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Posted 10 hours 7 min ago
St Oswald’s Church in the Shropshire town of Oswestry was just about to close when I arrived, but the locker-upper graciously gave me a few minutes to run about and take some pictures. It is as old and interesting a church as a town such as Oswestry should warrant, and is dedicated to the same Northumbrian King and Christian martyr, Oswald, as the town itself.
Posted 2 days 10 hours ago
Relatives and I this week visited Sandal Castle near Wakefield in West Yorkshire. A rather impressive collection of earthworks and ruined walls, it once played a pivotal part in our national history. The nursery rhyme The Grand Old Duke of York may refer to Richard, Duke of York, who was defeated in its vicinity at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460.
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