Category Archives: History

A Thousand Miles of History XXXI: The Wells of the Wishing Tree…

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“Ooh!” My companion, well used to the consequences of such exclamations, braced himself as I swung the car off the road we were supposed to be taking and onto a narrow lane. The sign was intriguing and, although we had … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Ancestors, Ancient sites, archaeology, Books, Folk Tale, france and vincent, History, Photography, road trip, travel | Tagged clootie tree, Cornwall, fairy tree, folklore, healing, Holy well, King Arthur, modron well, mother goddess, sacred spring, wishing well | 3 Comments

Storytelling

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Our earliest ancestors looked out upon this world and framed what they saw in stories that reached the heart through the imagination. As man and his questions became ever more sophisticated, the stories evolved, couching abstract concepts and ideas within … Continue reading →

Posted in History, mankind, Uncategorized | Tagged Egypt, folklore, legends, myths, Osiriad, stories, tales | 4 Comments

Respect

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

A few years ago, I visited the little church of St Martin in Bladon, close to Blenheim Palace, where, on November 30th 1874, a child had been born whose name would go down in history. I had come to pay … Continue reading →

Posted in Churches, History, Photography | Tagged family, friendship, hero, love, Sir Winston Churchill, VE day, warrior spirit | 30 Comments

The chapel at Haddon Hall

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It was the morning after the Riddles of the Night* workshop that I have shared again recently. We wandered out into the landscape. Although the workshop was over, apparently, the work begun on the weekend was only just beginning… Parts … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books, Churches, Don and Wen, England, historic sites, History, Photography, Sacred sites, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, The Silent Eye | Tagged bakewell, Derbyshire, manners and vernon families, medieval architecture, medieval wall paintings, reredos, stained glass | 18 Comments

Woodsmoke and oranges – a visit to Haddon Hall

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Posted in Ancient sites, Books, Don and Wen, historic sites, History, Photography, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged Derbyshire, Haddon Hall, medieval architecture, Tudor mansion, Vernons and Manners | 11 Comments

The face of history – A visit to Haddon Hall III

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Posted in Art, family, historic sites, History | Tagged bakewell, Derbyshire, Elizabethan, England, manners and vernon families, medieval, Photography, Renaissance, riddles of the night, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | 4 Comments

All in the details – A visit to Haddon Hall II

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Posted in historic sites, History | Tagged bakewell, Derbyshire, Elizabethan, England, manners and vernon families, medieval, Photography, Renaissance, riddles of the night, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | 3 Comments

A visit to Haddon Hall

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It was the morning after the Riddles of the Night* workshop that I have shared again here over the past week or so. We always feel the need to ‘come down’ after these weekends and wandered out into the landscape. … Continue reading →

Posted in England, historic sites, History, Landscape, medieval wall paintings, Photography, riddles of the night, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, The Silent Eye, workshop 2018 | Tagged bakewell, Derbyshire, Duke of Rutland, Elizabethan, elopment, manners and vernon families, medieval, Renaissance, romance | 7 Comments

Close to home – Ibstone

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

As we are all still grounded, I had a look back through some of the photographs of past ventures into the landscape and came across those from a trip out to Ibstone a few years ago. The village sits right … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Churches, Heart of Albion, History, Photography | Tagged buckinghamshire, Chitty chitty bang bang, church architecture, Ibstone, Ibstone Yew, Oxfordshire, Paul Getty, red kite, standing stone, Wormsley | 21 Comments

Riddles of the Night: Clues on cue

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Sue Vincent

In December 2017, Stuart and I ran one of the Silent Eye’s regular workshops, this time in Derbyshire. As our workshops are currently on hold because of the pandemic, and as the story of the workshop was originally published in … Continue reading →