Category Archives: Heritage

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One ha’penny, two ha’penny, hot cross buns!

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Hot Cross Buns are one of those delicious treats that you can have at Easter. Until just a few years ago, they could only be found within a week or two of Easter but these days hundreds of millions are … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Religion and Faith | Tagged Easter, food, Happy Easter, Hot Cross Buns, tradition | 4 Comments

Great Fires Of London & those who fought them

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

I’ve been crisscrossing the country so far this week so have got a little behind on my blog posts so please consider this an emergency posting! I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was going to create a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Heritage, history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Firefighters Memorial, Great Fire Of London, Queen Boudicca, St Pauls Cathedral, The Blitz, The Monument | 11 Comments

The Ædifying use of Æ

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

No, I haven’t been holding down random keys on my keyboard when writing the title of this post though I dare say that it might be the only published article anywhere on the internet today that features Æ.Whilst writing an … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, writing | Tagged aeroplane, Æ, Encyclopædia, Etymology, history, Language | 9 Comments

A tragic hero, forgotten in his own time but now remembered in ours.

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Whilst out with his metal detector on the muddy foreshore of Thameside, amateur historian and enthusiast Tobias Neto stumbled on a very small but very special piece of history in December 2016. It was a medal, a VC or … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London | Tagged Army, Crimean War, history, John Byrne, John McDermond, Queen Victoria, The Crimea War, Treasure, Victoria Cross, war | 6 Comments

140 London Underground Facts

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Some people say that we are living in a post-fact world. This epic list of facts relating to the London Underground says otherwise! So whether you use it every day or just see it on movies, here are some facts … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Travel | Tagged England, Facts, history, Life, London, London Underground, The Tube, Trains, WW2 | 18 Comments

The Bacton Altar Cloth Revealed To Be The Only Surviving Gown of Queen Elizabeth I

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

One of the things I like to do both when I am giving tours or merely pottering around the countryside in my own time is to stop off an explore village churches. Each one is a veritable box of delights … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, London, Religion and Faith, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Bacton Altar Cloth, church, county of herefordshire, Hampton Court Palace, Life, Queen Elizabeth I, St Faith Church Bacton | 5 Comments

Found! The Lost Welsh City Of Trellech

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Many people have their heroes, people that they might want to imitate. Maybe a film star, entrepreneur or scientist. Until now, I didn’t really have anyone… at least not alive but now I have in the unassuming form of Stuart … Continue reading →