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Britain - Photo and History Page Links Listing of Paradoxplace British cathedral, abbey, priory and church pages
Britain - Photo and History Pages NORTHERN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND
English Kings and Queens from 802 AD to the present
OTHER BRITISH PHOTO AND HISTORY PAGES SOUTHERN AND SOUTH WEST BRITAIN WALES, CENTRAL ENGLAND AND EAST ANGLIA MAPS SHOWING LOCATIONS OF CATHEDRALS AND ABBEYS IN ENGLAND
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The map (left) comes from this book
other maps of English Churches and Abbeys
More Books about Cathedrals, Abbeys, Priories and Churches in the UK
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Waltham Abbey - the last English Abbey, closed by Henry VIII in 1540
Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s and the 24 medieval cathedrals which emerged after this
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English Counties - source not known
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Melrose Abbey - Cistercian Scottish Border Abbey founded by King David (1146) |
Jedburgh Abbey (Scottish Borders) |
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| Dryburgh Abbey (Scottish Borders) | Kelso Abbey (Scottish Borders) |
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Flodden Field - the Battle of Flodden (1513) - "the last medieval battle" - James IV of Scotland (who was killed) v Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey (later Duke of Norfolk) on behalf of Henry VIII. The army of Scotland (with pikes) is decisively beaten, losing thousands of men by comparison with 1 to 2 thousand on the English side (using bills).
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Bamburgh Castle - one of the great Northumbrian coastal castles, and the base for Ida, the first Anglo Saxon King in 547AD.
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Durham Cathedral - Romanesque masterwork complete with medieval monastic buildings. |
Lindisfarne Priory (Northumbria) - where most of the great northern saints came from. |
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YORKSHIRE
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Walmgate Bar, York
Fishergate Bar, York - Paradox's 3xGrt Grandparents lived near the pub
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York Minster - England's largest medieval church and most interesting chapter house (when they turn on the lights).
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Bubwith
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Selby Abbey
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Piggy the bagpiper entertains the piglets in Ripon Cathedral
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Rievaulx Abbey - First Cistercian Abbey in Yorkshire (1131)
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Fountains Abbey - Second Cistercian Abbey in Yorkshire (1132)
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Byland Abbey - The third of Yorkshire's great Cistercian Abbeys
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EAST YORKSHIRE
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The beautiful old parish church of St Mary, Scarborough, overlooks the old fishing port. Before the English Civil Wars of the mid-1600s the church was nearly twice as long as now, and it had two western towers. There was also a lot more castle there!
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Scarborough |
Bridlington - Priory Church of St Mary
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Map of East Yorkshire - and here's how to contact Grange Farm cottages
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Lastingham
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East Yorkshire Churches with narrative sculptured Norman stone fonts
These village (in one case farm) churches of East Yorkshire contain the survivors of what were once around 50 Norman fonts in East Yorkshire, all carved by the same school of artists.
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St Mary, Kirkburn
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St Mary, Cowlam
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This type colour = places visited and photographed but not yet processed
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St Nicholas, North Grimston
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St Peter, Langtoft (the Cottam font)
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Beverley Minster
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St Peter, Thorpe Salvin
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The amazing "mint condition" stone font (mid-1100s) in Saint Bridget's Church, Kirkbride.
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The Bewcastle Cross (shaft) (600s) - the oldest around
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Foot warming in February - choir capital - Carlisle Cathedral
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Lanercost Priory |
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| Barnard Castle & Egglestone Abbey | Hexham Abbey |
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| Bolton Abbey (West Yorkshire Dales) | Adel - St John the Baptist church |
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Books about Cathedrals, Abbeys, Priories and Churches in the UK
East Anglia, Central England & Wales Southern England & the West
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All original material on this site © Adrian Fletcher 2000-2013 - The contents may not be hotlinked, or reproduced without permission
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