A bright sunny winters day and so Sue and I decided to spend a couple of hours at Bough Beech … More
Category: UK
Textus Roffensis
When Keith and I recently visited Rochester Cathedral we took the opportunity to visit the exhibition space in the crypt. … More
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub & The Rude Parrot of Fleet Street
Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
Following on from my discovery and subsequent blog post on John “Mad Jack” Mytton – The craziest…
Images of Rochester Cathedral
London Churches: St Magnus the Martyr
The church of St Magnus stands at the northern end of London Bridge. It is first recorded in 1128 … More
Crofton Roman Villa
In 1926 when workmen were building a new roadway for the local council offices adjacent to Orpington railway station in … More
Rochester Cathedral: The history
The first record of a Cathedral on this site is from 604 when King Ethelbert donated a plot of land … More
Naturelog: 20th December
A good start to the morning with my first record of Grey Wagtail in the garden before I left to … More
London Churches: St Mary Augustine Watling St
Standing on a site adjacent to St Paul’s Cathedral, the first reference to St Augustine’s is found in the 12th … More
Statues and Monuments: Princes Court Figure
I came across this interesting piece of artwork above the entrance to a block of flats in West London. I … More