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Author: Jed Wellman

Horse brasses were typically hung on the leather harnesses of draft horses, especially those used for pulling brewery wagons, carts, and ploughs.

Horse Brasses, What Exactly are They?

May 14, 2024 Old Ways
Silbury Hill, located in Wiltshire, England, and part of the complex of Neolithic monuments around Avebury, is largely made of chalk. It is the largest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe and was constructed around 2400 BC.

Peoples Have Been Roaming our Countryside for 900,000 Years

April 3, 2024 Ancient
Arches of Exeter's medieval Exe Bridge

Medieval Bridge in Exeter, a Very Rare Relic

April 3, 2024 Buildings
'Black Jack', a London costermongers

Costermongers, Who Exactly Are They?

April 2, 2024 Old Ways
Plague Cross, Ross-on-Wye. Situated in the corner of St. Mary's churchyard. Image

Plague Crosses, What Exactly are They?

January 28, 2024 Ancient
Roman road near Hobbs Cross, Essex, and at this point within the civil parish of Theydon Mount. The Roman road from London to Dunmow passes under the M25 London Orbital Motorway just to the south-west and survives here as a bridleway

Britain’s Roman Roads, Their Development

January 2, 2024 Ancient
Christchurch: the ducking stool. Ready to dunk any miscreants into the Avon at the end of the aptly named Ducking Stool Lane!

Ducking Stools Were Used in Medieval England

December 30, 2023 Old Ways
Thatcher stands in front of a newly thatched rick, his ladder still propped up against its top. There is also some serious skill in making a ladder that length!

Hayricks Once Filled Farmyards, But What are Ricks?

December 17, 2023 Old Ways
Clenston Manor, Dorset, was built in the 1400s and has been in the same family ever since.

The Role of the Manor in Medieval England

December 5, 2023 Buildings, Village
Hampshire: The beautiful East Meon village blacksmith and his forge in 1902.

The Iconic Village Blacksmith and Forge

November 26, 2023 Village

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