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Showing posts with label Thames. Show all posts
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Saturday, 1 March 2014

Pocahontas


I've been down in Kent for a couple of days - and had to visit the town centre of Gravesend. I parked in the public parking area next to St George's Church - and had to walk through the church yard. The photograph is one I took of the statue of Pocahontas which stands there.

Pocahontas was on a ship, the "George" sailing down the Thames - she was dying, and may even have died whilst on board. The ship arrived at Gravesend. She was buried in the vault beneath the chancel of St George's. That church was burned down a hundred and ten years later - and it is believed that her remains were reburied somewhere within what is now the present church.

The church's website has a couple of pages about Pocahontas - which can be found here. The local council's webpage on Pocahontas is available here. At the Tourist Information Centre, which overlooks the statute, there were a number of guides to historic walks around Gravesend - and a leaflet about the princess.

Monday, 14 October 2013

A new direction

 
The exams for the Open University's W200 and W201 Law courses are now over. There will therefore be no more exam revision posts for a while! But Washminster will continue to follow matters relevant to law students.

I've had a very busy few days, which is the reason for the lack of posts, but now am back. During a long weekend I was based in Greenwich - and did a lot of research into Westminster and other history. The picture above was taken from a boat on the Thames - I took a 'mini-cruise' to widen my knowledge of England's most important river. The fruits of that will be appearing over the next few days.

I've also resurrected a local blog - http://westofwatlingstreet.wordpress.com/. It's aimed at Milton Keynes residents living, believe it or not, west of Watling Street - the Roman Road which runs through Milton Keynes (on its way from the channel ports of Dover and Richborough to Wroxeter and Chester). Of course it's not exclusive - if you'd like to follow events; issues and most of all - history - in England's New City - then please do take a look and subscribe.