farms
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I do enjoy Country Life magazine, mainly for the beautiful old houses that come up for sale and are shown in detail. The actual history of the properties isn’t always mentioned, and so I try to find out more, in the hope of learning of some connection to “our” period. This time the 6-bedroom property…
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On 21st February 2021 the Darlington & Stockton Times published at article about the puzzling inclusion of a Streetlam Castle in an 1803 map. See this article. No one knew anything about a castle at Streetlam, and it was believed the inclusion in the map was a cartographer’s trick, to expose others who might copy…
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The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 is well-known, and it is often thought that the decline of serfdom, or villeinage, began at about this time. The truth is more complex. Like most English traditions, villeinage took a long time to pass and outlived its usefulness by many decades. Indeed Queen Elizabeth I still owned serfs –…
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