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Places to see in ( Buckingham - UK )

Places to see in ( Buckingham - UK )

Buckingham is a town in north Buckinghamshire, England, close to the borders of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, Buckingham is a civil parish with a town council. Buckingham was the county town of Buckinghamshire from the 10th century, when it was made the capital of the newly formed shire of Buckingham, until Aylesbury took over this role early in the 18th century.

Buckingham has a variety of restaurants and pubs, typical of a small market town. It has a number of local shops, both national and independent. Market days are Tuesday and Saturday which take over Market Hill and the High Street cattle pens. Buckingham is twinned with Mouvaux, France.

Buckingham and the surrounding area has been settled for some time with evidence of Roman settlement found in several sites close the River Great Ouse, including a temple south of the A421 at Bourton Grounds which was excavated in the 1960s and dated to the 3rd century AD. A possible Roman building was identified at Castle Fields in the 19th century. Pottery, kiln furniture and areas of burning found at Buckingham industrial estate suggest the site of some early Roman pottery kilns here.

In the 7th century, Buckingham, literally meadow of Bucca's people is said to have been founded by Bucca, the leader of the first Anglo Saxon settlers. The first settlement was located around the top of a loop in the River Great Ouse, presently the Hunter Street campus of the University of Buckingham. Between the 7th century and the 11th century, the town of Buckingham regularly changed hands between the Saxons and the Danes, in particular, in 914 King Edward the Elder and a Saxon army encamped in Buckingham for four weeks forcing local Danish Viking leaders to surrender.

Buckingham is the first settlement referred to in the Buckinghamshire section of the Domesday Book of 1086.
Buckingham was referred to as Buckingham with Bourton, and the survey makes reference to 26 burgesses, 11 smallholders and 1 mill. The town received its charter in 1554 when Queen Mary created the free borough of Buckingham with boundaries extending from Thornborowe Bridge (now Thornborough) to Dudley Bridge and from Chackmore Bridge to Padbury Mill Bridge. The designated borough included a bailiff, twelve principal burgesses and a steward.

The town is said to be the final resting place of St Rumbold (also known as Saint Rumwold), a little-known Saxon saint and the grandson of Penda King of Mercia; the parish church at Strixton (Northamptonshire) is dedicated to him and the small northern town of Romaldkirk is also thought to be named after him. He was apparently born at King's Sutton, Northants, where he died just three days later. During his short life, he repeatedly professed his Christian faith and asked for baptism. He is now most often referred to as St Rumbold, the latter being the most common, as it can be found being used on a local road name and recent booklets about the subject.

Buckingham stands at the crossroads of the A413 (north-south), A421 and A422 (east-west) roads. The town was by-passed in the early 1980s by creating a new section of the A421 to the south. Buckingham is linked to Aylesbury by the 60 bus. There is also an hourly through service, the X60, linking Aylesbury, Buckingham and Milton Keynes.

Buckingham was served by the Buckingham Arm of the Grand Junction Canal from 1801 until the end of the 19th century. In 1928, the Grand Junction Canal Company offered to re-open the canal if a minimum income of tolls could be guaranteed. Buckingham had a railway station on the Banbury to Verney Junction Branch Line and ran from 1850 to 1964. The closest stations are currently Wolverton and Milton Keynes Central to the east and Bicester North and Bicester Town to the south west. The new East West rail link will have a stop at nearby Winslow, scheduled for 2019-24.

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Places to see in ( Harpenden - UK )

Places to see in ( Harpenden - UK )

Harpenden is a town in the St Albans City district in the county of Hertfordshire, England. Harpenden is a commuter town, with a direct rail connection through Central London and property prices well over double the national average.

Geographically Harpenden is located between (and a short distance from) two much larger neighbours: Luton town (to the north) and the city of St Albans (to the south). Harpenden is flanked by the villages of Redbourn (to the west) and Wheathampstead (to the east).

A widespread but now little-known industry of Harpenden was straw-weaving, a trade mainly carried out by women in the nineteenth century. A good straw weaver could make as much as a field labourer. The straw plaits were taken to the specialist markets in St Albans or Luton and bought by dealers to be converted into straw items such as boaters and other hats or bonnets.

The arrival of the railway system from 1860 and the sale of farms for residential development after 1880 radically changed Harpenden's surroundings. First the Dunstable Branch of the Great Northern Railway passed through the Batford area with a station later named Harpenden East railway station (this line is now closed and forms a cycle track).

There are two civil parishes: Harpenden and Harpenden Rural. As Harpenden is located in Hertfordshire just outside London, Harpenden is an area of extremely high property costs. This is common in the region. Harpenden has a large number of its streets named after English literary figures on the East side of the town (an area known, unsurprisingly, as the Poets' Corner), including Byron Road, Cowper Road, Kipling Way, Milton Road, Shakespeare Road, Spenser Road, Shelley Court, Tennyson Road, Townsend Road, Masefield Road and Wordsworth Road.

Harpenden railway station is served by Thameslink on a frequent and fast rail link through central London. Suburban services stop at all stations on the route, while express services stop at St Albans City before continuing non-stop to London St Pancras International, (Harpenden to St Pancras International – 25 minutes). Trains run north to Luton, Luton Airport Parkway and on to Bedford.

The A6 used to run through Harpenden, although the road numbering was changed to avoid congestion. The M1 runs nearby. The closest access to the M1 is Junction 9 at Redbourn & Dunstable or alternatively Junction 10 for Luton & Airport. A number of bus services pass through Harpenden. There are 4 main frequent and reliable routes.

A notable feature of Harpenden is its abundant parks and commons. The central area of Harpenden, known locally as the village is characterised by Church Green, Leyton Green and the High Street Greens, which give the town its provincial feel.

Just to the south of the town centre is Harpenden Common, stretching from the shops in the town centre for more than a mile to the south, encompassing a total of 238 acres (96 ha). Today Harpenden Common hosts two cricket clubs, Harpenden Cricket Club, a Hertfordshire Premier League club that celebrated its 150 anniversary in 2013 and Bamville Cricket Club who play on Sundays on the golf course, a football club, bridle ways for horse riding, ramblers' paths and Harpenden Common Golf Club

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The New Forest, places to visit here, Ballard Lake, New Milton, Hampshire, England. (10)

New Milton is a market town in south west Hampshire, England. The town has a high street and holds a market every Wednesday. Situated on the edge of the New Forest, the town is about six miles ( 10 km ) west of Lymington town centre and 12 miles ( 19 km ) east of Bournemouth town centre. New Milton dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, and encompasses Old Milton, Barton on Sea, Ashley, Bashley, and Wootton. It is recorded as having a population of around 23,000 in 2001. The traditional village centre of Milton was just south of the church. Up to the 1960's, moated earthworks were still visible next to the road known as Moat Lane. Excavations of these earthworks in 1956 revealed a series of peasant enclosures and hut remains dating from the 9th to the 12th century, but no evidence of a manorial farmstead was found. The parish church of Milton is dedicated to Mary Magdalene and consists of a chancel with vestry, a nave and a western tower. The medieval church was pulled down and replaced around 1830, although the tower is of an earlier 17th century date. In 1835 a Church of England National School was founded on an island of land near the village green, where children were taught until just after World War I. In 1881, the population of the entire Milton parish was only 1489 people, and Milton was still a small village. The location of the village on the main Christchurch to Lymington road ( now the A 337 ) meant that there were two coaching inns - The Wheatsheaf and The George - the former of which is still operating.
In March 1888 New Milton railway station was opened, which is still in operation today. A new town developed, which expanded rapidly with the coming of the railway and the name New Milton was used for the first time and can originally be traced back to the Post Office that stood opposite the railway station. In 1895, the owner of the Post Office, Emma Newhook, commissioned a sign, which read - New Milton Sub Post Office to differentiate it from the post office in Old Milton. This was officially accepted in 1896, and so the name New Milton caught on. Much of the local farmland has been developed, first in the 1960's for commuter housing and again in the 1970's for small industrial / trade units. There is a mix of housing from cottages on the outskirts to more modern, urban housing in the central area. Milton village subsequently became known as Old Milton, and lies between New Milton and Barton on Sea. There are a few notable architectural points of interest in the local area. However, a distinctive row of Coast Guard Cottages are to be found in Barton Lane, Barton on Sea, which were built at the end of the 19th century by the Government of the day to house armed guards to try to stop the smuggling that was rife at the time. The Barton on Sea and Mudeford coastline was renowned for smuggling with many of the offshore seaways and routes to shore being named after well known local smuggling families. It was in this context that Frederick Marryat, author of The Children of the New Forest, was sent on patrol here as a young naval lieutenant in 1821, to watch over the Christchurch Bay area. Britain's first reinforced concrete bridge was built in 1901 just outside New Milton at Chewton. There was an earlier experiment in building with this material in its un reinforced form at Sway ( Sway Tower ).
New Milton water tower. Built in 1900 was the Tudor style water tower, which can be found adjacent to the car park in Osborne Road. It has a staircase and is constructed with a turret, slit windows and battlements. It is a striking orange - red colour, was built from locally manufactured bricks. The German Luftwaffe carried out bombing raids on New Milton on the 23rd August 1940, the 8th August 1942 and on January 22nd 1943. The town's water tower was suggested as the target. During the Second World War, New Milton homed evacuees and was a transit station for soldiers going to the battlefields. It also had an army hospital. It was a favourite for the American airmen who were based at the nearby airfields at Lymington and Holmsley. The Memorial Centre in Whitefield Road commemorates those who died in the raids, as well as towns people who have died more recently. Bricks can be purchased for inscription and insertion into the wall of the Memorial Room, which stands to the left of the front door and contains mementos saved from the original building, which was destroyed by fire in the 1970's.

Live the Life You Choose Video: Rural Living in WNC

Of the many different ways to live in Western North Carolina, one way is uniquely woven into our history: the rural lifestyle. We describe the rural lifestyle as living outside the city limits on three or more acres of minimally restricted land. The rural lifestyle offers unparalleled opportunities for connection with nature, stewardship of the land, and living a self-reliant, outdoor lifestyle.

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Our neighbors who enjoy the rural lifestyle would tell you that it means room to spread out, to create their own space and way of living, and to live in a way that has been valued for hundreds of years.

“We bought a farm soon after we got married,” says Rick Merrill. “And as the kids started coming along, and they enjoyed horses, we were boarding horses. And it became clear to us that to have the full experience of having children growing up with horses, we needed to have a bigger farm. And we needed to have the pastures and all. So I bought this land in 1980, and we built the road and cleared the fields and dug the pond. And then in 1985, we built the house. And it was a great way to raise kids—Right here on the farm, taking care of horses, learning responsibility. Once I got here to Western North Carolina, I realized I didn't want to be anywhere else. This place is just so special. The scenery, the people, the pace of life, and it all fit.”

“It's very important for us to see that our children grow up in the way in life we did,” says Billy Taylor. “Flipping rocks over in the creek, finding a salamander, getting up in the top of a tree and looking down or up to see what's there. Just getting back to the old way of life, away from the video games and the TV.”

“The nurturing of an animal is a responsibility every kid should have,” says Rick. “It makes them realize that there are things more important than themselves and that they have to respect and care for an animal. I particularly enjoy growing vegetables. And that's an art form in itself, and it's very, very satisfying. Part of the rural way of life.”

There's a space in rural Western North Carolina for raising horses, raising gardens, or just raising yourself to the peace and quiet every morning.

“You know, it's so nice when you're having a long day at work, you can just ease out here with its close proximity to downtown Asheville,” says Billy. “Catch a fish and relax and spend the day. These beautiful mountain trout, rainbows and browns, put up a really great fight here. Nothing like catching one on a fly rod.”

People living out share their property with the deer, turkeys, and other forms of North Carolina wildlife that are our common visitors, but rarely ever a bother. If you appreciate having room to spread out, enjoy a quieter, slower pace of life, and want to nurture the land, then the rural lifestyle may be the fit for you.


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London-Birmingham: First time riding a train in the UK

London-Birmingham is a very common route of train in the UK. The train departs London Euston station and after several stops arrives at Birmingham New Street.

Virgin has the fastest trains, but we purchased our tickets with Chiltern, as they had better prices. The trip was about 1 hour longer, but the train was comfortable and had free wifi.

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December 12 - Key West Had the Only English Wesleyan Methodist Church in the United States.

The congregation was originally known as the Gulf of Mexico Mission with Cayo Hueso.

The local history informs us that it was Reverend George Lister, who established the mission in Key West. It was seen as vital to extending the English Wesleyan Methodism to Cuba. While missionaries were sent to Cuba, the overall effort did not produce the hoped for results. Because Catholicism was firmly entrenched in Cuba, and Methodism, was unable to gain many converts.

The congregation in Key West remained as the Mission but for a short time, until it became known as Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Church. This was the only English Wesleyan Methodist Church in the United States.

While Methodist societies existed in America as early as 1760, by the late 1800s had become very much its own entity having an independent connection since 1784. Despite the early presence of Methodism in America, the Key West congregation has never held in association with the American Methodist Church.

British Methodist, were not without their factions. In the earlier years, various branches of Methodism sent numerous missionaries out around the world and the English Wesleyan Methodist were no exception. The Bahamas district of the British Connecxion had been established for the area that later included most of the Caribbean. It was through this line that the Key West church had its humble beginnings.

The present Mance was built in 1912, primarily from a cargo of Dade County pine that was salvaged from a ship that had wrecked on the reef. While this was long past the days of the islands famous ship wrecking days, wrecks still occurred. Some research regarding the shipwreck suggests that it may have been a vessel that was found derelict between the Tennessee reef and Coffin Patch and floating upside down in the fall of 1906. The derelict vessels name was not recorded in the Admiralty court records. The vessel's cargo was lumber.

There was not enough wood to complete the entire house, so other material was used randomly in order to prevent a large single location of termite-susceptible wood, according to the builder's son, Alfred Milton Evans, two of the ships masts were salvaged to find new use as columns on the house. One of the masts became the right front porch column in the corner opposite tower. It's unknown, however, which column is the other former ships mast. The Manse was originally roofed with wooden shingles. The present tin shingle roof was installed entirely by the late AM Evans when he was in his 40s, shortly before he became blind. The house contained a total of 10 rooms. The Manse when built, was designed to withstand sustained hurricane winds of 125 miles an hour, with gusts of 150 miles an hour. Under the clapboard siding, the Manse has a layer of diagonal Board of Dade County pine, each board is fully one inch thick, and roughly 14 inches wide. Water from the Manse came from the church roof as well as well by the back porch. The first church building extended out over the cistern covering about two thirds of it based on the dimensions the cistern and holds about 20,000 gallons of water. It's not really known what your the system was constructed.

The church first built in 1901, seated 500 people and had a small pipe organ. This building was destroyed in the 1909 hurricane, the building's remains were salvaged and a new facility built, only to be destroyed by another hurricane a year later. The current building on this location was built in 1924, and it was designed to withstand sustained hurricane winds of 150 to 175 miles an hour.

In the 1940's, tired of the difficulty in getting ministers from England, the congregation voted to become Presbyterian. A large group that did not favor that change split off and went around the corner to build their own church, retaining the original name - Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Church. Two congregations with common routes were divided by only a name.

And it was today December 12, 1893, that the Reverend George Lester founded the Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Church in Key West. The ministers from the church came from the Bahamas, but during the Depression this stopped. It was on May 12, 1931, that the church officially changed its denomination to Presbyterian.

And that's what happened today in Key West history.

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English Bluebell woodland walk

A 4 minute walk through bluebells and ancient oaks in Norfolk