At each side of the choir are the two most famous tombs in the Cathedral. The first is … More
Category: History
Chatham Historic Dockyard: HMS Cavalier
Built at Cowes on the Isle of Wight, HMS Cavalier was launched in March 1943. She served in the … More
Charterhouse: Tour (4)
Our tour brings us to the Museum which contains items associated with the history of Charterhouse Having finished our tour … More
Peterborough Cathedral (2): The Nave
Chatham Historic Dockyard: RNLI Historic Lifeboat Collection
The RNLI houses its collection of Lifeboats within one of the sheds at Chatham Dockyard. The collection contains an … More
The Amorite Kingdoms (2)
If we now return to the year two thousand and look at what was happening in the eastern arm of … More
Charterhouse: Tour (3)
Our tour next takes us to the Chapel. The current chapel occupies part of the original monastic chapterhouse and in … More
Peterborough Cathedral (1)
On our recent trip to East Anglia, I had the opportunity to explore Peterborough’s magnificent Cathedral. The first abbey … More
Chatham Historic Dockyard: Tour (part 3)
The Dockyard had an extensive railway network
The Amorite Kingdoms
My last offering on the history of the Fertile Crescent brought us to around 2100BCE with the fall of the … More
