Torquay

Richard I—the world’s greatest kidnapping….?

Dec 20, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, religion, sources

Anjou, Austria, Berengaria, Blondel, Corfu, Crusades, Durnstein Castle, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Emperor Henry VI, excommunication, Fontevraud Abbey, Henry III. kidnapping, hostages, John, Leopold of Austria, Phillip Augustus, Pope, Richard I, Saladin, Torquay, Torre Abbey, William Brewer, William Stubbs

What links Richard I with Torquay? Well, it seems that when the king was captured and ransomed in Austria, one of those sent to negotiate for him was a certain very unpopular William Brewer, who was local to Torquay, a major landholder, administrator and judge in England during the reigns of Richard I, King John…
Give the Carys a Blue Plaque….!

Jul 23, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, religion

attainder, blue plaque, Cary family, Cockington, executions, exile, Henry IV, Henry V, Ireland, judges, Richard II, Sir Edward Seymour, Sir George Cary, Sir John Cary, Spanish Armada, Spanish Barn, Tewkesbury, Torbay Civic Society, Torquay, Torre Abbey

The above image is of the Spanish Barn at Torre Abbey, Torquay where George Cary and Sir Edward Seymour: “…..jointly took 400 prisoners during the Spanish Armada and some residents today know the men were imprisoned in what we still call ‘The Spanish Barn’. Torre Abbey estates were then purchased by the Cary family in…
They Kept on Marching …

Apr 17, 2023

Music Reviews, religion, travel

Salvation Army, The Legendary Ten Seconds, Torquay

… is another song by the Legendary Ten Seconds about the Salvation Army in Torquay. It is available to download as a further example of their music, although set rather more recently than usual.
More Legendary Ten Seconds songs …

Mar 16, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, heraldry, Music Reviews, religion

Coldridge, Cornwall, Dark Ages, Devon, Devon Roses, Drinking Foundations, Edward V, Glorious Revolution, History Book Part One, Ice Age, John Peel, Jules Jones, metal detecting, reburial, Salvation Army, Scottish campaign 1482, Spanish Armada, The Legendary Ten Seconds, The Mer de Mort, Torquay, White Surrey, William III

… with Jules Jones as lead vocalist: A new album highlighting the singing of Jules Jones on some of her favourite songs of the Legendary Ten Seconds.Recorded in Torbay, Kingsteignton, Teignmouth and Madron.Released on Richard the Third Records, Songs mastered by Phil Swann in Kingsteignton.Jules Jones lead and harmony singingIan Churchward guitars, keyboards, mandolin, mandola, ukulele…
Torquay and Torre Abbey

Jan 12, 2023

anniversaries, buildings, law, religion, travel

abbeys, Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie Mile, Babbacombe murder, Barons Hunsdon, Careys, Carys, crime, Dissolution of the Monasteries, First World War, Jacobites, museums, poisons garden, Premonstratensian order, priests, recusants, Royal Navy, the Green Ginger, The Legendary Ten Seconds, Torquay, Torquay Crime Museum, Torre Abbey, Viscounts Falkland

Thanks to our friends at the Legendary Ten Seconds, I had heard of Torre Abbey but didn’t realise that it was open to visit, as convenient or spectacular as it is. Half of the original building remains, on three floors including an art exhibition, whilst the other half (including the church) is a ruin, complete…
Torre Abbey, with the Legendary Ten Seconds

Nov 4, 2020

anniversaries, buildings, religion, travel

Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie Mile, Brixham, Devon, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Henry VIII, James VII/II, monasteries, Nottinghamshire, Pageant of Torbay, Torbay, Torquay, Torre Abbey, Welbeck Abbey, William III

This is another Legendary Ten Seconds production, principally about the ancient building in Torquay, but it is one track on an album about the wider history of Torbay. Torre Abbey, which dated from about 1096, was dissolved without significant resistance in 1539 and is principally an art gallery as well as part of the Agatha…
A Press Release:

Apr 10, 2016

Events

music, The Legendary Ten Seconds, Torquay, Towton

PRESS RELEASE Photograph TOWTON 1461 BY THE LEGENDARY TEN SECONDS RELEASE DATE ON ITUNES AND AMAZON 29th MARCH 2016 ARTWORK PAINTED BY GRAHAM MOORES RECORDED AT ROCK LEE AND RAINBOW STARSHINE STUDIOS IN TORBAY BY IAN CHURCHWARD AND LORD ZARQUON OF THE LEGENDARY TEN SECONDS YORK’S WHITE ROSE AND LANCASTER’S RED THE WHITE…