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Edinburgh’s National Museum of Scotland was the one museum that I definitely wanted to make sure we visited on our trip.
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Throwback Thursday: St Leonard’s Church, Wollaton
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St Leonard’s Church in Wollaton, Nottingham, has been around since the 1200s and it would have fallen under the care of the Mortein and then the Willoughby families, owners of the nearby Wollaton Hall.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: architecture, church, history, monument, photo post, stained glass, Wollaton, wollaton antiphonal, Wollaton Hall
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Throwback Thursday: Marble Arch
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Marble Arch was originally designed as an entrance to Buckingham Palace by the architect John Nash in 1827 but was completed in 1833 by Edward Blore. A well known but untrue story is that it was moved to its present site at Hyde Park because it was too narrow for Queen Victoria’s state coach to pass through, however the coach passed through the arch in 1838 on the way to her coronation without any problems; more likely it was moved as Queen Victoria and her family needed more space and the fourth wing of the Palace was built where it once stood. It moved to its current location in 1850.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, e. j. baily, edward blore, hyde park, john nash, marble arch, photo post, statues
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Clifford’s Tower, York
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Clifford’s Tower is an English Heritage property in York, all that now remains of York Castle. William the Conqueror was the first to build a castle here, around 1068, on the site where Clifford Tower now stands. Danish invaders burnt it down in 1069 and the present stone tower was constructed in around 1245 by Henry III.
Categories: England, York, Yorkshire
Tags: Clifford's Tower, english heritage, Jewish history, photo post, view, York, York Minster
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York Minster
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York Minster is the largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe and more than half of Europe’s medieval stained glass is in its windows. The first church on the site dates from around 627 but the present building dates from around 1220.
Categories: England, York, Yorkshire
Tags: archaeology, chapter house, church, photo post, Roman, stained glass, statue, tower, view, York, York Minster
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Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
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Princes Street Gardens is a public park in the centre of Edinburgh and the first place we headed after booking into our hotel in order to stretch our legs after a long car journey.
Categories: Edinburgh, Scotland
Tags: clock, Edinburgh, Edinburgh castle, floral clock, flower clock, flowers, gardens, photo post, Princes Street Gardens
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Edinburgh Castle
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Edinburgh Castle is an impressively large fortress that sits above the city on Castle Rock. There’s been a royal castle on the site since at least the 12th century, with it continuing to be a royal residence until 1633.
Preston Tower
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Preston Tower is a small fortified keep, or pele, that was built in 1392 along the English and Scottish border in Northumberland. We’d driven past it a couple of times while we were staying in the area and finding ourselves with a few hours to spare decided to take a closer look.
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