Some pictures for Wordless Wednesday and bloghops various.
I’m staying local again today!
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Not much of the ancient building remains, but today it’s a lovely place to sit and read a book! The Manor House included 7 Reception Rooms, 19 bedrooms, eight bathrooms, 2 cottages, and a detached ballroom. It’s hard to imagine that parts of these walls date back to 1148!
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Little remains of the original Saxon church, but after the Norman Conquest a new church was built and Norman arches still remain. Over the following centuries, the church was altered and added to; the Chantry Chapel was built in 1425 and the Lady Chapel in 1878
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And finally, James Harris, proud father of 10 children!
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Keith's Ramblings 
I wonder if anything built today will be around in a hundred years or so.
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I doubt it. So many modern buildings are so ugly that it wouldn’t be a bad thing if they disappeared!
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I love to see these old buildings and the parts that still stand after centuries! Wonderful photos!!
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Me too. Thanks, Suzette.
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Nice pictorial tour Keith. Thanks
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Thank you for joining me, Sadje.
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My pleasure
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I thoroughly enjoyed your photos love it thanks for sharing 🙂
Have a manortastic week 👍
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I’m pleased! Thanks, Steve.
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I love old buildings and structures, do they have the stories to tell and they each hold a sense of their past beauty
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They certainly do, Beth.
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These are wonderful places, thank you for sharing them with us.
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The pleasure’s mine, Mimi.
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What an amazing history! And that stonework is incredible…real craftsmanship!
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It’s amazing what they achieved back then.
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So true.
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Beautiful shots. I love looking at history of towns and cemeteries. We don’t have things as old as this though. California is pretty young compared to your neck of the woods.
Thank you for hosting the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday and rest of the week, Keith. 🙂
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It is fascinating, A few miles away there’s a castle built by the Romans almost 2000 years ago and much of it is still standing. California is young and pretty!
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What a beautiful and amazing place. Thanks for sharing this with us. Very cool.
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I’m pleased you like it, thanks so much.
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I love to see old buildings, so much more character than the modern rubbish. Plymouth was heavily bombed during the war and the buildings replaced with horrible 50s and 60s architecture. We do still have an old area down on the Barbican, the most famous probably being the Plymouth Gin distillery. The Blackfriars distillery is the oldest in England being in production since the late 18th century. The actual building dates from the early 1400s. There was talk several years ago of the council taking up the cobbles from all the old lanes and replacing with tarmac. Vandalism!! There was uproar and thankfully it never came about.
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What were those architects thinking in the 50s and 60s? Their building blight so many otherwise attractive places. There’s a town near me, Rye, where most of the streets are still cobbled. I can’t imagine what would happen if they suggested resurfacing them. I feel a G&T coming on!
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These structures still retain traces of their past magnificence. Lovely peaceful pics!
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Remarkably so. Thanks, Shiju.
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Here in the US, an old house is about 50 years old. If something is old, it gets torn down. No one seems to appreciate the old things much anymore. Europe, the UK, Scandinavia, they have such fascinating old places to see.
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That is such a shame. 50 is considered nearly new here!
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Fabulous! I love stone buildings and make a point of visiting old cemeteries wherever I go. If those gravestones could talk!
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Me too! I like to try making out the inscriptions. In a graveyard near me, the late comedian Spike Milligan’s gravestone says – “I told you I was ill”!
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It’s hard for me to imagine that manor house being built so long ago. It would have taken many people to build. And some of it still remains today. Amazing.
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Me too especially as they had no mechanical aids.
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Beautiful ruins of the manor house. I particular like the arched doorway, and how all the remaining pieces integrate into the gardens.
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Having so many doorways and walls, it’s a bit like a maze!
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I enjoyed seeing these old buildings.
The stonework is incredible!
Happy Thursday, Keith.
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It certainly is. Thanks, Veronica.
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What beautiful old world architecture!
Something spooky about Manor house, though. Did you sense any paranormal activity? 😉
Church street is pristine and gorgeous.
Love how they have been so well preserved. A reminder of the grandeur and magnificence from the past.
Enjoyed this walk back in time, Keith. Thank you.
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I tend not to walk around it in the dark – you never know! The Old Town Preservation Society ensures the area is kept pristine. Thanks for rambling with me Natasha.
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Hi Keith – interesting to see the history – it’s a lovely little park. Cheers Hilary
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I love where you have been and what you have seen. I wish I was a little bird on your shoulder to all the places you’ve been. We’re talking seventh heaven for me!!! Is this Church the for real St. Peter? The man chosen by Jesus to be the head of His church? I would love to go there and just touch it. That’s all… just touch it and to see it all would be just a dream from heaven. God bless you for sharing these wonderful pictures.
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