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ENGLAND 2023 – VII – The Cotswolds (III)
Still in the Cotswolds just driving around.
Entrance Gates, Westonbirt School, Bath Road, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England UK
Built in 1853 it became a school in 1928.
“The Street”, Westonbirt, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England UK
Residence, “The Street”, Westonbirt, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England UK
Bridge at By Brook, Germaine’s Lane, Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK
By Brook also known as Bybrook River Is 12 mile long tributary of the Bristol Avon.
While driving around by myself, I stumbled into an absolutely stunning little village. The village boast 91 Listed buildings with several valued in the millions of pounds.
Elm Lodge, The Green, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK
Elm Lodge, The Green is a 5 bedroom freehold detached house – it is ranked as the 2nd most expensive property in the village, with a valuation of £2,439,000.
Duck Pond, Cross Keys Road, Biddestone, Wiltshire, England UK
The White Horse, The Green, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK
The pub is a Grade II listed building dating from the 1700s
Willow House, The Green, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK
A grade II listed building dated 1730.
The Close, The Green, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK
A Grade II Listed Building dating from the 1700s and largely reconstructed in 1924.
Elm Farm House, The Green, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK
A Grade II listed building – Farmhouse, now two houses, late C17 and early C18, much rebuilt c1975.
Street Sign, Church Road, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK
Village Water Pump, Church Road, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK
Church of St Nicholas, St Nicholas Circle, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK
Church. c880 AD, possibly then cathedral, reputed to be on site of a Roman temple, and incorporating much Roman masonry and brickwork. C11, C12, C16, altered 1829-30,1875-6 and 1888-9, restored 1904-5.
Roadside Stone Wall, The Butts, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK
Gatepost, The Old Rectory, The Butts, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK
The carving of the name is still visible in the stonework
Driveway, The Old Rectory, The Butts, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK
Bricked Up Doorways, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK
Cuttle Lane, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK
A Private Lane, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK
Access to:-
The Little House
Paddock House
Meadowside
Greenacre
Stable Cottage
Newstone House
Willowbrook, Cnr Harts Lane & The Green, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK
Gable Cottage (L) & Hawthorne Cottage (R), The Green, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK
Both are Grade II Listed Buildings
Twitten Bend, Cross Keys Road, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK
Grade II Listed Building from late 17th / early 18th century.
Laneway, Cross Keys Road, Biddestone, Chippenham, WIltshire, England UK
Heritage Residence, Cross Keys Road, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK
Door, Wickham Cottage, Cross Keys Road, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wilstshire, England UK
A Grade II Listed Building early 18th century
Door, The Malthouse, Cross Keys Road, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wilstshire, England UK
A Grade II Listed Building early 18th century that was a malthouse in the 19th century
Local Resident, Lowebourne, Melksham, Wiltshire, England UK
ENGLAND 2023 – VI – The Cotswolds (II)
While in the magnificent Cotswolds, I paid a visit to the old Roman town of Cirencester.
“Llewelyn-Bowen” – Old Police Station & Courts, 2 Park Lane, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is a noted interior designer and British TV personality
Bishops Walk Arcade, Cricklade Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Church of St. John the Baptist, Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
The church is a Grade I Listed Building and originates from the 12th century
View to Church of St. John the Baptist, Cotswold Avenue, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Toro Lounge, Cricklade Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
The Wheatsheaf, Cricklade Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Just one of many, many pubs that has closed since COVID!
The Old Post Office, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestshire, England UK
The Old Museum, Tetbury Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Some interesting history of this building.
The Marlborough Arms, Sheep Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
This has been a pub since at least the 1850s and has stories of haunting.
The Mad Hatter Wine Bar, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
The Crown, West Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
The Black Horse, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Thai Emerald Restaurant, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Somewhere Else Eating & Drinking House, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Silver Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Seventeen Black Wine Bar, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Residences, Ashcroft Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Private Gate to Abbey House, Gosditch Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Porters Pub & Kitchen, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Osborne House, Cotswold Avenue, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Old Pedestrian Accessway, Castle Buildings, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
“Dollar Ward House” – Old Georgian Residence, Gosditch Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestshire, England UK
Laneway, Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Heritage Building, 38 Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Halifax Bank, Cricklade Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Guard Dogs, The Painted Furniture Company, Gosditch Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Grade II Listed Building, 6 & 8 Gosditch Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Earthwork Remains of Site of Roman Amphitheatre, Cotswold Avenue, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Built in the early 2nd Century, was one of the largest Roman amphitheatres in Britain.
Doorway, Former Capital and Counties Bank, 15 Gosditch Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Doorway, 8 & 10 Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
WH Smith & Son, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
ENGLAND 2023 – IV
Lunch at the wonderfully historic Waggon & Horses Pub in Marlborough then a visit to the Avebury Henge and Stone Circles (See previous post)
Waggon and Horses, Beckhampton, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England UK
Originally a 17th-century house, two storeys in stone with a thatched roof, is now the Waggon and Horses pub; additions in the late 19th century and early 20th are described as picturesque by Historic England.
Inside the Waggon and Horses
Field Gates on Pathway to Avebury Henge & Stone Circles, Avebury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England UK
Pathway to Avebury Henge & Stone Circles, Avebury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England UK
Old Shed, Pathway to Avebury Henge & Stone Circles, Avebury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England UK
Raindrops, Avebury Henge & Stone Circles, Avebury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England UK
Yard Gate, Pathway to Avebury Henge & Stone Circles, Avebury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England UK
ENGLAND 2023 – III
On our way to the Cotswolds, we passed the famous neolithic sites of Silbury Hill and the Avebury Henge and Stone Circles
Silbury Hill, A4, West Kennet, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England UK
Composed mainly of chalk and clay excavated from the surrounding area, the mound stands 40 metres (131 ft) high and covers about 2 hectares (5 acres). The hill was constructed in several stages between c.2400–2300 BC and displays immense technical skill and prolonged control over labour and resources. Archaeologists calculate that it took 18 million person-hours, equivalent to 500 people working for 15 years to deposit and shape 248,000 cubic metres (324,000 cu yd) of earth and fill. Euan Mackie, a British archaeologist and anthropologist, asserts that no simple late Neolithic tribal structure as usually imagined could have sustained this and similar projects, and envisages an authoritarian theocratic power elite with broad-ranging control across southern Britain.
Avebury Henge & Stone Circles, Avebury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England UK
Built and much altered during the Neolithic period, roughly between 2850 BC and 2200 BC, the henge survives as a huge circular bank and ditch, encircling an area that includes part of Avebury village. Within the henge is the largest stone circle in Britain – originally of about 100 stones – which in turn encloses two smaller stone circles.
Avebury is part of an extraordinary set of Neolithic and Bronze Age ceremonial sites that seemingly formed a vast sacred landscape. They include West Kennet Avenue, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, Windmill Hill, and the mysterious Silbury Hill.
ENGLAND 2023 – II
Signs and Posters of some of the many pubs and bars seen during the drive around UK. Sadly, I did not get experience the atmosphere in each and every one.
The Greyhound, Hampton Street, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England UK
The Snooty Fox, Market Place, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England UK
West Country Ales, The Crown, Gumstool Hill, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England UK
The Crown, Gumstool Hill, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England UK
WH Smith & Son, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
Not a pub but a great hanging sign…
The Crown, West Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
The White Horse, Cross Keys Road, Biddestone, Gloucestershire, England UK
Biddestone Arms, Cross Keys Road, Biddestone, Gloucestershire, England UK
Parsons Nose, High Street, Melksham, Gloucestershire, England UK
The Old Bell Hotel, Abbey Row, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK
The Kings Arms, High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK
The Smoking Dog, High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK
The Black Horse, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
The Crown, Black Jack Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
The Golden Cross, Black Jack Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK
The Marlborough Arms, Sheep Street, Cirencester, Gloucestshire, England UK
The Royal British Legion, Market Street, Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales UK
The Black Boy (Buoy) Inn, Stryd Pedwar a Chwech, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Prior to 1828, the pub was known as the ‘Black Boy’. Though still referred to by its traditional name, it was officially altered to the ‘King’s Arms’ and, later, the ‘Fleur de Lys’, until a change of ownership led to the restoration of the old name and the creation of the “Black Boy Inn” as it is today. The Inn signs each show a ‘black buoy’ on one side and a ‘black boy’ on the other.
The Inn’s name has caused controversy and there are at least three theories to explain its name. One is believed to come from a ‘black buoy’ which existed in the harbour in the early days of the Inn. Another refers to the nickname given to Charles II by his mother Henrietta Maria of France because of the darkness of his skin and eyes, as well as the fact that Royalists met at the Inn secretly at that time. Later, the place became the local fishermen’s favourite drinking place and the name of ‘black boy’ may come from this period.
In Caernarfon’s heyday as a port-town, Northgate Street – on which the Black Boy Inn is situated – was the heart of the red-light district. Northgate Street’s Welsh name Stryd Pedwar a Chwech translates to “Four [shillings] and Six [pence] Street”: what the sailors are reputed to have paid for a room, a bottle of gin, and the services of a woman for the night.
The ‘North Gate’ archway found at the end of Northgate Street was added in or about the 1820s. It was designed to help facilitate the flow of traffic in and out of the old town, and is not part of the original town wall design. Prior to the ‘North Gate’ archway, a census carried out in 1794 revealed this street was commonly referred to as ‘Black Boy’ street. The earliest reference to the “Black Boy” can be found in Caernarfon’s archives dated 1717, a Deed of Sale of a house in “Street Y Black Boy” between Thomas Wynne, Glynllifon and a Henry Robyns.
The ghost of a nun is said to pass through the inn on her way to a nunnery that was once situated at the rear.
The pub is a listed building.
The Palace Vaults, Stryd Pedwar a Chwech, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Stryd Pedwar a Chwech is Welsh for Fourth & Sixth Street
The Crown, High Street, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Y Goron is Welsh for The Crown
Tŷ Dre, High Street, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Tŷ Dre is Welsh for Town House – Our accommodation for a couple of days in Caernarfon
Welsh Brewers The Black Boy, Tŷ Dre, High Street, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Y Twll yn y Wal, Hole in the Wall Street, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Y Twll yn y Wal is Welsh for The Hole in The Wall
Tafarn Y Porth, Greengate Street, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Tafarn Y Porth is Welsh for Porth Pub
Morgan Lloyd, Castle Square, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK
Guinness Sign, Bar Bach, Tan y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynned, Wales UK
Happy Hour Sign, Bar Bach, Tan y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynned, Wales UK
Tafarn Lleiaf Cymru – The Smallest Pub in Wales
The Smugglers Cove, Royal Albert Dock, Gower Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK
The One O’Clock Gun, Britannia Pavilion, Royal Albert Dock, Gower Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK
Turncoat Bar, Salthouse Quay, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK
Revolution, Royal Albert Dock, Salthouse Quay, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK
White Lion, Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK
Built in 1657 the pub is reputed to be the oldest building in town. We spent a few days here.
The White Swan, Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK
Crown Inn, Crown Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK
The Albert, Albert Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK
Shoulder of Mutton, Cnr St George’s Street & Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK
Old Gate, Old Gate, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK
The Railway, New Road, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK
Marshall’s Bar, Carlton Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England UK
Elephant & Castle, Hollowgate, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England UK
General Havelock Inn, Ratcliffe Road, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England UK
The Railway Hotel, Church Street, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England UK
We stayed here for a few days in Haydon Bridge
Anchor Hotel, John Martin Street, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England UK
The Kings Head, Market Place, Allendale Town, Hexham, Northumberland, England UK
The Hawes Inn, Newhalls Road, South Queensferry, West Lothian, Scotland UK
This is where we stayed for a few days in South Queensferry – right beneath the famous Firth of Forth Rail Bridge
The Staghead Hotel, High Street, South Queensferry, West Lothian, Scotland UK
The Ferry Tap, High Street, South Queensferry, West Lothian, Scotland UK
Orocco Pier, High Street, South Queensferry, West Lothian, Scotland UK
No. 12, Quality Street, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland UK
The Eagle Inn, High Street, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland UK
The Bear & Bull, High Street, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland UK
The Ship Inn, Front Street, Lindisfarne, Holy Island, Northumberland, England UK
The George, Bondgate Within, Alnwick, Northumberland, England UK
Ye Olde Reine Deer Inn, Parsons Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England UK
The Old Auctioneer, Parsons Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England UK
Horse & Jockey, West Bar Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England UK
The Cromwell Lodge, North Bar Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England UK
Dog & Gun, North Bar Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England UK
The Coach & Horses, Butcher’s Row, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England UK
Banbury Cross, Butcher’s Row, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England UK
The Bell, Junction Oddington Road, Lower Park Street, Park Street, Maugersbury Road, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, England UK
The Lamb & Lion, Lower Borough Walls, Bath, Somerset, England UK
The Black Fox, Junction of Lower Borough Walls, Saint James’s Parade & Hot Bath Street, Bath, Somerset, England UK
Our pub stay while in Bath
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