Masham
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An important bridge not far from Middleham Castle is to be repaired to prevent “structural instability and failure”. It was once described in a sketch by celebrated artist JMW Turner as “The Entrance To Wensleydale”, and is key for those travelling between Wensleydale and Harrogate, Ripon and Masham. If there is such a sketch, I…
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The Great British Dig – History in Your Garden
Andy Robertshaw, burials, Caroline Wilkinson, Christian convert, Domesday Book, facial reconstruction, gun emplacement, Hadrian’s Wall, Hugh Dennis, Lenton, Maidstone, Masham, Newcastle, Nottinghamshire, Priories, pubs, Sean Bean, Second World War, South Shields, Time team, Trow Point, Vikings, William IThis excellent series began with a pilot last April, with Hugh Dennis and three archaeologists looking for a Roman settlement on the site of a former inn in Maidstone’s Florence Road. It resumed in February with the small team moving to Benwell, Newcastle, to locate a Hadrian’s Wall fort, followed by a Viking burial ground…
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Ralph, 9th Baron Scrope of Masham, was—through his Greystoke mother—the great-grandson of Joan Beaufort and therefore great-great-grandson of John of Gaunt and Katherine de Roët. This made him the great-great-great-grandson of Edward III. (For the path, follow the purple line in the following chart.) What this blood did not do was give him expectations. *…
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