coaching inns

Where did weary medieval travellers sleep…?

Sep 12, 2022

buildings, religion, travel

beds, Cloppenberg, coaching inns, France, Germany, hospices, pilgrims, Sainte-Marie-la-Blanche

I find myself needing to research the sort of accommodation a weary medieval traveller might expect to find at an inn or hospice. Today we look at our picturesque 14th/15th16th century inns and have no trouble at all booking ourselves into handsome panelled rooms with low beams, latticed bay windows, fine four-posters etc. Oh…
TWO ANGELS, TWO BUCKINGHAMS

May 22, 2022

anniversaries, art, buildings, genealogy, heraldry, religion, travel

Buckingham, Buckingham Museum, coaching inns, coins, corbels, crown, Dukes of Buckingham, Edward III, Edward IV, gold half-angel, Grantham, Great North Road, Knights Templar, Phillippa of Hainault, Richard III, Sir Isaac Newton, St. Michael, St. Wulfram, swan

A nice little pre-Christmas break took me to two towns of interest, Buckingham and Grantham. I wanted to see Buckingham museum which is currently hosting a Richard III display featuring the gold Half Angel found in the fields nearby. It was a nice little collection and the info panels were mercifully free of too many…
A blue plaque for the Angel & Royal….?

Oct 19, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, law

blue plaque, British Museum, coaching inns, death warrants, Grantham, Grantham Civic Society, Henry of Buckingham, hotels, listed buildings, Royal Progress, The Angel

The following is an extract from this article. :- “….The Angel and Royal Inn has been in Grantham for more than 800 years and still retains its medieval character….A blue plaque would celebrate the hotel’s history and mark its many significant royal connections….” And we Ricardians know the royal connection that matters; in October…
St Edmund, patron saint of pandemics….

Nov 20, 2020

anniversaries, archaeology, buildings, religion, Science

Anglo-Saxons, Bury St. Edmunds, Charles Dickens, coaching inns, Greene King, King of East Anglia, Mary “Tudor”, Moyse’s Hall Museum, pandemics, Red Barn Murder, St. Edmund, St. Edmund’s cathedral, St. Mary’s Bury St. Edmunds, tennis court, The Angel, Vikings, William Corder

And now we have a search for St Edmund, one of England’s early patron saints. As pandemics were one of his concerns, I certainly trust they find him. We could do with his services at the moment! Here’s hoping he’s located. To read more, go here.

coaching inns

Where did weary medieval travellers sleep…?

TWO ANGELS, TWO BUCKINGHAMS

A blue plaque for the Angel & Royal….?

St Edmund, patron saint of pandemics….