Leicestershire
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Next spring (2025) will see the launching of another attraction set around the Battle of Bosworth and the fate of our favourite king, Richard III. It is to be called Bosworth1485. Not only will the trail take people to the places and through the countryside of relevance, but there will be “interpretation panels” at each…
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It’s always good to walk around the British countryside, and for Ricardians the prospect of including the site of Bosworth Field in our rambling has to be a carrot par excellence. Such a walk is newly available, called the Battlefields and Borderlands Way , and takes in a number of important sites in south-west Leicestershire, some…
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Ashby de la Zouch Castle – Home to William Lord Hastings
Ashby, attainder, castles, chapels, Charles the Bold, Domenico Mancini, Edward V, English Heritage, engraving, executions, Great Council, Hastings Tower, high treason, illustrations, Jasper “Tudor”, Katherine Hastings, Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, Lord Chamberlain, Louis XI, National Gallery, Richard III, Rosemary Horrox, slighting, The Road to Bosworth Field, Tower of London, Towton, William Lord Hastings, WydevillesReblogged from Ashby de la Zouch Castle – Home to William Lord Hastings An intriguing doorway leads into the Great Chamber where the family would have entertained important guests. A fine 15th century fireplace has survived as well as a 16th century window. Photo from the English Heritage Guidebook book Following on from my earlier post…
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Please Melton, don’t invite Henry VII….
2022, Anne of Cleves, Bank Holidays, celebrities, Elizabeth of Austria, Food, George IV, Great North Road, Henry VII, hunting, Leicestershire, Lord Cardigan, Maharani of Jaipur, Melton Mowbray, Platinum Jubilee, pork pie, Priories, Reformation, Richard I, roads, Stilton, Thomas Cromwell, William the LionOh dear, the whole idea was excellent until I read the dreaded name Henry VII. Will someone please advise them not to bother with that piece of Tudor crud? He’s a party-pooper and will rain on their parade for sure. Go to site this site to read about the event at Melton.
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Richard’s silver boar badge makes it to number two on this list, second only to a golden aestel of a horse’s head, which is believed to be part of a pointer for reading books. The boar should be first, of course. No question. But I don’t think we need to be told it’s a…
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THE RISE AND FALL OF WILLIAM LORD HASTINGS AND HIS CASTLE OF KIRBY MUXLOE
Ashby St Ledgers, Battle of Bosworth, Cecily Bonville, Croyland, Edward IV, Edward V, Eton, Hastings Execution, Henry of Buckingham, John Cowper, Katherine Hastings, Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, Lord Chamberlain, Lord High Constable, Low Countries, manticore, Paston Letters, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Rosemary Horrox, signatures, Sir Richard Grey, St. george’s Chapel, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Tower, Towton, William Catesby, William Lord Hastings, WydevillesKirby Muxloe Castle at sunset. Unfinished – the builders laid their tools down on hearing about the execution of William, Lord Hastings. Photo with thanks to crazyaboutcastles.com Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Kirby Muxloe Castle, lies in Leicestershire countryside, in ruins, the unfinished project of William, Lord Hastings. Hastings was the epitome…
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Leicestershire seems to be a county that just keeps ‘giving’ to archaeologists, from the discovery of Richard III’s remains (naturally) in 2012 to gigantic Roman structures under Leicester…and now, moving back in time, an Iron Age shield has been found in, of all places, the River Soar. (Everyone was wrong about Richard being in the…
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Here’s Legends an interesting book of Leicestershire folk tales for children. It includes the intriguing story of the griffin of Griffydam. Oh, and it also relates the “legends” about King Richard III !!
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I’m doing well today when it comes to detailed maps – old maps, specifically .Attention has probably been drawn to this site on various occasions, but here it is again. You can zoom right in on maps that are usually/often hard to make out. I’ve chosen this 1583 Warwick/Leicester map at random. There are a…
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