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Crowland : Croyland Abbey was a monastery of the Benedictine Order in Lincolnshire, sixteen miles from Stamford and thirteen from Peterborough. It was founded in memory of St. Guthlac, early in the eighth century, by Ethelbald, King of Mercia, but was entirely destroyed and the community slaughtered by the Danes in 866.

Crowland

Croyland Abbey was a monastery of the Benedictine Order in Lincolnshir ...

Updated: Sep 21, 2009 9:38am PST

coome park : on the way to Stroud for the wedding we stopped off at Coome Park and Westbury Court Garden. Had a nice walk in the grounds which had been extensively reshaped by Capability Brown - one of the first landscapes he did. Then moved onto Westbury for a quick visit.

coome park

on the way to Stroud for the wedding we stopped off at Coome Park and ...

Updated: Nov 09, 2009 9:32am PST

Canterbury : Escaped for a couple of days to Kent and visited Canterbury and the Cathedral

Canterbury

Escaped for a couple of days to Kent and visited Canterbury and the Ca ...

Updated: Aug 20, 2009 3:26pm PST

Northamptonshire : visited Canons Ashby the last weekend of June - very nice gardens and house BUT do not take the taster tour - it was awful !!

Northamptonshire

visited Canons Ashby the last weekend of June - very nice gardens and ...

Updated: Jul 02, 2009 9:42am PST

Belgium - Ypres : we visited Belgium in May 2009 - its amazing to think that towns like Ypres were completely flattened during the war and then rebuilt exactly as they were.

Belgium - Ypres

we visited Belgium in May 2009 - its amazing to think that towns like ...

Updated: May 31, 2009 5:49am PST

Norfolk and Suffolk : a record of our visits to various National Trust sites

Norfolk and Suffolk

a record of our visits to various National Trust sites

Updated: May 21, 2009 8:41am PST

Warwickshire National Trust : a record of our visits to various National Trust sites

Warwickshire National Trust

a record of our visits to various National Trust sites

Updated: May 21, 2009 8:39am PST