Pictures of Sherborne

By Tim Lambert Here are some pictures I took of the charming town of Sherborne in Dorset. Below is Sherborne Abbey. The old English word ceap meant trade. It gradually changed to our word cheap. Cheap Street is still the main shopping street in Sherborne. This is the conduit in Sherborne. It was once a… Continue reading Pictures of Sherborne

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Last Orders at the Bar

A dissertation by Gabriella Bowe-Peckham about the decline of pubs in Hampshire with a look at pubs in Romsey and Portsmouth

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A Timeline of Capital Punishment

By Tim Lambert 1307 A mechanical beheading device is recorded in Dublin 1608 The first execution takes place in the North American colonies 1685 Alice Lisle becomes the last woman beheaded in Britain 1747 Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat becomes the last person beheaded on Tower Hill by the Tower of London 1790 In Britain, death… Continue reading A Timeline of Capital Punishment

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By Tim Lambert Anne Frank House Arundel Castle Cardiff Castle Chichester Cathedral Edinburgh Castle Exeter Cathedral Explore Fairbanks Fort Nelson Hampton Court Palace King John’s House (Romsey) Mary Rose Museum Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein (Bath) Medieval Merchant’s House Petersfield Museum Portchester Castle Romsey Abbey Royal Pavilion (Brighton) Salisbury Cathedral Southsea Castle The Spring Museum… Continue reading Localhistories Links Page

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