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Philip Taylor

@philipjtaylor.bsky.social

Commercial and Agricultural Property Solicitor. Companion of John Ruskin's Guild of St George.

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@alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 22h ago

#DonaldTrump trapped between escalation and an Iran deal on Tehran’s terms - "I do not see right now a way to create a balance of interests where the Trump administration walks away with something that normal humans would regard as a win" www.ft.com/content/87b0... via @FT #Loser #inflation #GOP

Donald Trump trapped between escalation and an Iran deal on Tehran’s terms

US president faces few good options to exit a war he once said would end swiftly with the Islamic republic’s surrender

ft.com

History and Heritage Yorkshire@handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 12h ago

🧵The Green Lady of Firbeck Hall is one of South Yorkshire's best-known ghost stories. According to local legend, the recently restored and repurposed 16th-century mansion near Maltby and Rotherham is haunted by a mysterious woman dressed in green. She is said to be the daughter of a former owner,

Firbeck Hall, a Grade II listed building in Rotherham that has been redeveloped into exclusive residential apartments. The 16th-century hall formerly served as a country club, an RAF facility, and a rehabilitation centre before its recent restoration
Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳@ancestralenq.bsky.social · yesterday

🧵St. Andrew's West Parish Church, Bath Street, Glasgow designed by John Thomas Emmett & built between 1849 & 1852 in Early English Gothic style. It was built as a Congregational church & cost £10,000. In 1874 with declining numbers the building was sold to industrialist, James Baird who sold it /1

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Angela O'Brien / GrecianGirly@greciangirl.bsky.social · yesterday

The Lechaion Road in Ancient Corinth, Greece, dates back to at least 600 BCE and likely followed the route of an older dirt path. It was originally 3 km (1.9 miles) long and ran from Corinth’s port of Lechaion to the city’s Agora/Forum. The road was paved by the Romans in the 1st century CE. 📷 me.

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Christopher Hilton@chilton-bb.bsky.social · yesterday

Seized the chance in passing today to pop into Wenhaston church and revisit the Doom painting there: whitewashed over at the Reformation, rediscovered in the 19th century and saved from destruction by sheer chance, and Exhibit A as to the amazing things that can lurk in humble parish churches.

A medieval painting of the Last Judgement, on a large arch-shaped board; outlines without paint show where it used to have a crucifix and two flanking figures in front of it.A small medieval church with flint walls and a square tower, with an overgrown and parched churchyard.
History and Heritage Yorkshire@handhyorkshire.bsky.social · yesterday

This image is useful in placing the late 14th century Mount Grace Priory, the best preserved of the nine medieval Carthusian houses (charterhouses) into the landscape and into a timeline . In the 17th century, part of the priory was remodelled as a mansion which in the early

Founded in 1398, Mount Grace Priory in North Yorkshire is the best-preserved Carthusian monastery in England. Unlike communal orders, Carthusian monks lived as hermits in solitary contemplation. Each monk occupied an individual two-story cell with its own private walled garden, where food was passed through a small hatch to preserve silence. Following the 16th-century Dissolution of the Monasteries, parts of the site were later incorporated into a 17th-century manor house, preserving a unique slice of monastic history.
History and Heritage Yorkshire@handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 16h ago

I thought I would stay with Mount Grace Priory. This shows the standing walls along the cloister range, including the individual monks' cells (22 and 23) and the adjacent refectory wall, with the church tower in the background. Unlike communal monastic orders, Carthusian

Mount Grace Priory The original wall of the refectory and cells 22 and 23. Image: Michael Garlick CC BY-SA 4.0
Kate North@curatorkate.bsky.social · 16h ago

The excellent arrangement of chimneys at Shandy Hall, Coxwold, North Yorkshire. This 15th century building was later home to Laurence Sterne, the 18th century author of the groundbreaking book, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy 🤩

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