Corfe Castle - August 26
twenty-two knights, captured at Mirebeau, together in this small space, where they were left to slowly perish and rot.
Smugglers of Devon
"I declared I would kill the first man who came near me, and that I would not be taken from the spot alive.”
Kenilworth Castle - June 26
…there was a secret tunnel through which the village children used to access the castle for free, but that it had long-since been bricked up
Exeter - May 26
“Oh, you have to put The House That Moved On the map”. I was getting some local knowledge from a friend. “I really love that. And Parliament Street, of course, it’s the smallest street in Exeter”
Chester - April 26
The history of Chester is layered upon itself time and again. The Romans built walls, baths and amphitheatres, the Normans made a stronghold here, the Tudors built rambling, two-storey shops, the wool trade thrived and the Victorians found it fashionable to stroll the length of the city walls.