapel. Three effigies of polished marble – once thought to have been rescued from the church in Old Winchelsea – were placed on the north side in memory of an unknown warrior, his wife and son, possibly the Godfrey family.

The first of the two chantries on the south side was endowed in 1312 by Stephen Alard to contain a tomb of supreme workmanship in memory of Gervase Alard, Admiral of the Western Fleet, probably Stephen’s father. The stone effigy is in full armour with raised hands to enclose a heart and a lion crouching at the feet. Two large angels supported the double cushion on which the head rests. A marginal inscription promises fifty days of pardon for those who pray for his soul. The delicately carved arch of the recessed canopy springs from the heads of King Edward I and his second wife, Margaret. The tomb provided the background for Sir John Millais’ painting ’L’Enfant du Regiment.’

The second monument is of a later date, with the arch springing from the heads of Edward II and Queen Isabella, sometimes known as ‘the she-wolf of France.’ It is reputed to be the tomb of Stephen Alard himself, who became Admiral of the Cinque Ports and the Western Fleet.

The centre of each canopy is surmounted by the head of a Green Man, a prominent pagan figure, associated with tree worship from at least as early as 500BC.

In 1337, in one of the first skirmishes of the Hundred Years War, the new town of Winchelsea was attacked and badly damaged in a French raid. Eleven years later the town was struck by the Black Death, which carried off, among many others, the Rector of St Thomas’, John Glynde.

In 1359 the French returned with a force of some three thousand men, gaining entrance one Sunday morning through the New Gate. There was little resistance as the men of the town were away on a similar mission of destruction in France. The women and children sheltered in St. Giles’s Church, now lost, where many of them were butchered ‘without regard to age, sex, degree or order.’

There was a further French raid in 1360 and, in 1380, a powerful Franco-Castilian fleet arrived to ‘fire Winchelsea and the approaches of London’. It is likely that this raid resulted in severe damage to the original nave. Over the next 100 years further deterioration occurred, including the collapse of the tower and transepts. Only very limited restoration work was affordable, particularly as the wealth of Winchelsea was ebbing away with the sea. The church was blocked off at the west end of the choir and a new entrance porch added in Tudor times.

During the Sixteenth Century Reformation, Winchelsea’s Dominican and Franciscan endowments were confiscated and later pulled down, including the hospitals.

On the accession of Queen Mary in 1547, the rector Peter Danyell was deprived of his living and replaced by the Catholic Robert Jordan. Danyell was reinstated on the accession of Queen Elizabeth in 1559.

During these turbulent years the interior of the church fell into a deplorable state of repair, made worse by the decline of trade due to the silting up of the town’s harbour and, possibly, to damage by Puritan iconoclasts. By the 1660s the diarist John Evelyn wrote of the ‘forlorn ruins’ he found in Winchelsea.

By the eighteenth century John Wesley, who came to preach here, wrote of ‘that poor skeleton of Ancient Winchelsea with its large church now in ruins.’

long serving rector at the time was the formidable Drake Hollingberry who held the living from 1767 to 1822. During his incumbency a large Georgian rectory was built on the site of the old St. Giles’, with many of its stones going to build a new harbour wall at Winchelsea Beach. An ancient Saxon tower which stood in the churchyard was also demolished for this purpose.

During the Napoleonic Wars several different regiments were lodged in Winchelsea‘s Barrack Square. The Church Register records that 72 soldiers belonging to various regiments were buried in the churchyard during the Peninsular War (1808-14).

In the early years of the nineteenth century, the church had become so dilapidated that it was declared ‘almost unfit for public worship’, but in 1850 the perilous condition of the fabric was finally realised and extensive repairs carried out. Since that time a constant watch has been kept on the state of the fabric, both inside and outside the church.

The three windows in the south aisle are dedicated to the themes of Land, Air and Fire, and Sea. The work of Dr Douglas Strachan (1875-1950) they are regarded as some of the finest stained glass of the modern era. They were presented to the church as a gift from Lord Blanesborough of Greyfriars and dedicated in 1933 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, in the presence of representatives of the Cinque Ports and the Ancient Towns.

The altar and retable in the Lady Chapel were also presented by Lord Blanesborough at this time as was the splendid organ above the west porch.

The windows on the south aisle were also designed and installed by Dr Strachan, including the beautiful east window which dominates the view of the church when entering through the west porch. The unusual window over the sedilia in the south wall commemorates the heroism of the crew of the Rye lifeboat, the Mary Stanford, who lost their lives while going to the rescue of another ship during a great storm in November 1928.

The clock on the north side of the tower was overhauled in Jubilee Year 1977 and again in 1998/9 when the beautiful dial was repainted. The cost was partly born by the Friends of Winchelsea Church, a voluntary organisation started in 1966 to raise money to help maintain the fabric of this beautiful church and to whom the parish owes a great debt of gratitude for the maintenance work that has been carried out in recent years.

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Rocky Dell Road ~MP 151

On the evening of Monday August 20, 2018, and into the morning of the next day, a storm system moved across southern Wisconsin, dropping as much as 15.3 inches of rain in western Dane County.

Wisconsin & Southern Railroad's Prairie Subdivision follows Black Earth Creek between Middleton and Arena, a distance of about 19 miles, including 13 crossings. With the major flooding of the creek and low-lying areas, WSOR sustained massive damage to the line, including dozens of washouts and several landslides.

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This amazing posting box can be found outside Oxford St Aldates Post Office.

Posting a video for this piece which features audio from a mix by Karri O from his Maximum Minimum series. Here is the video (70+ megs).

Posting this reference photo for fellow Barbie collectors & fans. Found on the internet - photo not taken by me.

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Today's posting #274 "Peace Festival"

From: blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2011/08/shepard_fairey_beat_u...

Via the Guardian:

The LA-based artist (Shepard Fairey) believes the attack was sparked by a misunderstanding over his mural commemorating the demolition of the legendary "Ungdomshuset" (youth house) at Jagtvej 69. The building, a long-term base for Copenhagen's leftwing community, was controversially demolished in 2007. In the intervening years it has become a potent symbol of the standoff between the establishment in Copenhagen and its radical fringe.

Fairey's installation, painted on a building adjacent to the vacant site, depicted a dove in flight above the word "peace" and the figure "69". But the mural appeared to reopen old wounds, with critics accusing Fairey of peddling government-funded propaganda.

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Postings to the Themed Alphabets pool during the "letters with serifs" theme.

a. Eva the Weaver, b. chrisinplymouth, c. mag3737, d. Eva the Weaver, e. Monceau, f. urbanmkr, g. chrisinplymouth, h. TooFarNorth, i. Monceau, j. chrisinplymouth, k. Eva the Weaver, l. mag3737, m. Monceau, n. TooFarNorth, o. Eva the Weaver, p. mag3737, q. Monceau, r. chrisinplymouth, s. TooFarNorth, t. cutesmallfuzzy, u. mag3737, v. cutesmallfuzzy, w. Eva the Weaver, x. TooFarNorth, y. Monceau, z. chrisinplymouth

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Have been thinking of posting something from this perspective for some time.

Occasionally I will shoot a few frames from here, looking for the most interesting angles. Sky was clear on this day, would like to shoot when I have some clouds to work with (I don't do composites), so posting here 'as is', cloudless in mono.

I'm posting an old edited photo today my friends because my mind ain't working well to edit and post a new one. I'm sick for two days now. No voice and couldn't sing with my band. I feel so bad that I wasn't able to go to work last night and help them. Thank God it's our day-off today and tomorrow. I'm praying that my voice will come back on sunday with all the medicines I'm taking now so I can sing and work again.

Love You, Guys! ♥

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Last posting for now for my hidden forest series located on Fruitatious sim, home to Apple May Designs. I am very proud of how the sim looks and really enjoyed landscaping and decorating the sim. It is packed with greenery and chill areas for everyone to use.HALLOWEEN hunt going on now for men and women! Have a look at my blog for full details and go have a look at the sim yourself. Have some apple pie in the pergola or pumpkin pie I left in the cute beehive build. Thank you. My blog- majestyfiles.blogspot.com/

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"Grab your camera and walk 2 minutes in any direction.

Stop.

Find a photo worth making from where you stopped."

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From "the Captains log": www.flickr.com/photos/rustymarvin/6550919281/

"Environment External"

The purpose is to get you outside and use the surroundings to your best advantage.

- I got out (on a Saturday morning!)

The topic offers a raft of opportunities to use space or to show us something from your local area or the area you are in on the day of the assignment.

- The nearby Taastrup Park Hotel.

Besides the weather and the opportunities it can bring with light, shade or monochrome aspects, you should also look around at items that have been worn or weathered to enhance your shot.

- The frame on the stained window glass is pretty worn. It needs some new paint.

This is to help you get close to different textures, colours and hues.

- The old brown brickwork has a red hue because of the low sun (I think).

Other assignments are to make you think about the now and then, maybe put you on the spot to take a photograph.

- This building used to be a rather large family house. It stood empty for some years, looking more and more miserable. It then became an extension to a new hotel building.

I’m glad it wasn’t torn down but “recycled” :-)

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When finding yourself in this position, spend a few moments (5-10 minutes if possible) becoming familiar with the surroundings, consider a number of different point of view, what you are going to focus on, how to make the biggest impact, blur, dof, framing etc

- I think the long shadow does it :-)

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This is a photograph from the second annual running of The Downs National School Valentines 5KM Road Race and Fun run which was held at The Downs GAA club, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath on Sunday February 9th 2013 at 12:00. The race was held as a fundraiser for the Downs National School. This is a very important fundraiser for the Downs National School new building project and the parents, teachers, and friends of the Downs National School and the neighbouring community are to be congratulated with the fabulous road race and social event that they organised. There was a great family atmosphere at the event and there was a very plentiful spread of refreshments afterwards in the Clubhouse. The event has grown strongly in it's second year. Community spirit was very evident. The Downs is part of the geographically very large parish of Kinnegad, Coralstown, and Clonard and there were many local participants from the parish. Well over 400 people took part in the event. The stormy wet weather of late cleared off. Whilst there was a strong headwind on the course for the final kilometer all in all the weather was very suitable for running.

The Downs is situated just off the M4 between Kinnegad and Mullingar and is accessed from Junction/Exit 14 on the M4 and following the R156.

The race starts on the Cloghan road (this is about 1KM from the GAA Clubhouse) and proceeds clock-wise around a circuit which takes in the main Killucan road. The race passes by the finish/race-hq on it's first loop. The road surface is a mixture of standard tarmacadam and gravel trail around by the forestry. Overall, the course is flat with just two very small hills for runners to content with. The course was very accurately measured and well marshalled.

The race is Athletics Association of Ireland approved. Timing was provided by Precision Timing who, as always, provided excellent timing and event management services on their day. Their website (with results from today's race) is available at: www.precisiontiming.net/result/racetimer

We captured a large set of photographs from the race today. The full set of photographs are available in the following Flickr set: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157640695491875/

Garmin GPS Trace of the Downs 5KM Route: connect.garmin.com/activity/274552625

Photographs from the Downs National School Valentines Dash 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157632736527242/

Photographs from the Downs 5km in June 2012: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157630060070829/

The Downs National School Parents Page: www.facebook.com/pages/The-Downs-National-School-Parents-...

We use Creative Commons Licensing for these photographs

We use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License for all our photographs here in this photograph set. What does this mean in reality?

The explaination is very simple.

Attribution- anyone using our photographs gives us an appropriate credit for it. This ensures that people aren't taking our photographs and passing them off as their own.

ShareAlike – anyone can use these photographs, and make changes if they like, or incorporate them into a bigger project, but they must make those changes available back to the community under the same terms.

Creative Commons aims to encourage creative sharing. See some examples of Creative Commons photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

Can I use these photographs directly from Flickr on my social media account(s)?

Yes - of course you can! Flickr provides several ways to share this and other photographs in this Flickr set. You can share to: email, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, LiveJournal, and Wordpress and Blogger blog sites. Your mobile, tablet, or desktop device will also offer you several different options for sharing this photo page on your social media outlets.

We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. Our only "cost" is our request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, etc or (2) other websites, blogs, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us.

This also extends the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.

How can I get full resolution, print-quality, copies of these photographs?

If you just need these photographs for online usage then they can be used directly once you respect their Creative Commons license and provide a link back to our Flickr set if you use them. For offline usage and printing all of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available free, at no cost, at full image resolution.

Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.

In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - If you are using the photographs online all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting does take a significant effort and time. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc. If you are using the photographs in newspapers or magazines we ask that you mention where the original photograph came from.

I would like to contribute something for your photograph(s)?

Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers or in other circumstances we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.

I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?

As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:

     ►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera

     ►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set

     ►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone

     ►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!

You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.

Don't like your photograph here?

That's OK! We understand!

If, for any reason, you are not happy or comfortable with your picture appearing here in this photoset on Flickr then please email us at petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com and we will remove it as soon as possible. We give careful consideration to each photograph before uploading.

I want to tell people about these great photographs!

Great! Thank you! The best link to spread the word around is probably http://www.flickr.com/peterm7/sets

Some of you may have noticed that, unfortunately, owing to the fact that a certain person who sells truck photos on eBay commercially has been lifting my images from this album and selling them I have had to remove 2300 photos that didn't have a watermark. I have now run around 1700 through Lightroom and added a watermark with the intention of bulk uploading them again. Rather than watermark the existing (hidden) files in Flickr one at a time it will be easier to do it this way. I definitely won’t be adding individual tags with the make and model of each vehicle I will just add generic transport tags. Each photo is named after the vehicle and reg in any case. For anyone new to these images there is a chapter and verse explanation below. It is staggering how many times I get asked questions that a quick scan would answer or just as likely I can’t possibly answer – I didn’t take them, but, just to clarify-I do own the copyright- and I do pursue copyright theft.

This is a collection of scanned prints from a collection of photographs taken by the late Jim Taylor A number of years ago I was offered a large number of photographs taken by Jim Taylor, a transport photographer based in Huddersfield. The collection, 30,000 prints, 20,000 negatives – and copyright! – had been offered to me and one of the national transport magazines previously by a friend of Jim's, on behalf of Jim's wife. I initially turned them down, already having over 30,000 of my own prints filed away and taking space up. Several months later the prints were still for sale – at what was, apparently, the going rate. It was a lot of money and I deliberated for quite a while before deciding to buy them. I did however buy them directly from Jim’s wife and she delivered them personally – just to quash the occasional rumour from people who can’t mind their own business. Although some prints were sold elsewhere, particularly the popular big fleet stuff, I should have the negatives, unfortunately they came to me in a random mix, 1200 to a box, without any sort of indexing and as such it would be impossible to match negatives to prints, or, to even find a print of any particular vehicle. I have only ever looked at a handful myself unless I am scanning them. The prints are generally in excellent condition and I initially stored them in a bedroom without ever looking at any of them. In 2006 I built an extension and they had to be well protected from dust and moved a few times. Ultimately my former 6x7 box room office has become their (and my own work’s) permanent home.

I hope to avoid posting images that Jim had not taken his self, however should I inadvertently infringe another photographers copyright, please inform me by email and I will resolve the issue immediately. There are copyright issues with some of the photographs that were sold to me. A Flickr member from Scotland drew my attention to some of his own work amongst the first uploads of Jim’s work. I had a quick look through some of the 30 boxes of prints and decided that for the time being the safest thing for me to do was withdraw the majority of the earlier uploaded scans and deal with the problem – which I did. whilst the vast majority of the prints are Jims, there is a problem defining copyright of some of them, this is something that the seller did not make clear at the time. I am reasonably confident that I have since been successful in identifying Jims own work. His early work consists of many thousands of lustre 6x4 prints which are difficult to scan well, later work is almost entirely 7x5 glossy, much easier to scan. Not all of the prints are pin sharp but I can generally print successfully to A4 from a scan.

You may notice photographs being duplicated in this Album, unfortunately there are multiple copies of many prints (for swapping) and as I have to have a system of archiving and backing up I can only guess - using memory - if I have scanned a print before. The bigger fleets have so many similar vehicles and registration numbers that it is impossible to get it right all of the time. It is easier to scan and process a print than check my files - on three different PC’s - for duplicates. There has not been, nor will there ever be, any intention to knowingly breach anyone else's copyright. I have presented the Jim Taylor collection as exactly that-The Jim Taylor Collection- his work not mine, my own work is quite obviously mine.

Unfortunately, many truck spotters have swapped and traded their work without copyright marking it as theirs. These people never anticipated the ease with which images would be shared online in the future. I would guess that having swapped and traded photos for many years that it is almost impossible to control their future use. Anyone wanting to control the future use of their work would have been well advised to copyright mark their work (as many did) and would be well advised not to post them on photo sharing sites without a watermark as the whole point of these sites is to share the image, it is very easy for those that wish, to lift any image, despite security settings, indeed, Flickr itself, warns you that this is the case. It was this abuse and theft of my material that led me to watermark all of my later uploads. I may yet withdraw non-watermarked photos, I haven’t decided yet. (I did in the end)

To anyone reading the above it will be quite obvious that I can’t provide information regarding specific photos or potential future uploads – I didn’t take them! There are many vehicles that were well known to me as Jim only lived down the road from me (although I didn’t know him), however scanning, titling, tagging and uploading is laborious and time consuming enough, I do however provide a fair amount of information with my own transport (and other) photos. I am aware that there are requests from other Flickr users that are unanswered, I stumble across them months or years after they were posted, this isn’t deliberate. Some weekends one or two “enthusiasts” can add many hundreds of photos as favourites, this pushes requests that are in the comments section ten or twenty pages out of sight and I miss them. I also have notifications switched off, I receive around 50 emails a day through work and I don’t want even more from Flickr. Other requests, like many other things, I just plain forget – no excuses! Uploads of Jim’s photos will be infrequent as it is a boring pastime and I would much rather work on my own output.

So, I keep posting pictures of myself in skirts even though I wear trousers 90% of the time. I guess that I think my normal outfits are boring. Anyway, this one is:

- Lane Bryant Right Fit jeans from sometime in the aughts. (the pear shaped kind, obv.)

- Yet another one of my six year old Target cotton/wool sweaters that I paid $10 each for and that turned out to be one of my best bargains ever, because I've been wearing them all the time for years and they never wear out.

- A cotton/spandex shirt from Winners (also know as TJ/TK Maxx), 2008, maybe?

- A cloth necklacy thing my mom in law gave me for Christmas a couple of years ago

- Earrings that I got at the Polmodie car boot sale for £1 last week.

- A brand new pair of ankle boots that my mom got me for Christmas when she was visiting recently.

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In posting shots on other social media last year, it seemed that my shots at Ruckinge were not as complete as they should have been.

I did call in last year, but due to COVID, the church was locked.

On Saturday, we were in Ham Street so I could hunt butterflies, and surprisingly, Ham Street has no church within the village, instead there is Ruckinge and Orelestone to the north and east.

Orelestone I only visited last year, so have not been inside, but Ruckinge I last saw inside in 2014.

Saturday mornings there is a regular coffee morning in the shop, and I arrived just after midday as the refreshments were being packed away. Another role into which parish churches step into as other civic buildings are sold off up and down the country.

The tall, squat dower is visible from half a mile away, towering over the mature trees between. Clearly an ancient construction, Norman for sure, and topped by a wee little steeple.

Being a glorious day, I walked round the outside of the church, recording some of the finer details, like the tympanums over the west and south doors.

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A large church of Norman origins, the west door being a much-weathered example of twelfth-century work. The south doorway is also Norman and has the remains of two mass dials carved into its dressed stonework. The masonry inside the church shows clear signs of fire damage, and a nice crownpost roof of the fourteenth century probably marks the date of the rebuilding after the fire. Of the same period are the returned stalls on the south side of the chancel - the fronts being little more than a series of plain upright planks, with some spectacularly proportioned poppy-heads at each end. Outside, the upper stage of the tower dates from the thirteenth century and has a small pyramidal roof with needle spire.

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RUCKING

LIES the next parish westward from Bilsington, for the most part upon the clay-hills. It is written in Domesday, Rochinges, and now usually called and written Ruckinge. Part of it, in which the church stands, is in the hundred of Newchurch, and another part in the hundred of Ham. That part of it which is below the hill southward is in the level of Romney Marsh, and within the liberty and jurisdiction of the justices of it, and the residue is within that of the justices of the county, and within the district of the Weald.

The PARISH lies so obscurely as to be but little known, it is a dreary unpleasant place, the roads are very narrow and miry, as bad as any in the Weald, the soil being a deep miry clay; that from Limne, through Bilsington, Ham-street, and Warehorne, crosses this parish on the side of the clay-hill, inclining nearer to the Marsh. The church stands on the side of the hill, overlooking the Marsh, which lies at the foot of it southward. The upper or northern side of it is mostly coppice wood. It contains about 930 acres of upland, and as many of marsh-land. There is no village, the houses being dispersed about the parish, and are mostly inhabited by poorer sort of people.

IN THE YEAR 791 king Offa gave to Christ-church, in Canterbury, fifteen plough-lands in Kent, among which was this estate of Roching, together with several dennes, for the feed of hogs, in the Weald; (fn. 1) but it was afterwards wrested from the church, during the Danish wars, and it continued in lay hands at the time of the conquest, soon after which it appears to have been in the possession of Hugo de Montfort, from whom archbishop Lanfranc recovered it again to his church, in the solemn assembly, held on this occasion by the king's command, at Pinenden-heath, in the year 1076. This estate coming thus into the hands of the church, on the division made of the revenues of it between the archbishop and his monks, was allotted by him to the latter, and the possession of it was confirmed to them by king Henry I. and II. In Somner's Gavelkind, is a transcript of a release anno 17 Edward I. of the base services of several of the tenants of this manor (gavelkind men) who brought them out, and consequently it was a mere change from service into money, by the mutual consent of lord and tenant. King Edward II. in his 10th year, granted to the prior and convent of Christ-church, free-warren in all their demesne lands in Rucking, among other places. In which state this manor continued till the suppression of the priory, anno 31 Henry VIII. when it came into the king's hands, where it did not remain long, for the king settled it by his dotation charter, in his 33d year, on his new-erected dean and chapter of Canterbury, part of whose possessions it still remains. The heirs of the Rev. Dr. James Andrews, lately deceased, are now entitled to the lease of it. There is no court held for this manor.

The OTHER PART of this parish, not included in the above grant of king Offa, seems to be that which Cuthred, king of Kent, in the year 805, with the consent and leave of Cœnulf, king of Mercia, gave to Aldbertht his servant, and Seledrythe the abbot, being two plough-lands in Hrocing, situated on both sides of the river Limene, to hold in perpetual inheritance, free from all regal tribute, &c. (fn. 2) Soon after the Norman conquest Hugo de Montfort was become possessed of lands in this parish, some of which were those which had been given by king Offa, as above-mentioned, to the priory of Christ-church, which were again recovered from him by archbishop Lanfranc, at the great meeting held at Pinenden. The residue continued in his possession, and are accordingly entered in the survey of Domesday, under the general title of the lands of Hugo de Montfort:

Ralph, son of Richard, holds of Hugo half a suling in Rochinges, which Leuret held of king Edward. It was taxed at half a suling. The arable land is two carucates. There are now twelve villeins having one carucate and an half. Of wood the pannage for one hog. In the time of king Edward the Confessor it was worth fifty shillings, and afterwards thirty shillings, now fifty shillings.

IN THIS PART was the MANOR OF WESTBEREIS, alias Rokinges, which seems to have been once accounted as a moiety of the manor of Rucking. The former of these names it appears to have taken from the antient owners of it. After this name was extinct here, which was before the reign of king Henry IV. this manor was come into the name of Prisot, and in the 21st year of king Henry VI. was owned by John Prisot, who was that year made a sergeant-at-law, and in the 27th year of it knighted, and made chief justice of the common pleas, (fn. 3) in whose descendants it continued till the 8th year of king Henry VIII. when Thomas Prisot passed it away by sale to George Hount, in which name it continued till the 9th year of queen Elizabeth, when it was sold to Reginald Stroughill, usually called Struggle, who was in the commission of the peace in king Edward VI.'s reign, a name of antient extraction in Romney Marsh, where there were lands so called, and there they continued in good esteem at Lyd, of which town they were jurats, and possessed lands for many years afterwards. From this name this manor of Westberies, alias Rokinges, went by sale to Pearse, and anno 23 Elizabeth John Pearse, alienated it, being held in capite, to Richard Guildford and Bennet his wife, but he being indicted for not taking the oath of supremacy, they fled the realm, and were attainted of treason, and his lands became forfeited to the crown, where this manor seems to have remained till the death of the latter in 1597, anno 39 Elizabeth, when the queen granted the fee of it to Walter Moyle, gent. who sold it soon afterwards to Francis Bourne, esq. of Sharsted, and his grandson James Bourne owned it at the latter end of king Charles I.'s reign, and in his descendants it continued till it was at length sold to Parker, in which name it remained till John Parker, of London, alienated it in 1706 to Edward Andrews, of Hinxhill, and his daughter Susanna, who married George I'anns, of this parish, and left a daughter of her own name, who afterwards married first John Gray, M. D. of Canterbury, and secondly Tho. Ibbott, clerk, and entit led each of her husbands in turn respectively to the possession of this manor. On her death without issue, her heirs on her mother's side became entitled to it, and in them, to the number of more than thirty, the inheritance of it is at this time vested.

The MANOR OF BARDINDEN, or Barbodindenne, was likewise most probably situated in this part of Rucking, and was antiently so called from a family of the same name, who were possessors of it, one of whom, William de Barbodindenne, held it at his death, which was in the 9th year of king Edward III. and in his descendants it continued till at length it was alienated to Sir Robert Belknap, chief justice of the common pleas, who being attainted and banished in the 11th year of king Richard II. his estates became forfeited to the crown. Notwithstanding which, the king, who considered him as a martyr to his interest, granted him his estates again, and among others this manor, which he died possessed of in the 2d year of king Henry IV. His grandson John Belknap, in the beginning of king Henry VI.'s reign, alienated it to Engham, in which name it continued till king Henry VIII.'s reign, when it was sold to Sir Matthew Browne, of Beechworth, who held it in capite at his death, anno 4 and 5 Philip and Mary. His grandson Sir Thomas Browne passed it away by sale, in the 7th year of queen Elizabeth, to Thomas Lovelace, esq. whose cousin and heir William Lovelace, of Bethesden, sergeant-at-law, succeeded him in the possession of it, which afterwards descended down to Col. Richard Lovelace, who, soon after the death of king Charles I. alienated it, with his estates at Bethersden, to Mr. Richard Hulse, afterwards of Lovelace-place, in that parish, but whereabouts this manor is precisely situated, or who have been the proprietors of it since, I have not as yet been able to gain any discovery of.

POUNDHURST is a manor, situated about a mile north-west from the church. It belonged in 1651 to Richard Watts, who sold it to Gadsley, from which name it passed to Hatch, and then to Read, who passed it away to Clarke, of Ashford, and Grace Clarke carried it in marriage to the Rev. Thomas Gellibrand, and at her death in 1782, gave it by will to her son the Rev. Joseph Gellibrand, of Edmonton, the present possessor of it.

The MANOR OF MORE was antiently held by owners of the same name, one of whom, Matthew at More, held it by knight's service in the 20th year of king Edward III. after which this manor of More came into the possession of the family of Brent, who were possessed of it in king Henry VII.'s reign. At length Thomas Brent, esq. of Wilsborough, dying in 1612, s. p. by his will gave this manor to his nephew Richard Dering, esq. of Pluckley, in whose descendants it continued down to Sir Edward Dering, bart. now of Surrenden, the present possessor of it.

Charities.

A PERSON UNKNOWN gave to this parish an annuity of 20s. paid out of lands in Romney Marsh, occupied by Mr. Stone, of Great Chart, which is yearly distributed on New Year's day to the poor, who receive no parish relief.

The poor constantly relieved are about twenty, casually forty.

THIS PARISH is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Limne.

The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, is a very small building, having at the west end a pointed tower, out of which rises a small slender spire. In the tower there are five bells. It has a middle isle, and two narrow ones coving to it on each side. It has one chancel, and another building at the east end of the south isle, built of flint, with two handsome gothic windows on the south side, and seems to have been a chantry or oratory. It is now made use of to lay the materials in for the repairs of the church. There is a white stone in the north isle, having once had the figures of a man and woman in brass. There are no other memorials or gravestones in the church. On the outside of the steeple, on the west side, there is a very antient Saxon arched door-way, with carved capitals and zig-zag ornaments round it, and some sculpture under the arch. And there is such another smaller one on the middle of the south side of the south isle.

The church of Rucking seems to have been esteemed part of the possessions of the see of Canterbury ever since the restoring of it to that church, by the means of archbishop Lanfranc as above mentioned, when, on the allotment of the manor to the priory and monks of Christ-church, the archbishop most probably retained the advowson of this church to himself. His grace the archbishop is the present patron of it.

It is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 14l. 13s. 4d. and the yearly tenths at 1l. 9s. 4d. In 1588 it was valued at one hundred pounds, communicants one hundred. In 1640 it was valued at eightyfive pounds, communicants the same as before. There are about eighteen acres of glebe.

In the petition of the clergy, beneficed in Romney Marsh, in 1635, for setting aside the custom of twopence an acre, in lieu of tithe-wool and pasturage, a full account of which has been given before, under Burmarsh, the rector of Rucking was one of those who met on this occasion; when it was agreed on all sides, that wool in the Marsh had never been known to have been paid in specie, the other tithes being paid or compounded for.

¶There is a modus of one shilling per acre on all grafs lands in this parish within the Marsh, and by custom, all the upland pays four-pence per acre for pasturage, and one shilling per acre when mowed, no hay having ever been taken in kind, the other tithes are either taken in kind, or compounded for. Formerly the woods of this parish paid tithes, after the rate of two shillings in the pound, according to the money paid for the fellets of them; but in a suit in the exchequer for tithe of wood, anno 1713, brought by Lodge, rector, against Sir Philip Boteler, it was decreed against the rector, that this parish was within the bounds of the Weald, and the woods in it consequently freed from tithes. Which decree has been acquiesced in ever since.

www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol8/pp352-360

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The Garrison Church is officially named the Church of the Holy Trinity. It has been more popularly known as The Garrison Church because of the numerous regiments at the nearby Garrison worshipped there in the 1840's.

The Garrison Church, Millers Point, The Rocks, Sydney (Thursay 28 Aug 2008 @ 1:23pm).

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I photographed this bush over and over again last year without posting any of those images. This, my first effort, was the best--so here it is.

About a year after I bought this place I planted a lilac hedge along the back of the property. The bushes were marketed as miniatures, which turned out to be untrue as the hedge grew to be about a dozen feet tall. But that's OK.

This is the largest bush in the set. It's kind of spooky.

Mayhap I'll post another effort or two before the year ends.

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One of my doctors grounded me for the day a year back, so I kept to the house and yard. It seemed like a good opportunity for a selfie--so I took a bunch of 'em, and posted one.

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This photograph is an outtake from my 2021 photo-a-day project, 365^4.

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A series of 5 images--The Clark-Roller House (built by John Clark) is in Halifax County, the core of the structure dating from before 1820 with later additions in the 1850s. The Roller family has occupied the dwelling for much of the 20th century. The features of the house seem to show additions at various stages. A first view of the front façade gives the impression of symmetry; however, the wing on the right side of the entrance is more recessed than that of the left. In addition, the fenestration is different—both sash but to the left the lights are 9/9 and to the right 6/6. The front gable is Gothic Revival with a steeply pitched roof; narrow windows above the porch are more Italianate in their narrowness, showing the same diamond glass pattern found in the sidelights to the entrance. The pattern continues in the transom above the door but with a horizontal orientation. Square posts support the entry porch roof. Three gables intersect near the front of the house, but the gables to either side of the front gable are of different heights. The same decorative pattern is present in all gables—front, side and rear. Bracketing is uniform in the eaves except at the rear where the cornice contains dentil (supposedly double dentil though I was unable to get a look). The rear view shows a simple 2-story gable construction with massive chimneys. This structure is not listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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