A smart piece of design from the 1700s..... This narrow bridge allowed horses to safely walk through it, while their wider loads (like panniers) passed safely over the top. It let traders move goods more efficiently without spending a fortune on a wide bridge. It's called

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Special Guest Interview with Gemma Lawrence, Author of The Narrowness of Death, book four of the Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (part of The Heirs of Anarchy Series) tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/11/specia… Gemma Lawrence #HistoricalFiction

Kingsley Road, Northampton. The White Elephant pub is at the far end.

One of the most common questions I get asked. Why is the Osprey your favorite bird to photograph/video? This video is the perfect example of why. Ospreys never give up. Ever.

#HistoryNotes📜🥪 #OTD 1718 b. #JohnMontagu #4thEarlofSandwich First Lord of the Admiralty & purported inventor of the humble sandwich. What is true he was the grandson of #ElizabethMontagu #CountessofSandwich, therefore great-grandson of the infamous #JohnWilmotEarlofRochester.

The changing face of medicine in 17th Century Italy. #Blogger #BlogPost #CoffeePotBookClub Thanks to Yarde Book Reviews & Book Promotion for hosting me today. The Cameo Keeper is out now! mythslegendsbooks.blogspot.com/2025/11/five-m…

The Gardens at ⁦Althorp⁩ - earlier in autumn.

#Swindon #GWR #Railways 1905

Some fruit from my sketchbook.

The poignant tribute to Robert Fossett of Circus fame. A pony, draped in a mourning shroud, head bowed, with tears rolling down its cheeks. Billing Road cemetery, Northampton.

Part of the magnificent Fallow herd in Althorp park from 2023.

My best friend, Melika Hick, is at the National Gallery and she knows what I like! She took some snaps and here are two beautiful, tragic lads: Lord John Stuart and his brother, Lord Bernard Stuart. Both killed in the English Civil War. Painted by Antony van Dyck.

Prince Rupert of the Rhine, 1637, studio of Anthony van Dyck. National Gallery, London, photo by Melika Hick, this afternoon.

Join me tomorrow for Stuart Saturday Live when I welcome Susan Abernethy (Susan Abernethy) to my salon to chat about Catherine of Braganza, Charles II, Barbara Villiers, the Bedchamber Crisis, and more! youtube.com/live/nLOPYn7Ae…

1998 flooding in Northampton, still raining here and forecast till Saturday morning….hope we don’t get a repeat 🤔 photo courtesy of West Northampton Council library.

#HistoryNotes📜“Two for One” today! Famous mistresses of #CharlesII👑born 1 year apart, but who died 47 years apart! #OTD 1686 died 'The Protestant Whore', actress, #EleanorGwyn, aged 37. #OTD 1734 died 'The Catholic Whore', #LouisedeKérouaille #DuchessofPortsmouth, aged 85!

Friday 14 November 1662 She begun to talk in the morning and to be friends, believing all this while that I had read her letter,* which I perceive by her discourse was full of good counsel, and relating the reason of her desiring a woman … I did resolve when the house is ready