Sully History Sully (Sili) is a place where the countryside meets the sea located between Penarth and Barry on the south Wales coastline. I grew up in the village of Sully, living on a housing estate between Cog Road and South Road built as part of the housing expansion of the 1980s/90s. A mix of farmers […]
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Where is Tewkesbury? Tewkesbury is an historic riverside town in Gloucestershire, England. The town is known for its Abbey, Medieval streets and yearly ‘Mop Fair’. The town oozes history and there are plenty of plaques to accompany a walk around the town. Spots to stop include the Town Hall and Cross House. Town Hall The
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What are Coins? Coins are usually flat pieces of metal which have been officially stamped to be used as currency in exchange for goods and services. A Brief History of Coins. The notion of person-to-person trading begins very early on in the human story where it is easy to see how early tools may have
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What is Japanware? Japanware is modelled on the look of varnished and lacquered decorative arts from the Far East. In the beginning of the 17th century the first attempts were made to imitate imported Oriental decorative objects. The look became extremely popular in the 18th century following the ‘Age of Discovery’ and the opening up
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Where is Evesham? The ancient market town of Evesham sits within a loop of the River Avon in Worcestershire. At the heart of the town once stood Evesham Abbey, now a ruin set within a park. The History of Evesham Abbey and Bell Tower Evesham Abbey was founded around 700 AD by St Egwin. It
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Blaenavon Overview Blaenavon – Blaenafon is a small town at the top of the Afan Llwyd Valley in Torfaen, Wales. The town is set in a raw industrial landscape that inspired the writer Alexander Cordell and antiquarian Sir Richard Colt Hoare. Parts of the town and surrounding countryside form the ‘Blaenavon Industrial Landscape’. Blaenavon Industrial Lanscape
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Pandemic a definition: ‘an occurrence in which a disease spreads very quickly and affects a large number of people over a wide area or throughout the world.’ For us all 2020, 2021 and 2022 will be remembered in history as years that a Coronavirus pandemic changed the freedom of the world we had known before.
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Overview Pontypool – Pont-y-pŵl is a town in southeast Wales within the county borough of Torfaen. The Welsh name for the town, Pont-y-pŵl, stems from the word bridge ‘pont’ and pool ‘pwll’. It gets the word pool from a pool in the Afon Lwyd River which flows through the town. Pontypool is one of the
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History of Dinas Powys Dinas Powys – Dinas Powis is a small town between Cardiff and Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan. The core of the town was designated a conservation area in 1971. It is a town I visited often in my teenage years to meet with friends, unknowingly exploring its history on long
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