Wymondham, Norfolk
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A visit to the beautiful market town of Wymondham in Norfolk on a wonderfully sunny day in early March 2011.
Wymondham's most famous inhabitant was Robert Kett (or Ket), who led a rebellion in 1549 of peasants and small farmers in protest at the enclosure of common land. He took a force of almost unarmed men and fought for and held the City of Norwich for six weeks until defeated by the King's forces. He was hanged from Norwich Castle. Kett's Oak, said to be the rallying point for the rebellion, can still be seen today on the B1172 road between Wymondham and Hetherset, part of the former main road to London.
I make references to fires in all of my walks around medieval towns as they date from the time of the last great fire. The Great Fire of Wymondham broke out on Sunday 11 June 1615. Two areas of the town were affected, implying there were two separate fires. One area was in Vicar Street and Middleton Street and the other in the Market Place, including Bridewell Street and Fairland Street. About 300 properties were destroyed in the fire. Important buildings destroyed included: the Market Cross, dating from 1286; the vicarage in Vicar Street; the 'Town Hall' on the corner of Middleton Street and Vicar Street; and the schoolhouse. However, many buildings such as the Green Dragon pub did survive and many of the houses in Damgate Street date back to 1400, although this is now masked by later brickwork.
The fire was started by three Gypsies - William Flodder, John Flodder and Ellen Pendleton (Flodder) - and a local person, Margaret Bix (Elvyn). The register of St Andrew's Church in Norwich records that John Flodder and others were executed on 2 December 1615 for the burning of Wymondham. Rebuilding of the destroyed buildings was quick in some cases and slower in others. A new Market Cross, the one we see today, was started and completed in 1617. However, by 1621 there were still about 15 properties not yet rebuilt. Economic conditions in the 1620s could have been a contributory factor to the delay in rebuilding.
Kett's Rebellion was evidence of an undercurrent of ferment in 16th-century Wymondham. Comparable discontent showed itself in the 17th century when a number of Wymondham citizens, including Thomas Lincoln, John Beal and others, moved to Hingham, Norfolk in the wave of religious dissent that swept England in the years preceding Cromwell's Commonwealth.
In 1785, a prison was built using the ideas of John Howard, the prison reformer. It was the first prison to be built in this country with separate cells for the prisoners and was widely copied both in the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
The collapse of the woollen industry in the mid-19th century led to great poverty in Wymondham. In 1836 there were 600 hand looms, but by 1845 only 60 existed. During Victorian times the town was a backwater and never experienced large-scale development. The town centre remains very much as it must have been in the mid-17th century, when the houses were rebuilt after the Great Fire. These newer houses, and those which survived the Great Fire, still surround shoppers and visitors as they pass through Wymondham's narrow mediaeval streets.
Wymondham in the Second World War was home to one of MI6's Radio Security Service direction finding stations; the type at Wymondham was a Spaced Loop design newly developed by the National Physical Laboratory. Unfortunately, this was soon found to be unsatisfactory and was converted to the more traditional Adcock type.. The station at Wymondham was located at latitude=52.583333, longitude=1.121667, just north of Tuttles Lane and east of Melton Road. Based on information from one of the WW2 operators it transpires that another spaced loop station was later installed alongside the first in 1944 after the Normandy invasion. This may have been due to increased interest in transmissions from western Europe where the shorter distance made the spaced loop more reliable.
As you can see in this film, in the town centre, there is a market cross, which is now used as a Tourist Information Centre and is owned by the Town Council. The original building was destroyed in the Great Fire of Wymondham in 1615; the present building was rebuilt between 1617-18 at a cost of £25-7-0d with funds loaned by local man, Philip Cullyer. The stilted building was like many others designed to protect valuable documents from both flood and vermin. According to T.F. Thistleton Dyer's English Folklore [London, 1878], live rats were nailed by their tails to the side of the building by way of a deterrent. This bizarre superstition ended in 1902 after a child was bitten, later to die of blood-poisoning.
Wymondham Abbey is the Church of England parish church.
The Holy Island of Lindisfarne - Northumberland UK
The Holy Island of Lindisfarne is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England. It is also known just as Holy Island. It constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. The island measures 3 miles (4.8 km) from east to west and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from north to south, and comprises approximately 1,000 acres (400 ha) (4 km2) at high tide. The nearest point of the island is about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the mainland of England. The island of Lindisfarne is located along the northeast coast of England, close to the border with Scotland. It is accessible, most times, at low tide by crossing sand and mud flats which are covered with water at high tides. Warning signs urge visitors walking to the island to keep to the marked path, check tide times and weather carefully and to seek local advice if in doubt. For drivers, tide tables are prominently displayed at both ends of the causeway and also where the Holy Island road leaves the A1 Great North Road at Beal.
Despite these warnings, about one vehicle each month is stranded on the causeway, requiring rescue by HM Coastguard, Seahouses RNLI lifeboat, or RAF helicopter.
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COLLEGE
Day 1 - VLOGMAS DAY 1 - Paintings + Potential Tattoos
Day 2 - BACON AND AFGHANISTAN
Day 3 - SKATING IN PAJAMAS
Day 4 - FEELING CHRISTMASSY
SKIING
Day 5 - DAY OF SPEED
SEDONA
Day 6 - MOST AMAZING SUNSET
COLLEGE
Day 7 - BACK TO COLLEGE
Day 8 - BRITISH vs AMERICAN : THINGS WE MISS FROM THE UK
Day 9 - SKATING IN HALLWAYS
Day 10 - WHATS IN MY CAMERA BAG
Day 11 - A WHITE CHRISTMAS?!
FAMILY ARRIVE
Day 12 - EMOTIONAL REUNION
FLAGSTAFF
Day 13 - STARGAZING
COLLEGE
Day 14 - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
SKIING
Day 15 - SKIING INTO TREES
SEDONA
Day 16 - FROZEN ARIZONA
GRAND CANYON
Day 17 - SNOWY GRAND CANYON
HORSESHOE BEND
Day 18 - THE ROADTRIP BEGINS
ANTELOPE CANYON
Day 19 - ARIZONA TO NEVADA
DEATH VALLEY
Day 20 - DEATH VALLEY
SEQUIOA NATIONAL FOREST
Day 21 - BIGGEST TREE IN THE WORLD
YOSEMITE
Day 22 - YOSEMITE FALLS
Day 23 - BEST SUNRISE OF MY LIFE
Day 24 - THE FAMILY GETS COMPETITIVE
Day 25 - Winter Wonderland
SAN FRANCISCO
Day 26 - Road to San Francisco
Day 27 - San Francisco
LAS VEGAS
- FIRST TIME IN VEGAS
- EMOTIONAL GOODBYE
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Moosehead lake is, by far, the largest lake entirely within the boundaries of New England. With a sense of adventure, I set out onto its waters for a five day kayaking trek. Along the way, I encounter many obstacles and if I can overcome the all, Moosehead may just grant me the singular experience I am looking for.
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In today's vlog we travel to Portland, Maine on our cruise. While in Portland we did a ton of walking around and taking in the sights. Nick tries every flavor of ice cream. We end the night back on the ship.
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Cadillac Mountain and Historic Asticou Inn, Bar Harbor, Maine
Enjoy a scenic drive through Acadia National Park before sitting down for a Maine lunch tradition that's centuries old. BY18
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Village Churches
Some village churches in the United Kingdom.