Berkeley Castle's main claim to fame rests on its role as the final prison of King Edward II. It was here, in a small, squalid room just off the main entrance to the castle, that the unfortunate Edward was cruelly murdered by his captors in 1327. Lord Berkeley, the owner of the ca...
William did inherit the unentailed Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire. Scene of the graphic murder of Edward II, this fortress home remains in the Berkeley family, the third-oldest continuously occupied castle in England. The castle was the stand-in for the french ‘guillotine-happy port town’ ...
The overthrow of Edward II When Isabella and Mortimer landed in England, Edward fled before them. He went where his support was strongest; deep into Wales, but even there he could not hold out for long. In December 1326 he was captured and taken to Berkeley Castle, in Gloucestershire. A...
This must have incensed the King as he now determined to end the militancy of Bristol for good. The town was beseiged again and the Lord of Berkeley blockaded the city from the sea. Siege engines installed in the castle threw boulders at the blockades in Wine Street, breaking them down. ...
Gloucestershire.The most renowned Jenner was not from Sussex or Kent. Edward Jenner was born in Berkeley, Gloucestershire in 1749, the son of the local vicar, and he spent most of his career as a doctor in his native town. In 1796 he carried out his now famous experiment on eight-year-...
Sir Francis Berkeley strives to protect his wife and family from the brutal effects of the English Civil War. But aside from the struggle between king and parliament, the allegiances of family, friendship and honour entangle him at every turn and prove to be just as bloody. ...
Calypso Colony Hotel → Berkeley Beach Hotel → Sun Beach Hotel →Berkley Beach Hotel→ Ambiance Jamaica Hotel → Club Ambiance → closed [clippings] Eaton Hall Hotel→ Jack Tar Runaway Bay → closed and used for staff housing [photo/clippings] ...
mentioned in a Saxon royal charter in 940, was then listed in the Doomsday book as Vutune, a dependency of the manor of Berkeley. Wotton history in the Middle Ages was inextricably linked with that of the Berkeley's, whose Norman castle still stands a few miles to the west of the town...
July 1, 2015 The Starry Plough, Berkeley Slam, Berkeley, CA, 8:30pm JUNE 2015 June 11, 2015 Fresno Soap Co., 1470 North Van Ness, Fresno, CA, 8pm ($10 at door; arrive early — limited seating) June 12-19, 2015 Vipassana, North Fork, CA June 20-25, 2015 Vipassana, Kelseyville,...
historic county ofGloucestershire. A small area between Leigh Sinton and Acton Green and theparishof Stoke Bliss are part of the historic county ofHerefordshire. Upper Arley lies in the historic county ofStaffordshire, and a small area south of Upper Arley belongs to the historic county of...