Author name: Richard Clarke

Inventory of blogs on this website, 18/2/’16 to 3/11/’20.

Wildlife – 4/1/’18. Climate change and post Brexit agricultural policy – 10/1/’18. Charles Darwin – 8 blogs – 12/1/’18 to 11/2/’18. Copernicus –  2 blogs – 14 and 15/2/’18. History of Hessle Common – 5 blogs – 17/2/’18 to 21/2/’18. St George’s Chapel, Windsor – 22/2/’18. Gainsborough and All Saints church – 2 blogs – […]

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Inventory of blogs on this website, 18/2/’16 – 3/11/’20.

Rise of rational thought – 4 blogs – 21/2/’17 to 2/4/’17. Sculcoates Lane cemeteries – 5/4/’17. East Halton Beck to Killingholme – 10/4/’17. Spring in the countryside – 22/4/’17. Harpham, Lowthorpe, Nafferton and Kilham churches – 23/4/’17. Worcester churches – 30/4/’17. Misericords – 1/5/’17. Great Malvern church, Meaux tiles and wildflowers – (early May ’17).

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Descriptions of Hull 16th to 18th centuries, concluding comments (27/10/’20).

Today’s photo. shows the view north-west from the elevated public right of way across the roofs of warehouses at Albert Dock, its lock just off picture centre-right. A couple of concluding remarks: As Dr. Woodward published the wording as originally written the run of descriptions becomes an example of how English spelling and grammar were

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Descriptions of Hull 16th to 18th centuries 14 (22/10/’20).

The illustration above shows Celia Fiennes (s.p.b.) riding side-saddle through the Norfolk countryside, her elegance perhaps exaggerated and no accompanying servant. The landscape is stylised also, jagged mountain peaks not being typical of East Anglia. The church on the right I cannot place but think it may be Castle Acre, although there is no wide

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