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Cornwall: England's most south-westerly county
Earlier! The supposed historian Geoffrey of Monmouth,now deemed unreliable,invented the tale of a Cornish Arthur in the 1200s. Later on Richard,a prince who was brother of Henry the Third, promoted the legend. Richard was lord of Tintagel ...
frankbeswick, on 11/09/2019
Cornwall: England's most south-westerly county
frankbeswick, Thank you for the explanations. Cornish aristocratic claims to properties and titles? Was this around the time of Cornish support for Perkin Warbeck as one of the two Princes in the Tower, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York?
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/09/2019
Cornwall: England's most south-westerly county
The Cornish legend of Arthur arose because certain aristocrats wanted a legend that would be used to legitimate their claims.
frankbeswick, on 11/08/2019
Cornwall: England's most south-westerly county
frankbeswick, That's a most compelling and interesting reason. It passed me by, perhaps because of having read of repeat battles that have been represented more as power plays -- U.S. forces were doing better so they decided to take back ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/08/2019
Lough Erne: one of Ireland's greatest lakes
Land in the north is held in the same way as land in Britain is, from the crown, but I do not know the rules for land in the south.
Is seeing leprechauns creepy or reassuring? I do not know, but we must realize that in Irish myth the Sidhe, the ...
frankbeswick, on 11/07/2019
Lough Erne: one of Ireland's greatest lakes
frankbeswick, Thank you for the photos, practicalities and products.
In another, more recent wizzley, you described the land in the United Kingdom as regarded as that of the monarchy at least since 1066. How did that affect the status of land ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/07/2019
Cornwall: England's most south-westerly county
Hi Derdriu.
Winds from the South East combine with currents to produce dangerous boating conditions in Cornish seas.Small fishing boats must be careful.
I think that Arthur was from North Wales because we are told that Arthur fought several ...
frankbeswick, on 11/06/2019
Cornwall: England's most south-westerly county
frankbeswick, Thank you for the entrancing photos, practicalities and products.
The picturesque town of Mineral Point in southwestern Wisconsin claims a Cornish immigrant/Cornish-American past. One of its hilly streets goes by the name Shake Rag ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/06/2019
Stockport, Cheshire. Heritage Walk
Certain Saxon families appended de to an English name to seem classy. For example,Spensers were Danish, but retained their lands and rose upwards over the centuries. By the time of the Peasant's revolt De Spencer was riding down Wat Tyler and ...
frankbeswick, on 10/31/2019
Stockport, Cheshire. Heritage Walk
And in the course of your extensive research I hoped you found that the Stockport family of Arderns who owned Bredbury Hall are descended from the medieval de Arderne family.? Note the de. And neither Warwickshire nor Saxon. Most Saxon lords ...
Veronica, on 10/31/2019
Stockport, Cheshire. Heritage Walk
I have done some research and discovered that there is an Ardern in Warwickshire, in the Midlands, but the Ardern family descend from the Saxon earls of Warwick. It is therefore an ancient Saxon lineage, not Norman.
frankbeswick, on 10/31/2019
Irish Halloween ( Samhain ) traditions
BSG
An excellent point and one which needs reiterating. My parish priest has no problem with the children "celebrating " Halloween" which is after all a Christianisation of The Briton/ Gael feast of Samhain. The people aren't taking part in ...
Veronica, on 10/31/2019
Stockport, Cheshire. Heritage Walk
Derdriu
The beauty of Wizzley for me, is how a page develops because of facts and comments. Each is welcome and developmental.
Veronica, on 10/31/2019
Stockport, Cheshire. Heritage Walk
This Arden I think is a Norman name.
Veronica, on 10/31/2019
Stockport, Cheshire. Heritage Walk
BSG
We are especially fortunate in Cheshire which has the most elaborately decorated black and white buildings. I am astonished with myself that I never took the time to explore the history of my hometown. It's beautiful, as you see.
Veronica, on 10/31/2019