Danesfield House Hotel and Spa in Marlow, England - Interview with Anthony Cox, GM
Exclusive HD video interview with Mr. Anthony Cox, General Manager of the Danesfield House Hotel & Spa in Marlow, England. In this interview filmed in the Oak Room of the hotel - a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World - on 10 August 2018, we ask Mr. Cox about the property's incredible history, how the renovation of a few years ago has been received and what plans there are for future renovations. You will learn about which markets the hotel attracts the most, what part visitors from Asia Pacific play in those figures and how the hotel is using technology. We also discuss RAF Medmenham, the hotel's highly respected F&B outlets, the spa, Tom Kerridge and Marlow as a destination for travellers from within the UK and also further afield. All that and much, much more in the HD video.
Oxfordshire Country Walk - Henley on Thames to Mill End via the River Thames round
Our video is a guided walk from Henley on Thames to Hambleden Lock at Mill End via the River Thames and return through Aston and Remenham Wood. We take a look at Henley's main street and church before we start our walk by the river and the Henley Royal Regatta course. We enjoy watching the many types of boats sail by and this is Red Kite country and we see lots of these Birds of Prey as well as many other types of wildlife. This is an easy flat walk along the banks of the River Thames and only a slight incline and decline from Aston to Henley. Approx 3.5 miles allow 1 hour 10 minutes using OS Explorer Map 171, Chiltern Hills West. Start point Mill Meadows car park.
Henley-on-thames, Oxfordshire.
The first record of medieval settlement dates to 1179, when it is recorded that King Henry II had bought land for the making of buildings. King John granted the manor of Benson and the town an manor of Henley to Robert Harcourt in 1199. A church is first mentioned at Henley in 1204. In 1205 the town received a paviage grant, and in 1234 the bridge is first mentioned. In 1278 Henley is described as a hamlet of Benson with a Chapel. It is probable that the street plan was established by the end of the 13th century.
As a demesne of the crown it was granted to John de Molyns, in 1337 whose family held it for about 250 years. It is said that members for Henley sat in parliaments of Edward I and Edward III, but no writs have been found to substantiate this.
The existing Thursday market, it is believed, was granted by a charter of King John. A market was certainly in existence by 1269, however, the jurors of the assize of 1284 said that they did not know by what warrant the earl of Cornwall held a market and fair in the town of Henley. The existing Corpus Christi fair was granted by a charter of Henry VI.
During the Black Death that swept through England in the 14th century, Henley lost 60% of its population.[2]
By the beginning of the 16th century the town extended along the west bank of the Thames from Friday Street in the south to the Manor, now Phyllis Court, in the north and took in Hart Street and New Street. To the west it included Bell Street and the Market Place.
Henry VIII, having granted the use of the titles mayor and burgess, the town was incorporated in 1568 by the name of the warden, portreeves, burgesses and commonalty.
Henley suffered from both parties in the Civil War. William III on his march to London in 1688 rested here, at the nearby recently rebuilt Fawley Court and received a deputation from the Lords. The period of prosperity in the 17th and 18th centuries was due to manufactures of glass and malt, and to trade in corn and wool.
Henley-on-Thames owes much to its location and port that supplied London with timber and grain.
-Wikipedia
Barton & Pegsdon Hills - Walk ID: 2877
Pegsdon and Barton Hills are an example of chalk downland and offer stunning views over Bedfordshire.
The Barton Hills are believed to be John Bunyan's 'Delectable Mountains' in The Pilgrim's Progress. The Wildlife Trust and English Nature manage the two nature reserves, with their spectacular steep slopes and chalk valleys. The woodlands and streams offer rare flowers and butterflies not usually seen in other parts of Bedfordshire.
The walk starts and finishes in the village of Hexton next to the Raven Pub, nestled in a favourable position below the remains of the hill-fort of Ravensburgh Castle. The latter is viewed from a distance and is striking for its commanding position, although all that remains are earth mounds and thick tree growth. It all adds to an almost dark, supernatural air to the surroundings. The hills make this one of the most exciting walks in Bedfordshire.
England - Bedfordshire - Countryside
Visit the J's Walks Blog which also include related Video Reviews & more! - jswalks.blogspot.co.uk
twitter:@jswalks
Henley-upon-Thames
Henley-upon-Thames is in Binfield hundred, 22 miles from Oxford. The area of the parish is 1,920 acres: the population in 1831, was 3,618, not one-tenth agricultural. Henley was anciently called Hanlegang and Hanneburg. Some Roman coins have been found here, but no mention of the town occurs until after the Conquest. In 1643 it was the scene of a skirmish between the troops of Charles I and those of the parliament. Henley is delightfully situated on a gentle ascent from the west or left bank of the Thames, amid hills covered with extensive beech woods and other plantations. The town consists of four principal streets, well paved and lighted, having a plain stone cross and conduit at their intersection : several of the houses are spacious and handsome. The entrance to the town on the east side is by a handsome stone bridge of five arches over the Thames. The church is in the eastern part of the town ; it has a good tower, and several interesting portions both of decorated and perpendicular character. The east window has some good decorated tracery ; and some parts of the masonry are of chequered work in flint and chalk. The town-hall in the High-street is supported by sixteen Doric columns, forming a piazza used as a market-house : the building contains a hall and council-chamber, with some rooms, and a place of temporary confinement in the basement. There are some dissenting places of worship, some almshouses, and a small theatre.
The market is on Thursday, and there are four yearly fairs. Henley is a corporate town. The boundaries of the borough are not co-extensive with those of the parish, but comprehend the greater part of the town. The officers consist of a mayor, recorder, ten aldermen, of whom the mayor is one; and sixteen burgesses, of whom the bridgemen are two. Quarter-sessions for the borough are held ; the Court of Record has fallen into disuse. The borough was left untouched by the Municipal Reform Act. The living is a rectory, of the clear yearly value of £427, with a glebe-house, in the patronage of the bishop of Rochester. There were, in 1833, an infant-school, with 165 children ; a grammar-school, with 19 boys ; a charity-school, with 68 boys ; a national-school, with 124 boys and 72 girls ; seven other day-schools, with 69 boys and 101 girls ; and 'a few small schools kept by old people.' There is a savings' bank ; and in the vestry of the church is the library of Dean Aldrich, rector of Henley, who died in 1737, and bequeathed his library for the free use of all the inhabitants paying church-rates. The Speaker Lenthal was a native of Henley.
Woodland Walk The Chiltern Hills Tring Park
Download music info :
Visit BlueDotMusic Youtube site for more great music: