St James's Church, Rudry is an historic Anglican church in the village of Rudry in the Diocese of Monmouth. Continue reading... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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3. StonehengeAmesbury Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, 2 miles west of Amesbury. It consists of a ring of standing stones, with each standing stone around 13 feet high, 7 feet wide and weighing around 25 tons. The stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.Archaeologists believe it was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the first bluestones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC, although they may have been at the site as early as 3000 BC.One of the most famous landmarks in the United Kingdom, Stoneheng... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
4. Avebury Stone CircleAvebury Avebury is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in southwest England. One of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. It is both a tourist attraction and a place of religious importance to contemporary pagans. Constructed over several hundred years in the Third Millennium BC, during the Neolithic, or New Stone Age, the monument comprises a large henge with a large outer stone circle and two separate smaller stone circles situated inside the centre of the monument. Its original purpose is unknown, although archaeologists believe that it was most likely used for some form of ritual or ceremony. The Avebury monument is a part of a larger prehistoric landscape con... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
5. Cheddar GorgeCheddar Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Cheddar, Somerset, England. The gorge is the site of the Cheddar show caves, where Britain's oldest complete human skeleton, Cheddar Man, estimated to be over 9,000 years old, was found in 1903. Older remains from the Upper Late Palaeolithic era have been found. The caves, produced by the activity of an underground river, contain stalactites and stalagmites. The gorge is part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest called Cheddar Complex.Cheddar Gorge, including the caves and other attractions, has become a tourist destination. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, following its appearance on the 2005 television programme Seven Natural Wonders, Cheddar Gorge was named as the second greatest natural wonder in Brit... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
6. West Midland Safari and Leisure ParkBewdley West Midland Safari and Leisure Park is a safari park located in Bewdley in Worcestershire, England. It was opened under the name of West Midland Safari Park in spring 1973. The park holds over 165 species of exotic animals, among other attractions such as a small theme park. The park contains the largest groups of white lions, cheetahs, hippopotami, and meerkats in the UK, as well as the largest lemur walk-through exhibit. It was also the first park in the UK to have the African big five game animals.The park is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria . The dhole and cheetah enclosures in the drive-through safari are part of a larger heathland Site of Special Scientific Interest which the park is restoring. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
7. Big Pit: National Coal MuseumBlaenavon Big Pit National Coal Museum is an industrial heritage museum in Blaenavon, Torfaen, South Wales. A working coal mine from 1880 to 1980, it was opened to the public in 1983 under the auspices of the National Museum of Wales. The site is dedicated to operational preservation of the Welsh heritage of coal mining, which took place during the Industrial revolution. Located adjacent to the preserved Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway, Big Pit is part of the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, a World Heritage Site, and an Anchor Point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Rudry Videos
Tour of Britain visits Caerphilly 14th Sep 2011
Stage 4 of the Tour of Britain cycle race was from Welshpool to Caerphilly. In Caerphilly they came through Llanbradach, Pontygwindy Road and up Cardiff Road (against the one-way-system). The first part of this video is filmed outside Lloyds TSB in Cardiff Road.
They then travelled up Caerphilly Mountain to the snack bar on top, turning right to travel down the mountain past Castle View estate, and turned right down Nantgarw Road to the finish in Crescent Road, where the second half of this video was filmed.
The music over the first half is to hide the appallingly inane commentary that someone nearby was giving to her small son, all of which was sadly caught on the video! ;)
Christ Church, Oxford
1 1952 Mears & Stainbank
2 1952 Mears & Stainbank
3 1698 Abraham I Rudhall
4 1698 Abraham I Rudhall
5 1747 Abel Rudhall
6 1741 Abel Rudhall
7 1640 Ellis I Knight
8 1897 Mears & Stainbank
9 c1410 John Bird
10 c1410 John Bird
11 1740 Abel Rudhall
12 1589 Unidentified (weight 31 - 0 - 23 or 1585kg) in D
This interesting twelve hang in a monumental wooden structure above a great stairwell. They hung in the central tower of the Cathedral until 1872 when they were moved here. The ringing chamber is formed by wooden panelling and the belfry protrudes through the roof of this chamber, and is hidden from view outside by a curtain wall with louvres in it. They go mostly OK, though some bells are difficult because of frame movement. The rope circle is slightly unconventional, with the front bells in a slightly curved line and the back bells spread out with the tenth being paticularly isolated away from other ringers. Two of the bells in this ring , the 9th and tenth are survivors of a ring of six bells which were brought to Christ Church from Osney Abbey in 1546.
This is some Bristol S Maximus on the occasion of the Royal Wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton on the 29th of April 2011; the Oxford Society of Change Ringers having embarked on a day long 8 tower tour of their own bells in the city, to form a noisy tribute to the happy couple. It was a privelige to join them and ring on the historic bells of Oxford.
For more information on the Oxford Society and the towers they ring at, visit