Asthall Churchyard, Oxfordshire

18 Saturday Jan 2020

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Asthall, manor house, Mitfords, Oxfordshire, sepia, St Nicholas' church, tombs

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Asthall, nr Swinbrook, Oxfordshire

11 Saturday Jan 2020

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Asthall, Cotswolds, Eton College, Job, King David, Mitfords, murals, Naomi, Oxfordshire, Queen Esther, St Nicholas' church

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I think Eton College funded its 19th century restoration.

Haunt of the Mitford Family. A Cotswold cornucopia.

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Oxford Market Lanterns

20 Wednesday Nov 2019

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Alice in Wonderland, caterpillar, Cheshire Cat, dormouse, dragon, Oxford, Oxford Indoor market, paper lanterns, White Rabbit

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Market alice

Market bunny

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market dragon

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Weepers

26 Saturday Oct 2019

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Cotswold churches, Patience on a monument, Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, weepers

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like Patience on a monument. (Shakespeare, Twelfth Night; Act 2)

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Bowood Treasures

29 Thursday Aug 2019

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Bowood, etched glass, Fishermen, Jesus, King George, Queen Charlotte, Wiltshire

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Bowood Interior

27 Tuesday Aug 2019

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Bowood, Historic Houses, tapestries, Wedgwood, Wiltshire

Historic Houses. Bowood, Wiltshire

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More Bowood

26 Monday Aug 2019

Posted by Candia in Architecture, gardens, History, Horticulture, Nostalgia, Personal, Photography, Sculpture, Summer

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Bowood, fountain, herbaceous borders, Wiltshire

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Bowood House, Wiltshire

21 Wednesday Aug 2019

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Bowood House, fountain, Historic Houses Association, lion statues, topiary, Wiltshire

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Robert Louis Stevenson’s Ghost

13 Tuesday Aug 2019

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ghost, Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Robert Louis Stevenson

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Robert the Bruce

10 Saturday Aug 2019

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facial reconstruction, Kelvingrove Art Gallery, leprosy, Robert the Bruce, skull cast

a reconstruction from the 1990s from a plaster cast of his skull.

A disease like leprosy ravaged the 53 year old’s features.

Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum

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