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A new discovery at what was once Woodstock Palace….

Nov 3, 2022

anniversaries, archaeology, buildings, Science

Blenheim, Dukes of Marlborough, Edward of Woodstock, Endeavour Morse, fishing, gnomes, Henry II, Henry VII, hunting lodges, Last Bus to Woodstock, Oxford Mail, Queen Pool, Rosamund Clifford, Thomas of woodstock, windmills, Winston Churchill

“….Archaeologists have made an exciting discovery in the Queen Pool at Blenheim Palace prior to dredging work….They believe they have uncovered the remains of a 14th century watermill complex….” So reads the opening of this article. A new discovery at somewhere as historic as Blenheim is very exciting. But maybe it was its Woodstock Palace…
Some ghosts of Oxfordshire, but try Gloucestershire for size too….

May 9, 2021

battles, buildings

Edward II, Edward of Lancaster, Francis Viscount Lovell, ghosts, Gloucestershire, Littledean Hall, Margaret of Anjou, Minster Lovell, Oxford Mail, Oxfordshire, Tewkesbury

It seems that Oxfordshire is one of our most haunted county. Maybe. But I know of a few that would claim more ghosts. At the risk of irritating a whole bunch of folk, I’ll say my next-door county of Gloucestershire has the most ghosts of all. OK, OK, don’t all shout and wave your…