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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: Bush Tucker Man on September 27, 2005, 01:01:12
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The Biggest & Best :wink:
It's a reasonably well-known fact (by its inhabitants anyway) that there are more acres in Yorkshire than in letters in the Bible.
Yes, letters, not simply words. So it must be big
There are (supposedly) 3,586,483 letters in the Bible (sorry, don't know which edition)
Yorkshire comprises of 3,889,432 acres
The biggest county in the Country
We even have 20,749 acres of inland water, of all catagories
Admittedly these figures are pre-1974 re-delineation of county boundaries & consisted of the North, East, West Ridings & the City Of York.
In the end we gave a bit to Lancashire, a bit to Derbyshire & were generally b*ggered about with (like most counties)
But we got some back as well.
Surprisingly, for some people, Yorkshire is almost as big as Wales :shock:
It's well over 4/5ths the size of it & they get a Parliament :x
Lincolnshire is the next largest county (half the size of Yorkshire)
Rutland is almost 40times smaller :shock:
It's quite possibly the most varied county?
We have (for example)
2 World Heritage sites (Fountains Abbey & SaltAire. Both are well worth visiting)
Sheffield (once the biggest steel producer in the world & reknown for its cutlery)
Leeds (beautiful Victorian buildings, Harvey-Nicks- only one outside London, site of many industrial firsts, one of the first railways, Home of Yorkshire Cricket Club)
Holmfirth ( & surrounding countryside; the home of 'Last Of The Summer Wine')
North Yorkshire Moors (Goathland; 'Heartbeat' village, Scarborough, Whitby (Lewis Carroll & Brahm Stoker links)
Wakefield (Originally one of the largest townships in the country & the regional capital. Many firsts are attributal to the city (http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=608))
Bradford (curry capital of the north, & superb surrouding countryside)
York (a bit over-preserved in parts, but for lovers of ancient buildings it's a must, the National Railway Museum)
Sadly we have also have a regional equivilant of George Bush (read; hopeless idiot);
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John Prescott (he's from Hull)
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But you don't have as many miles of hedgerow as Devon :tongue:
Approx 33,000 miles :wink:
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Shropshire is Englands biggest inland county and there is also a world heritage site
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Shropshire is Englands biggest inland county and there is also a world heritage site
Just got to be the gorgeous Ironbridge (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/371)
Fountains Abbey (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/372). Clever chaps those Cistercian Monks, they were dealing in 'Futures' in the 13th century. Selling fleeces & meat from Sheep that weren't even born.
I seem to remember that at todays rates, they were making over £10,000,000 a year :shock:
SaltAire (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1028)
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Yorkshire being big to me is not an asset.
I can get to SOUTH Yorkshire up the M1 in about 20 minutes (less if plod is asleep!), and I bought TOR this month as it featured NORTH Yorks, so I thought it wouldn't be too far away..... WRONG!!
I couldn't place where it was, and after consulting the map it is nowhere near me.
There are only 3 areas of England, south, central and Yorkshire.
Is that good though?
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Yorkshire being big to me is not an asset.
after consulting the map it is nowhere near me.
There are only 3 areas of England, south, central and Yorkshire.
Is that good though?
It's actually about 85miles through Yorkshire if you simply follow the Great North Road (A1)
We'll settle for being considered a separate entity (South, Central & Yorkshire) :lol:
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You missed out that North Yorkshire is the only county to have 2 national parks.
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But you don't have as many miles of hedgerow as Devon :tongue:
Approx 33,000 miles :wink:
No, perhaps not. But, we have more dry-stone walling
Useless fact;
In between 1945 & 1985 England lost 96,000miles of hedgerow, then between '84 & '90 another 53,000miles were torn up :evil:
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Correct BTM Shropshire's world Heritage site is Ironbridge, sadly too full of tourists and local chav's for me
Rolling countryside in south shropshire inspired AE Houseman
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You missed out that North Yorkshire is the only county to have 2 national parks.
True, I did forget that one :oops:
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Another good thing about Yorkshire is Riggwelter :wink: :D
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You missed out that North Yorkshire is the only county to have 2 national parks.
How about Devon, they've got Exmoor and Dartmoor haven't they??
Of course none of you have got as much coastline as Cornwall
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Me here in Brum if i look out of my front bedroom window i've got spaggettie junction & if i look out of my rear attic window i've got Villa Park (hollwed ground), no mud in sight anywhere :cry:
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When I was a bern, if I looked out the front of the house I could see the North Yorkshire dales, and out the back the North Yorkshire moors.
Now work has me staying in a city, so only concrete and brick. Even worse there's no hills! :cry: :cry: :cry:
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From the front window all I can see is a tree but from the back there's Trent Bridge Cricket Ground and unfortunately the City Ground - Home of Nottingham Forest who were good 20 years ago but can't even win a raffle now :oops:
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In the end we gave a bit to Lancashire,
He,he,he. Thats my mates favourite subject. He lives in Horton In Craven which was Yorkshire but is now Lancashire to his disgust. We were thinking of hitching the 'Welcome to Lancashire' sign up to the truck and hauling it a mile up the road.
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Another good thing about Yorkshire is Riggwelter :wink: :D
MMMM, Good stuff, Masham is a strange place, its got a Sheep race track!
Old Peculier and Timmy Taylors Landlord are better though. The best pint in the world is Hibernator brewed at the White Bear in Crosshills.
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My BIL used to have the White Bear in Eastburn, about 500 yards up the road.
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COVENTRY In the middle where it matters.
God may own Yorkshire and go to Gloustershire on holiday but he's Coventry born and bred.
Coventry is the only city with two universities
AND St George was reputed to have been born at Caludon Castle but a mere stones throw from my humble abode.
www.geocities.com/hank99uk/StGeorge.html
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COVENTRY In the middle where it matters.
That may be so, but don't bad people getsent there?? :lol:
And of course it's the original home of 'Peeping Tom', after Leofrics wife did her horse riding bit :wink:
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I almost forgot Coventry Bees were crowned Elite League Champions last night for the first time in 17 years \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ \:D/
They beat some Lancashire mob from somewhere called Belle Vue :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I almost forgot Coventry Bees were crowned Elite League Champions last night for the first time in 17 years \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ \:D/
They beat some Lancashire mob from somewhere called Belle Vue :lol: :lol: :lol:
Is that Speedway?, or some blokes with an inflated Pigs Bladder?
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Speedway?
MMMM, is there a better smell than Castrol R? Aint been since I was a Kid.
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BTM ....
That's Speedway.
Another link :!: :!: :!:
www.coventry.historians.co.uk/brum.htm
Cheers Andy...
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We've also got the highest unbroken waterfall in the UK, but it's underground (http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=11019) though :lol:
I'm sure we also used to have the highest 'above ground' as well, until the 1974 boundary alterations.
High Force (http://www.yorkshire-dales.com/high-force.html) in Teesdale
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Yeah :!: :!: :!: :!:
Well we've got the earliest closing Burger King in the country :!: :!: :!:
During the weak the city centre outlet closes at 6-30pm as after that the place becomes a Ghost Town :( :( :( :( :( (there's an 80's song in there)
Cheers Andy
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We've also got the highest unbroken waterfall in the UK, but it's underground (http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=11019) though :lol:
I'm sure we also used to have the highest 'above ground' as well, until the 1974 boundary alterations.
High Force (http://www.yorkshire-dales.com/high-force.html) in Teesdale
This at 240ft is the highest in Wales (it's not unbroken though)
http://pistyllrhaeadr.co.uk
http://britannia.com/wales/7wonders/wonder1.html
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COVENTRY In the middle where it matters.
Yes, and Polos (TM) have holes in the centre, too! :wink: :lol:
Coventry is damned easy to get away from! Everywhere is close, but nowhere is convienient! :wink: Ask me how I know.....
And there are other places with two Universities! There wasn't, but there is now!
But you're right about the Bees! The Blaze are ridin' high, an all.
cheers
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Eeyore
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Now you have gone and done it. All those outsiders will be flooding into Yorkshire in the hope of sharing what we have. For gods sake dont tell them about the empty roads, miles of green lanes, cheap beer and great pub food.
Mike
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LMAO when I saw the title
pity it's so big you could have caught that rogue who took your pin :lol:
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Now you have gone and done it. All those outsiders will be flooding into Yorkshire in the hope of sharing what we have. For gods sake dont tell them about the empty roads, miles of green lanes, cheap beer and great pub food.
Mike
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North Yorkshire is full of offcumdens anyway, I think they all know its there already.
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Now you have gone and done it.
For gods sake dont tell them about the empty roads, miles of green lanes, cheap beer and great pub food.
Mike
Empty roads, well not all the time, but yes, there's some superb bits of tarmac as well.
Just for example;
Ingleton - Hawes. Passing Ribblehead viaduct
Pickering - Whitby. A169 Fylingdales. some great stretches :D
Thirsk - Pickering. A170, via Sutton Bank
Helmsley - Stokesley. B1257. Beware the suicidal bikers
Castleton - Hutton-le-Hole. Passing The Lion Inn. Mega road :D
Butter-Tubs Pass. Muker - Hardraw
Holme-Moss. A602. Holmfirth - Woodhead Pass
Woodhead Pass. Sheffield - Manchester. A628
Snake Pass. A57. Glossop - Sheffield. I know it's Derbyshire, but was once in the West Riding
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Go on then Donkey fella :shock: :shock: :shock:
Tell me How you know
BTW...
What other cities have two uni's (Just so i don't make the same mistake twice)
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Go on then Donkey fella :shock: :shock: :shock:
Tell me How you know
BTW...
What other cities have two uni's (Just so i don't make the same mistake twice)
Because I've lived and worked there! I wasn't born there, but I think that gives me a certain 'objectivity'! :wink: I would say I was a prominent feature of society, but that'd make me sound like the D&T! :lol:
Oddly enough, to escape I kept going to Yorkshire! :?
Other cities with two Unis?
Leicester, Nottingham, Oxford, Bristol, Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester had two (but they amalgamated) and a number of others! But bare in mind the old standard went wrong when all the Polys changed status in the early 90's!
cheers
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Eeyore
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That isn't odd, its only sensible :)
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So Yorkshire is the Texas of britain?
You mean it's full of people with funny hats and even funnier accents ?
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So Yorkshire is the Texas of britain?
You mean it's full of people with funny hats and even funnier accents ?
Tha's bin afore then i tek it :wink:
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So Yorkshire is the Texas of britain?
You mean it's full of people with funny hats and even funnier accents ?
Ey-Up!!
Just what are you inferring by that??
By 'eck!!
:roll:
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But without the american muppet george w bush!
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But without the american muppet george w bush!
As I wrote in the opening post :wink:
Sadly we have also have a regional equivilant of George Bush (read; hopeless idiot);
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John Prescott (he's from Hull)
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a friend of mine comes from hull and I quizzed him on why they continually voted for the man..
"simple, the more time he spends in london, the less time he spends in hull"
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a friend of mine comes from hull and I quizzed him on why they continually voted for the man..
"simple, the more time he spends in london, the less time he spends in hull"
There's a curiously understandable logic to that :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Now you have gone and done it.
For gods sake dont tell them about the empty roads, miles of green lanes, cheap beer and great pub food.
Mike
Empty roads, well not all the time, but yes, there's some superb bits of tarmac as well.
Just for example;
Ingleton - Hawes. Passing Ribblehead viaduct
etc
You forgot to mention the road from Reeth to Barras (past Tan Hill) Good food there now the Bains's have gone)) passing through the last true wilderness in England, Gods country.
Mike
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a friend of mine comes from hull and I quizzed him on why they continually voted for the man..
"simple, the more time he spends in london, the less time he spends in hull"
Wow! :shock:
Cutting your nose off to spite someone elses face!
Class! :lol:
cheers
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Eeyore
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Devon has Dartmoor and part of Exmoor.....both Nat Parks :-k
Not to mention Lundy Isle....ONLY underwater nature reserve in Country :wink:
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Devon has Dartmoor and part of Exmoor.....both Nat Parks :-k
Yes..
Plus 'Old Uncle Tom Cobbley & All' :lol: :lol: :lol: (Widdecombe on the Moor??)
I haven't been down for a few years. I've got a few favourite spots of my own down there (in both Devon & Cornwall)
'Dartmeet' (a south-western paradise, or it used to be)
St. Ives
Michaels Mount
Penzance (love the 'Lido')
Zennor
Torquay
Plymouth
Looe
Bude
Polperro
Boscastle
Tintagel
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and many, many more :D
I'm still waiting for SWMBO to take me here (http://www.burghisland.com/) for a weekend.
Sheer luxury. I wonder if we can persuade Sam (& his wife ) to hire a plane (http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=11557) & fly down for the weekend
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Woah! :shock:
that place is big!
Is Yorkshire where they make cornish pasties.................originally?
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Woah! :shock:
that place is big!
Is Yorkshire where they make cornish pasties.................originally?
Just what do they teach in Geography these day??? :lol:
Still. You're not too far from the truth.
Originally a meal for Miners (& other manual workers), as it's
Pre-cooked
In its own wrapper, therefore no waste
Fairly hard-wearing (when left)
Some derivatives (for posh people) had differant fillings in each end. A meat/vegetables in one end, & perhaps jam in the other
Sad git that I am, I've just found The History Of The Cornish Pasty (http://www.cornwallonline.co.uk/history/pasty.htm) :lol: :lol: :roll:
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Other cities with two Unis?....
But bare in mind the old standard went wrong when all the Polys changed status in the early 90's!
But that's whay Cov has two, the Lanch was a poly when I started there. Have almost managed to escape.
Oh, I suppose your list should have included London, as City Uni* is separate from the University of London, but then it depends what you class as london.
Regards
Andy
I was there once as well
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Does that make Nottingham extra special as it has two universities and each has a school of agriculture - although neither are that close to the city?
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Moaning Marylin next door is from Yorkshire, as she is allways reminding us. :roll: Do you want her back :? There's only one couple she's not had a go at. But give her time, they've only lived here a year. One day this LANCASHIRE lad will lose patience. :evil:
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Do the Open uni count :?:
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Moaning Marylin next door is from Yorkshire, as she is allways reminding us. :roll: Do you want her back :?
Chuck her back over the border, sounds like she'll come in handy for keeping the southerners out :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I'll see what I can do. :D We're going to Settle next weekend. :wink:
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I'll see what I can do. :D We're going to Settle next weekend. :wink:
Oh, what a beautiful little town, & there used to be a Land Rover dealer at the garage in the car-park under the viaduct.
'Naked Man' cafe is well worth a visit, or used to be.
The Folly Hall (http://www.settle.org.uk/The+Folly+%26amp%3B+Museum+of+North+Craven+Life) is a nice building as well.
Plus on 'my side' pf Settle, there's the signal Box (http://community.webshots.com/photo/96559330/431274233BvfZcl) at Settle junction (http://community.webshots.com/photo/96559330/431274233BvfZcl), & Hellifield station (http://community.webshots.com/photo/431273780/431273780vVCBcI) a bit further towards Skipton.
Incidentally, wherabouts (roughly) are you up there in Westmoreland??
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Won't have time for site seeing I'm afraid :( Going on The Northern Land Rover run on Sunday. Settle to Patley Bridge. I live just outside Silloth. Little hamlet called Seaville. Top left hand corner of Cumbria.
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That's a long way up & a heck of a drag to anywhere south (or east) of Cockermouth
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Tell my wallet about it. :( Having to start to curtail my wanderings a bit these days. :cry:
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Going on The Northern Land Rover run on Sunday.
I wanted to do that, but couldn't get the day off
Then I remembered it's our Wedding Anniversary as well, so jiggering off for the day in the Discovery might not have gone down too well :lol: :lol:
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We've also got;
A small-scale Stonehenge (http://community.webshots.com/photo/162236357/167606870RnpZYx)
Even the Leeches get well looked after (http://community.webshots.com/photo/162236357/167606780gliVuu)
Two of the four remaiing Bridge Chapels in the country;
Wakefield (http://community.webshots.com/photo/136544269/118108641afeJdu) & Rotherham (http://community.webshots.com/photo/190502805/286606707yFxTWz)
The predecessor (http://community.webshots.com/photo/135300411/138086186XNTPAq) to New Yorks famous 'Flat-Iron' building
A piece of understandable modern art (http://community.webshots.com/photo/135300411/138103164jwobKh), that has made me smile since I first saw it.
The only cast-iron Aquaduct in Europe (http://community.webshots.com/photo/91474371/96558640wQKyab)
To name but a few :wink:
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So Richard, how long have you worked for the Yorshire Tourist Board :lol:
If you are coming down this way at all, give me a shout :wink:
Would be nice to meet you in person :D
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So Richard, how long have you worked for the Yorshire Tourist Board :lol:
Oh, years, in an'unofficial capacity' :lol:
If you are coming down this way at all, give me a shout :wink:
Would be nice to meet you in person :D
I'd love to get back down again, as I stated above, there's a few places I'd really like to come to again.
Burgh Island in particular (near Plymouth)
I suppose you realise that your 'screen-name' is Yorkshire influenced :wink:
As Brahm Stoker was very much influenced by Whitby
(I know it's in conjunction with your invaluble NHS role)
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Bigbury/ Challaborough/ Burgh Island :D
Many a holiday spent there in a caravan as a kid,
along with half the population of Plymouth :lol:
Still go there now (out of season)
Tractor across to the Island, crisps and lemonade in "The Pilchard"
that was always a treat :wink:
How times have changed :(
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Tractor across to the Island, crisps and lemonade in "The Pilchard"
that was always a treat :wink:
How times have changed :(
Have you got any photos of it (pre-restoration)??
There's a very good book all about the purchase & restoration
http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/culture/bookshelf/burgh_island.shtml
http://www.tonyporter.co.uk/welcome.htm