By the 13thC #water was being carried into aristocratic houses in London in pipes made by linking lengths of bored elm trunks - a utility that became more commonplace during the 16th-18thC. More via sewerhistory.org/photosgraphics… #WaterManagement #ContinuousTechnologies

#OTD 1461 the 2nd #BattleofStAlbans where after victory at #Wakefield the Queen's forces moved towards London & #EarlofWarwick intercepted

On this day 1478 the George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence was privately put to death within the walls of the... fb.me/5DOC6aG11

#GloriousGuidedWalks Bosworth Battlefield today at 11.30 am & 2 pm - visit ow.ly/vKGZ308WUg6 for further details & prices

#RichardIII History Festival running this May in #Gloucester - venues.gloucester.gov.uk/Freetime/Museu…

#Hawk #Hunting A detail from the medieval German manuscript Luna & her Children part of Hausbuch Wolfegg Drawn in approx 1480

Shopping time! This weekend #TORM held near #Coventry reenactorsmarket.co.uk

#PathtoBosworth #GuidedWalk Bosworth Battlefield on 2nd April (9.30 am - 4.30 pm) - visit ow.ly/Bv8L309T3Xp for full details

A 15th-century description of spring, when 'the medys waxen grene, the flowris coloureth the erthe' archive.org/stream/threepr…

20 Mar 1469 Birth of Princess Cecily, daughter of Edward IV. She married John, Viscount Welles, half brother of Margaret Beaufort, in 1487.

Crowland #Abbey's #medieval 'Bare ruined quires, where late the sweet birds sang'; though, here, looking E along the nave from the main door

Crowland Abbey's extraordinary 3-way #medieval #bridge across confluence of their re-routed R Welland w/ an ancient canal from Peterborough

'Haha and hehe' have denoted laughter in English for 1000+ years. #RedNoseDay More early books at britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanus… (Harley 3271, f90)

As we're gearing up for our first event of the year at @EH_WrestPark 22nd/23rd April a taster to remind us of heady #summerdays

29 Mar 1461 Battle of Towton sees Yorkist forces narrowly defeat a Lancastrian army in the biggest battle on British soil - 28,000 dead.

The Field of Souls - Clare Mulley's hauntingly beautiful poem about Towton battlefield #OTD1461 see battlefieldstrust.com/news.asp?NewsA…

'Nobody poops money.' Dutch equivalent of 'It doesn't grow on trees'? Misericord, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam. #folklorethursday

Only a small amount of this castle, including the gatehouse, is medieval but doesn't it look stunning in this photo. x.com/HamptonCourtHf…

This admin is now handing over to the new WotRF committee to continue this account. Lovely to have spent time with you all. #newpastures