Jun 7 David II becomes king of Scotland1330 York Minster West Window Sherborne Castle is given to the Earl of Salisbury Mar Execution of Edmund, Earl of Kent Mar 4 Coronation of Philippa of Hainault Jun 15 Edward (the Black Prince) is born ...
As a result a new series of flood defences were built. Then the next winter to find itself in the history books was 1963 which earned itself the name ‘The Big Freeze’. There were snowdrifts 8ft deep in Kent. As I recall, the 1970s were relatively snow free in comparison to the...
Leeds Castle has been called the loveliest castle in England and it certainly lives up to the name. The elegant stone keep, towers, and crenelated battlements surrounded by a tranquil moat, beautiful gardens and lush parkland are exactly what you would picture as an idealized medieval castle. ...
Jutes and Saxons. These tribes developed their local fiefdoms and were classified as English collectively. By the 7th century these fiefdoms transformed in to a series of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Around 9th century the Vikings attempted to invade the eastern part of England. However the English manag...
The best known Bon Marché in the North of England opened in Liverpool in December 1878. Its founder, David Lewis, was a boys’ clothier. Nevertheless, the Bon Marché in Basnett Street catered mainly for female shoppers. The establishment was extended twice in the 1880s, with a sturdy tower...
Then the next winter to find itself in the history books was 1963 which earned itself the name ‘The Big Freeze’. There were snowdrifts 8ft deep in Kent. As I recall, the 1970s were relatively snow free in comparison to the earlier winters of the twentieth century but the end of the...
June 16, 2016 live interview with Ben Jackson, BBC Radio, Leicester, England, 3pm June 19, 2016 The Moon Club, Womanby Street, Cardiff, Wales, 8pm TICKETS June 23, 2016 as part of the Tongue Fu showcase at The Rumshack in The Common, Glastonbury Festival, England, 8pm SOLD OUT June...
In 1285 Elizabeth and Edward spent the summer with their parents and older sisters. They visited Thomas a Becket’s shrine at Canterbury and spent a week at Leeds Castle in Kent before traveling to Amesbury in Wiltshire. Amesbury Priory was the retirement home of the dowager queen, Eleanor of...
Australia.The first Marshall to Australia was a sea captain, John Marshall from Kent, in charge of theScarboroughin the First and Second Fleet of convicts. He had an unhappy time, a threatened mutiny on the first voyage and a high convict death rate (one out of every 3.5 convicts who boa...
He went to war in France in 1512 so was not on hand when James IV of Scotland took the opportunity to invade England. By 1522 he was back on the borders and indulging in some light feuding with the Dacre family. The problem was that Percy saw the warden role in the east and middle...