The Tudor House Museum and the D-Day Wall, Southampton, Hampshire

The Tudor House Museum The Tudor House came into being in 1491, when Sir John Dawtrey, Overseer of the Port ...

“The noblest monument of English Prose…” The King James Bible

Begun in 1604 and published in 1611, the King James Version became the Authorised Version of the Bible, and has ...

All Saints, Ashdon, Essex (2/2)

All Saints, Ashdon, Essex (2/2) All Saints church has a number of apotropaic marks on its stonework. It has several ...

The Folk-lore of Herefordshire – A Classic County Folklore Collection

As part of our series looking at older books, Rebecca Ireland talks about Ella Mary Leather's classic collection of Herefordshire ...

All Saints, Ashdon, Essex (1/2)

All Saints, Ashdon, Essex (1/2) There are some churches, that, as soon as you enter them, you know you're going ...

November Miscellany

November Miscellany The pictures this month are from a friend of the site, Daniela Weber, who came across these graffiti ...

Saint-Vincent-le-Paluel, Dordogne, France

Saint-Vincent-le-Paluel, Dordogne, France This small church can be found in a hamlet in the Dordogne. The inside of the church ...

The Graffiti of St Giles, Wormshill and All Saints, Iwade, Kent

The Graffiti of St Giles, Wormshill and All Saints, Iwade Alan Anstee of the Kent Medieval Graffiti Survey talks about ...

St Mary the Virgin, Little Easton, Essex

St Mary the Virgin, Little Easton, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin dates back to the 12th century ...

Abbey Barn, Glastonbury, Somerset Rural Life Museum

Abbey Barn, Glastonbury, Somerset Rural Life Museum The 14th century Abbey Barn at Glastonbury now forms the north range of ...

St Mary the Virgin, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex

St Mary the Virgin, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex St Mary the Virgin, Hatfield Broad Oak, was originally part of a ...
Graffiti cat

October Miscellany

October Miscellany A graffiti cat is lurking in the background of a famous painting. The Blind Fiddler by David Wilkie ...