The Quest for England
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Today I am visiting the Papplewick Pumping Station in Nottinghamshire. Ashley Smart is the manager and takes me round to explore the Victorian Utility building – and what a building! Papplewick Pumping Station, situated in open agricultural land approximately 3 miles by road from the Nottinghamshire village of Papplewick, was built by Nottingham Corporation Water […]
Today I am up in Guildford in Surrey to meet with Chris from the Hairy Wanderers Youtube Channel (Link below). Chris has agreed to show me Lewis Carroll’s grave and the Booker Tower. The Hairy Wanderer’s Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYg-FDQZr4L4xRiY1jToqJg Carroll was the third child born to a family of eleven children. From a very early age […]
Where have all the people gone? I am up on the Southdowns in West Sussex, above Lancing, and I am thinking about the peace and quiet around me. And yet this place wasn’t always like this. Ever since Man walked upon the chalky white undulating hills HE has been busy working the ground to survive […]
Wetheral Priory Gatehouse was probably built in the 15th century and formed the entrance to the priory’s outer courtyard. Wetheral Priory was a small Benedictine institution, founded by Ranulf le Meschin following the Norman invasion of Cumbria at the beginning of the 12th century. The motherhouse of the priory was St Mary’s Abbey in York. […]
Continuing my exploration of Cumbria, Robert Croser, my guide, has taken me to the beautiful village of Askham. Askham is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria. It is in the historic county of Westmorland. It is situated in the eastern edge of the Lake District National Park, about 5 miles […]
Continuing my explorations of Cumbria, Robert Croser, my guide, takes me to St Michael’s a stone’s throw from Lowther Castle. St Michael’s Church stands within an extensive Churchyard within Lowther park and in the shadow of the ruined Lowther Castle. A spectacular location which overlooks the River Lowther and commands fine views over forest and […]