Appledore

The Romney Marsh origin of being ‘scot free’….

Jan 27, 2020

buildings

Appledore, Dymchurch Wall, flood risk, Kent, Merriam-Webster, property, Romney Marsh, Rother, scot free, taxes, Winchelsea

The following paragraph is extracted from the Rye Museum :- “….The river (which we know as the Rother) made its way south east from Appledore across the marsh to an outfall into the sea at New Romney; by the 12th century this marsh river was converted into a canal 6 miles (9.7 km) long to…
A RIGHT ROYAL TAX SCAM

Oct 14, 2019

anniversaries, archaeology, battles

Appledore, Battle of Hastings, Chew Valley, coins, Harold II, St. Edward the Confessor, taxation, William I

Somerset’s Chew Valley is an interesting place. Around the shores of the artificially made Chew Valley Lake, lie dozens of medieval villages and the signs of habitation, burial and ritual left by prehistoric man, including the mysterious stone and timber circle, Stanton Drew. Appledore, where a subsequent battle took place, lies in the next county.…
Another eleventh century struggle

Jun 26, 2017

anniversaries, archaeology, travel

Alan the Black, Anglo-Saxons, Appledore, Battle of Hastings, battles, Bideford, Bloody Corner, Brian of Brittany, Devon, Diarmait, Edgar the Atheling, Edmund son of Harold, genealogy, Godwine son of Harold, Gytha, Harold II, Harrying of the North, Ireland, Malcolm III, Margaret of Wessex, Normans, Northam, resistance, Richard III, Scotland

This article reveals the little-known sequel to the battle of Hastings. It took place in North Devon, between Appledore and Northam near Bideford, on 26 June 1069 and was led by Brian of Brittany and Alan the Black for the Normans against Godwine and Edmund, sons of Harold II, for the Anglo-Saxon “resistance”. The result…

Appledore

The Romney Marsh origin of being ‘scot free’….

A RIGHT ROYAL TAX SCAM

Another eleventh century struggle