Below is the final chapter from Lancashire Sketches (third edition) published by Edwin Waugh in 1869. It is quite lengthy but a delightful read. I do not know how accurate…
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First time leaving the house in two weeks…so after some much needed shopping, I had to go to St John’s to drop something off and enjoyed a quick visit to…
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The bulk of our place-names according to Marstrander (Norwegian linguist and Prof. of Celtic Studies in Oslo) belong to the period subsequent to Norse times. This raises a debatable point;…
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The chapel on St Michael’s Isle on the Isle of Man is an example of the type of building erected by the Norse-Celtic Christian community probably in the earlier part…
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The Monks’ Bridge is a narrow 12th century packhorse double-arched bridge paved with quartz cobbles which spans the Silverburn river immediately north of Rushen Abbey and adjacent to the mill…
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“In memory of our ancestors, who, through long ages, came to this well and here, in simple faith, made prayers and vows with humble offerings.” So this became a holy…
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Though only part of the mound remains, it is probably a Bronze Age burial site which was reused for Christian or pagan inhumations in the medieval period; its name though…
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A lovely scene at Maughold with a traditional Manx thatched cottage and perhaps a mucklagh giark (hen house) to the side as some hens are pecking away at the ground.…