Reading Abbey

Who else is under that car park….?

Oct 5, 2016

buildings, Science

car parks, Exhumation, Henry I, Kingfinder General, Leicester, Reading Abbey, Richard III

What can I say? Richard was buried in Leicester, which is apparently part of Reading. Or is it the other way around? Whatever, Henry I was there too! Were they close enough to commiserate? Perhaps archaeologists should dig a little deeper where they found Richard and Henry . . . because it’s likely King Arthur is also…
Has Henry I been located?

Sep 30, 2016

anniversaries, buildings

car parks, Exhumation, Ground Penetrating Radar, Henry I, Kingfinder General, Leicester, Oscar Wilde, Reading Abbey, Reading Gaol, Richard III

A heat map produced by GPR appears to show evidence of graves close to Reading Abbey’s high altar, corresponding almost exactly to Richard III’s location in the Leicester Greyfriars, as this post shows. The site, which is presently and inevitably a car park, was once occupied by the gaol Oscar Wilde made famous, see also…
On the trail of the House of York….

Aug 1, 2016

buildings

Baynard’s Castle, Cerne Abbey, Dartington Hall, Kristie Davis Dean, Old St. Paul’s, Placentia Palace, Reading Abbey, Warwick Castle, Wingfield, Yorkists

Here are eight places associated with members of the House of York. The first is Cerne Abbey, which Anne Neville visited in 1471. Included in the list is my favourite place in all the world, Dartington Hall in Devon. Read on…. http://www.historyextra.com/article/feature/trail-yorks-8-places-associated-richard-iii%E2%80%99s-family
The Hidden Abbey Project

Jul 17, 2016

anniversaries, buildings, Science

Ground Penetrating Radar, Henry I, Kingfinder General, Philippa Langley, Reading Abbey

The first news of some GPR action in Reading: http://www.philippalangley.co.uk/news.html Further information is available from: http://readingshiddenabbey.blogspot.co.uk/
Revealing Richard III

Jul 6, 2016

archaeology, Science

“Princes”, 1483, David Johnson, DNA evidence, foreign archives, Henry I, John Ashdown-Hill, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Leicester dig, Looking for Richard, Philippa Langley, Reading Abbey, Wendy Johnson

http://revealingrichardiii.com/index.html Now we know what those behind the Looking for Richard project are up to next*, from Lady Eleanor and the “Princes” to the year 1483 itself. There is certain to be some DNA involved. * apart from Henry I and Reading Abbey, of course
Work begins in Reading

Jun 24, 2016

archaeology, battles, Science

Greyfriars, Ground Penetrating Radar, Henry I, Hidden Abbey Project, John Ashdown-Hill, Kingfinder General, Leicester, Philippa Langley, Reading Abbey, Richard III

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/12/archaeologists-begin-hunt-for-remains-of-henry-i/ Of course, some people knew exactly where to find Richard III.
Putting Richard’s name to his bones….

Mar 24, 2016

archaeology, Science

Baron de la Warr, DNA evidence, Dundee University, Henry I, identity, Jamestown, Leicester University, Lisa Gherardni, Reading Abbey, Smithsonian Institution

Putting names to bones The above article is very interesting, although the picture that went with it is of Richard’s remains. I know this still upsets many, so I have changed it for one of my own pictures. The text doesn’t only concern Richard, although it does to a great extent. Differing views expressed, of course,…
Time to go digging for kings again…

Jan 10, 2016

archaeology, Science

Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxons, burials, Cwmhir Abbey, Dunfermline Abbey, Eadgyth, Harold II, Henry I, Leicester, Llewellyn the Last, Magdeburg, Margaret of Wessex, Oswald, Reading Abbey, Richard III, Waltham Abbey, Winchester

A section of the Bayeaux Tapestry showing the death of Harold II Hulton Archive/Getty Images http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/five-missing-kings-and-queens-and-where-we-might-find-them-a6798966.html I think we should all get out our trowels and knee-pads to go digging around again!
An interview with Phillippa Langley – Part One …

Oct 30, 2015

archaeology, buildings, Science

“Princes”, Edward IV, Ground Penetrating Radar, Henry I, Historic England, interviews, Kingfinder General, National Archives, nominative determinism, Philippa Langley, Reading Abbey, Richard III, Shakespeare, Stanleys

… in which we question the “Kingfinder General”: 1) Did your name, shared with two of Richard III’s great-grandparents, interest you in him? I remember being intrigued by seeing the name Langley and the Philippas in his Plantagenet ancestry and family tree but it wasn’t what interested me in Richard. I was captivated by his…
The latest on the search for Henry I in Reading

Jun 27, 2015

archaeology, buildings, Science

Civil War, Edward VI, Ground Penetrating Radar, Henry I, Henry VIII, Hugh Farringdon, Kingfinder General, Lampreys, MBE, Philippa Langley, playground, Reading Abbey, Reformation

Another good article here: http://www.livescience.com/51235-search-for-king-henry-tomb.html