February 2018
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
Load more
Recommended publications
-
The Praetorium of Edmund Artis: a Summary of Excavations and Surveys of the Palatial Roman Structure at Castor, Cambridgeshire 1828–2010 by STEPHEN G
Britannia 42 (2011), 23–112 doi:10.1017/S0068113X11000614 The Praetorium of Edmund Artis: A Summary of Excavations and Surveys of the Palatial Roman Structure at Castor, Cambridgeshire 1828–2010 By STEPHEN G. UPEX With contributions by ADRIAN CHALLANDS, JACKIE HALL, RALPH JACKSON, DAVID PEACOCK and FELICITY C. WILD ABSTRACT Antiquarian and modern excavations at Castor, Cambs., have been taking place since the seventeenth century. The site, which lies under the modern village, has been variously described as a Roman villa, a guild centre and a palace, while Edmund Artis working in the 1820s termed it the ‘Praetorium’. The Roman buildings covered an area of 3.77 ha (9.4 acres) and appear to have had two main phases, the latter of which formed a single unified structure some 130 by 90 m. This article attempts to draw together all of the previous work at the site and provide a comprehensive plan, a set of suggested dates, and options on how the remains could be interpreted. INTRODUCTION his article provides a summary of various excavations and surveys of a large group of Roman buildings found beneath Castor village, Cambs. (centred on TL 124 984). The village of Castor T lies 8 km to the west of Peterborough (FIG. 1) and rises on a slope above the first terrace gravel soils of the River Nene to the south. The underlying geology is mixed, with the lower part of the village (8 m AOD) sitting on both terrace gravel and Lower Lincolnshire limestone, while further up the valley side the Upper Estuarine Series and Blisworth Limestone are encountered, with a capping of Blisworth Clay at the top of the slope (23 m AOD).1 The slope of the ground on which the Roman buildings have been arranged has not been emphasised enough or even mentioned in earlier accounts of the site.2 The current evidence suggests that substantial Roman terracing and the construction of revetment or retaining walls was required to consolidate the underlying geology. -
Chapter 16 Marholm Village and Buildings
Chapter 16 Marholm Village and Buildings History of the Village Marholm village lies approximately four miles West of Peterborough and one mile from the seat of the Fitzwilliam family at Milton Hall. The parish covers some fourteen hundred acres, with the village positioned roughly in the centre. Today it remains a peaceful, largely agricultural community of some two hundred people. Although during the past fifty years the domination of agriculture has diminished, the village retains a rural feel, and in many ways is unchanged from its earlier history, despite the modern development, and proximity to a burgeoning city. To a large extent, this tranquillity has been preserved by the protection derived from Milton Estate, which has retained ownership of much of the property in the village. In addition, the Estate has curtailed further encroachment from the city beyond Mucklands Wood to the East, which delineates the border of Milton’s sales, in the 1960s, of land to the Peterborough Development Corporation for the expansion of the city. The name of the village most probably derives from ‘mere’, meaning pool, and ‘ham’, or settlement, and may refer to the pools by the Manor House. During the Middle Ages, the name was alternatively Marham, Marreham, Marrenham, Mareham, Morham and Marhome. By the 18th century it was commonly referred to as Marham and later known by the present spelling, Marholm [1]. Early History The early history of the village is obscure, with few known archaeological sites. Not surprisingly, however, in view of its proximity to the flourishing Roman settlement in Castor, there is some evidence of their presence in the area now embraced by Marholm. -
Peterborough Heritage Open Days
7TH – 10TH SEPTEMBER 2017 PETERBOROUGH HERITAGE OPEN DAYS incredible venues in and around Peterborough for you to explore, FREE Find out more information at: www.peterboroughcivicsociety.org.uk/heritage-open-days.php PETERBOROUGH HERITAGE OPEN DAYS PETERBOROUGH HERITAGE OPEN DAYS PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL, MINSTER PRECINCTS, PETERBOROUGH, PE1 1XS Explore Hidden Spaces… We’re opening up some of our buildings for you to explore, with guides on hand to answer any questions. These are open 11am – 4pm on Saturday 9 September, 12noon – 3pm on Sunday 10 September. Cathedral Library Almoner’s Hall Tucked away above the Cathedral’s 14th century Explore the medieval Almonry and find out porch is our remarkable and unseen library! about the role the abbey played in caring for the (Please note: access via spiral staircase). poor of Peterborough. Knights’ Chamber Inside the Cathedral’s Visitor Centre is the 13th century Knights’ Chamber, a recently restored medieval hall. Medieval costumed guides will be on hand to chat to visitors. Special Guided Tour - Cathedral Taster Tours Table Hall and the Infirmary Find out about the people, events and stories CELEBRATE Discover the remains of the Abbey’s Hospital, that are connected to the Cathedral, a centre including a rare chance to go inside the 15th for Christian worship for over 1300 years with century Table Hall. Tour lasts just over an hour one of our expert tour guides. HERITAGE OPEN DAYS and places are limited (pre-booking strongly Tours last about 45 minutes, meet inside the advised); meet at the Cathedral’s main entrance. Cathedral’s main entrance. Heritage Open Days celebrate England’s fantastic architecture and culture Tours at 11.30am and 2pm on Saturday 9 September, Tours at 11.30am and 2pm on Saturday 9 September by offering free access to properties that are usually closed to the public or 2pm on Sunday 10 September. -
Malton Political Associations
Political connections Malton has been associated with national politics since its origin. It returned 2 MPs to Parliament from 1640-1832, and one from 1833-1885. The MPs’ identities reflected not only local but national power relationships throughout this period. Eustace Fitzjohn delivered the castles of Alnwick and Malton to the army of David, king of Scotland who was fighting in support of the claim of Maud, his niece, to the crown held by King Stephen. The Scots garrison at Malton castle was removed by an army of northern nobles under the direction of Archbishop Thurstan of York, who then burned the town in retribution for its affiliation during this, the first English civil war, some would say. Eustace Fitzjohn returned from temporary exile in Scotland to begin rebuilding and fortifying the town and its castle site. Whilst not overtly involved in national politics, the Eures were important regional players, being Lords of various Marches, and several of the male line died in battle – at Towton during the wars of the roses; at Ancram Moor, the culmination of a Eure-led military rampage across southern Scotland which had included the burning and sacking of Edinburgh and Melrose; at Marston Moor, fighting for the Royalist cause, during the English Civil War. Sir William Eure was born 1485 and knighted ‘beneath the banner’ at Tournay in 1513. He was the Sheriff of County Durham 1519-23, of Northumberland, 1526-27 and Lieutenant of the Middle Marches after 1522. By 1538, he was Captain of the town and castle of Berwick and Warden of the East Marches and was a member of the Council of the North after 1540. -
Fabian Summer Walk – Some Background Notes
Fabian Summer Walk – Some Background Notes Alwalton – Some history Traces of early man have been found. In Roman times a building of some kind evidently existed at Alwalton, and various coins and pieces of pottery, etc., have been found. King Edred granted the land at Alwalton in 955 to his thegn Aelfsige Hunlafing. It was afterwards given to the Abbey of Peterborough, which held Alwalton at the time of the Conquest. Alwalton was listed in the Domesday Book [1086] as “Alwoltune”. It records that there were 20 households with a population between 70 and 100. In the 2011 census the population was 317. Alwalton used to be in the administrative county of Huntingdonshire until 1965. Apparently locals are still fiercely loyal to the old county – or at least identify with it as a shire district, rather than Cambridgeshire. References Archive images – Alwalton British History Online – Alwalton British History Online – Parishes, Alwalton Welcome to Peterborough – Alwalton Wikipedia: Alwalton Wikipedia: Huntingdonshire Alwalton Marble Alwalton marble is known to have been used from the 12th century until 1875**. It was used in the cathedrals at Lincoln, Peterborough, Bury St Edmunds and Ely, and in Southwell Minster, as well as many parish churches, such as Barnack. The quarry site has been identified as the Alwalton Lynch escarpment on the banks of the River Nene (which provided a convenient way of transporting the stone). (** though one source indicated that quarrying continued into the 1920's) References Virtual Microscope – Limestone – Alwalton Marble Alwalton Lynch Escarpment Marble Quarry An Alwalton Marble Capital Cambridgeshire Geological Society – Nene Valley Historic England – Alwalton Limestone Quarries Nene Living – Finding our Marble! Virtual Microscope – Limestone – Alwalton Marble Alwalton Hall The red brick wing dates back to the 1780's. -
Wentworth Woodhouse First Earl of Strafford
Wentworth Woodhouse First Earl of Strafford Wentworth Woodhouse, standing in a park of 250 acres & situated about four miles from Rotherham, with its East Front of over 600 feet & its courts & buildings covering three acres or more of ground, is ranked as perhaps the very largest of the country palaces created by our 18th Century Whig Magnates. It was the home of Charles 1st’s illfated administrator, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford. There were Wentworths at Wentworth in the 13th Century & there they continued until 1695. Then, on the death of William 2nd Earl of Strafford, son of the 1st Earl, it passed to Thomas Watson, a son of his sister who had married Edward 2nd Baron Rockingham. He died in 1723 & was succeeded by his only son, Thomas Wentworth, who was created 1st Marquess of Rockingham in 1746 & died in 1750. He was succeeded by his fifth & youngest son, Charles, 2nd & last Marquess of Rockingham, who died in 1782 without issue. Wentworth then passed to William 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, who was the eldest son of the Marquess’ eldest sister who had married the 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam of Milton. It remained in the hands of the Fitzwilliam family until 1989. The house & around 90 acres of land were then bought by Mr Wensley HaydonBaillie, a businessman, who was here for 10 years. In 1999, it was bought by Mr Clifford Newbold & his family, who were in the process of restoring the house to its former glory upto 2015. Since then the Wentworth preservation Trust have taken over. -
CAMBS GARDEN TRUST News 10/04
NEWSLETTER No. 17 OCTOBER 2004 PRESIDENT THE LORD FAIRHAVEN PATRONS Lady Crossman Lord and Lady De Ramsey Lady Nourse Mrs D Astor Lady Proby Dr J Parker Mr C Vane Percy COUNCIL OF MANAGEMENT Mr J. Drake .............Chairman Mrs E. Davies Mr M. Wilkinson ..Secretary Dr W. Emmerson Mr T. Hayward.......Treasurer Mr A Brown Mrs A. Gould Mr C Malyon Mrs J. Trevor CHAIRMAN’S LETTER hope you that you will find this Newsletter of interest as it consists of Ireports about gardens we visited during the summer illustrated with a range of maps, prints and photographs found in various magazines and books. So my letter is much shorter. I would like to especially thank Mr and Mrs Alan Bowkett who kindly invited us to see their garden at Croxton Park and I am pleased to report that this raised £900 for the restoration for Ramsey Abbey Walled Kitchen Garden Trust. This trust has now been granted charity status and there has been much interest in the project, even BBC Cambridge Local Radio is now giving weekly progress reports to listeners on Saturday mornings. I would very much like to thank all garden owners who have allowed members to visit their properties this year, the highlight being the garden at Milton Park which we had all waited patiently for two years to see. We are giving Sir Philip Naylor-Leyland, Bt a plant of Rhododendron Lady Alice Fitzwilliam in appreciation of our visit. Christopher Taylor has kindly donated copies of his articles about the layout of the gardens at Babraham Park and its water systems for the meadows. -
Planning and EP Committee 5 July 2016 Item 3 Application Ref: 16
Planning and EP Committee 5 July 2016 Item 3 Application Ref: 16/00590/FUL Proposal: Proposed extensions to create new administration accommodation with theatre suite over with plant room in roof and associated link corridor, new first floor level modular construction theatre store and new single storey waiting area. Various internal remodelling works to restaurant, physiotherapy department and main reception waiting accommodation. External works to create additional parking bays Site: Fitzwilliam Hospital, Milton Way, Bretton, Peterborough Applicant: Ramsay Health Care UK Ltd Agent: Hall Needham Associates LLP Referred by: Councillor Coles Reason: Impact upon neighbour amenity, overdevelopment and parking issues Site visit: 21.04.2016 Case officer: Miss Louise Lovegrove Telephone No. 01733 454439 E-Mail: [email protected] Recommendation: GRANT subject to relevant conditions 1 Description of the site and surroundings and Summary of the proposal Site and Surroundings The application site comprises the Fitzwilliam Hospital, a well-established private hospital. It is located within a predominantly residential area, with the site bound to the north, east and west by residential dwellings. To the south, the site is bound by Milton Park (included in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest) and the associated Grade I Listed Building of Milton Hall. The building within the site is largely single storey in height albeit there are some two and three storey elements to the south-eastern elevation. It is set back within the site, located centrally with car parking to the north, east and west. There is some soft landscaping around the site boundaries comprising a mixture of mature hedging and semi-mature trees albeit the southern boundary is formed by a mature tree belt. -
Sampson Frisby (13H1): Rediscovering the Career and Milieu of a 17Th‑Century Freemason
Sampson Frisby (13h1): rediscovering the career and milieu of a 17th‑century freemason by JENNIFER S. ALEXANDER and KATHRYN A. MORRISON Sampson Frisby (1597-1656) was a prolific stonemason, active in Northamptonshire and surrounding counties in the first half of the 17th century. His distinctive personal mason’s mark has been identified in the accounts of Clare College, Cambridge, and discovered on the ashlar of several significant country houses and churches. This allows his career to be reconstructed, beginning in the important workshop of the master mason Thomas Thorpe (c.1565-1626) in Kings Cliffe around 1618. This study reveals how masons’ marks can illuminate the process of building in the early modern period, developing a methodological approach first published by the authors in 2007.1 It additionally stimulates speculation about the career of Sampson’s father, the equally prolific Humphrey Frisby (d.1624/25), and highlights two factors that had a profound effect on the Frisby family and their contemporaries: the supplanting of Kings Cliffe by Ketton as a regional quarrying centre, and the subsequent disruption of the Civil War. BACKGROUND In 2006, working from scaffolding, the authors collated masons’ marks visible on the ashlar stonework of 1622‑24 at Apethorpe Hall (now known as Apethorpe Palace), near Kings Cliffe in Northamptonshire.2 For analysis, these marks were encoded using a formula based on the number of strokes involved, a system originally developed for the study of phasing in ecclesiastical buildings.3 Comparison with sets of marks found on securely attributed buildings of similar date, notably two well‑documented Norfolk houses, Blickling Hall (1618‑23) and Hunstanton Hall (1616‑24), made it possible to identify the Apethorpe master mason as Thomas Thorpe (c.1565‑1626). -
(Public Pack)Agenda Document for Planning and Environmental
Public Document Pack AB PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMITTEE TUESDAY 23 MARCH 2021 1.30 PM VENUE: Peterborough City Council Youtube page AGENDA Page No 1. Apologies for Absence 2. Declarations of Interest At this point Members must declare whether they have a disclosable pecuniary interest, or other interest, in any of the items on the agenda, unless it is already entered in the register of members’ interests or is a “pending notification “ that has been disclosed to the Solicitor to the Council. 3. Members' Declaration of intention to make representations as Ward Councillor 4. Minutes of the Meeting Held on: 3 - 22 To approve the minutes of the meeting held on: 26 January 2021; and 23 February 2021 5. Development Control and Enforcement Matters 5.1 19/00347/FUL - Ferry Meadows Country Park Ham Lane Orton 23 - 160 Waterville Peterborough. Recording of Council Meetings: Any member of the public may film, audio-record, take photographs and use social media to report the proceedings of any meeting that is open to the public. Audio-recordings of meetings may be published on the Council’s website. A protocol on this facility is available at: http://democracy.peterborough.gov.uk/ecSDDisplay.aspx?NAME=Protocol%20on%20the%20use%20of%20Recor ding&ID=690&RPID=2625610&sch=doc&cat=13385&path=13385 Committee Members: Councillors: G Casey (Vice Chairman), C Harper (Chairman), P Hiller, R Brown, Warren, Hussain, Iqbal, Jones, B Rush, Hogg and Bond Substitutes: Councillors: N Sandford, Simons, M Jamil and E Murphy Further information about this meeting can be obtained from Karen Dunleavy on telephone 01733 296334452233 or by email – [email protected] 1 CASE OFFICERS: Planning and Development Team: Nicholas Harding, Sylvia Bland, Janet Maclennan, David Jolley, Louise Simmonds,, Amanda McSherry, Matt Thomson, Asif Ali, Michael Freeman, Jack Gandy, Carry Murphy, Mike Roberts, Karen Ip, Shaheeda Montgomery and Susan Shenston Minerals and Waste: Alan Jones Compliance: Jason Grove, Amy Kelley and Alex Wood-Davis NOTES: 1. -
Route 1 the Nassaburgh Trail Directions
A N E L I Route 1 The Nassaburgh Trail RKS LANE 13.5miles / V 22km Approx. 1hr 45mins RWO E WATE RMO R E E S I W G GSON R OO R OD AV E E E H L D N HAL R OD C ED O I R B R W O D TON FT R G VE R O E E C R H G P S P O ID'S UE A SA DAV LA A N T N E T E D V S Directions F T A IELD O N B 11 B O A S G G W Point on mapDistance from W O 3 D O Y Y start (in miles) O S C C DW H D L N I A N L L IN E C IF G O D 12 1 0.0 Start at the entrance toF BrettonE Centre/Sainsbury’s,W beforeE L V N E G RO A H NE L R LA K O O 'S S A C ID D I G V crossing BrettonE D WayLE at the traffic lights. Turn LEFT and joinN up D A R D SOMERVIL A L T H B L P H W O O N E G U with the AirfieldS cycleway,E signposted Green MWheel Link and A GN LVET T E A KI H P Y 1 E P A A R 5 N A W A P R ST D O L S N 1 South Bretton'S A E A U A T L D RTR E Playing I VI U R N D A A Gated D A R E ST Peterborough I V Fields E D E G N GOODW Road E Y U WA 2 0.2 Turn RIGHT into Katherine Way,E before turning LEFTND through the C ILA A N I TA N R S W wooden D gates by the pond, signposted for Ferry Meadows A AY I W W 2 N L S A E K ER O L T AT O S G A CR SK D ANE Werrington C M 4 3 OR R 1.2 Continue through the woodland, before joining a quiet lane, Cuckoos E Sports and O ANON F C SFI S Recreation Werrington Hollow T E W L AL R L E D O Centre Centre G O which leads up to BrettonE Way. -
John Clare Countryside Our Joint Vision for a Heritage Landscape with Nature at Its Heart Contents
John Clare Countryside Our joint vision for a heritage landscape with nature at its heart Contents Objectives .............................................................................3 Introduction...........................................................................3 Project Aims..........................................................................4 Background ..........................................................................5 Map ......................................................................................6 Key deliverables of the project ...............................................8 Appendix.............................................................................11 Nightingale and cover image of grasshopper by Sarah Lambert 2 John Clare Countryside Our joint vision for a heritage landscape with nature at its heart Objectives Introduction To create, launch and deliver an As residents, businesses, parish Working in partnership, the ambitious and accessible nature councils, landowners, farmers and Langdyke Countryside Trust now recovery area across the landscape visitors we want the countryside wants to ensure that we conserve areas west of Peterborough, around us to be an area where the beauty of our landscape and designed, led and supported by nature is at the heart of our lives. conserve its rich local heritage and residents, landowners, farmers, Where swifts and swallows are a establish an area characterised by businesses and parish councils of central feature of our summer the area. evenings, where