Mythology & Folklore
King John's hoard has been found says treasure hunter
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The man leading the search for King John’s Treasure says he is 100% confident that he has found the hoard.
Join Adrian and Dave for the launch of season 2 of the BIG Detecting show, with guest Mark Lawson, YouTube's Marky Mark gone detecting and also reviews of the Rodney Cook memorial Rally and Detectival 2021
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Somerset detectorist finds rare early-medieval brooch
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The brooch was found in farmland near Cheddar, Somerset, and is 1,000 years old.
Sutton Hoo: New viewing tower opens at Anglo-Saxon burial ground
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The tower will give "a new perspective" of the Anglo-Saxon burial ground, the National Trust says.
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1387 King Henry V was born at Monmouth Castle. He went on to win the Battle of Agincourt against the French on St Crispin’s Day.![]()
See photo of Henry V (1413-1422), Groat, 3.60g., 26mm, London mint, Class Cb, type 2, Normal bust, m.m. Pierced Cross, crowned facing bust of king, mullet on right breast, +HENRIC REX ANGLIE FRANC, rev., long cross pattée with trefoil of pellets in each angle, CIVITAS LONDON, (N.1387b; S.1765), good very fine.![]()
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1400 Owain Glyndŵr, Welsh ruler and the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales, instigated the Welsh Revolt against the rule of Henry IV of England. This statue of Owain Glyndŵr (see picture) was unveiled in Corwen, the town where he was born, on 13th September 2007.![]()
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1485 Yeomen Warders, the bodyguard of the English Crown - popularly known as 'Beefeaters' - was established by King Henry VII. Yeoman Warders work full time at the Tower of London. They are retired from the Armed Forces, have at least 22 years of service and must also hold the Long Service and Good Conduct medal. Additional note from Dave Phillips - "Yeomen of the Guard work at St. James' Palace on a voluntary basis, around 10 days a year and are often incorrectly referred to as Beefeaters."![]()
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1701 James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the 'Old Pretender', became the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.![]()
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1785 Birth of Thomas Barnes, editor of The Times. Barnes took over the editorship in 1817 and did much to improve it. The newspaper was nicknamed ‘the Thunderer’ because of the forcefulness of its content.![]()
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1847 The United Shakespeare Company bought the house in which playwright William Shakespeare was born at Stratford Upon Avon in Warwickshire for £3,000. See picture. It became the first building in Britain to be officially preserved.![]()
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1859 British explorer Dr. David Livingstone discovered Lake Nyasa - now Lake Malawi, in central Africa. He was from humble beginnings and was born in Blantyre, eight miles south east of Glasgow. His mother, father and four brothers and sisters lived in a single room in a tenement known as Shuttle Row (see picture), which they shared with 23 other families. Shuttle Row (see picture) is now part of the David Livingstone Centre.![]()
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1861 The Post Office Savings Banks opened in Britain.![]()
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1888 Walter Bentley, British car designer, was born.![]()
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1915 The opening of Britain’s first Women’s Institute, (regularly referred to as simply the WI) at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Anglesey, Wales. See picture of the Llanfair PG sign. Its two aims were to revitalise rural communities and to encourage women to become more involved in producing food during the First World War. It is now the largest women’s voluntary organisation in the UK.![]()
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Compiled and posted from Kent, UK.
Fascinating archaeological finds along new A120 route
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Archaeological digs as part of the A120 Little Hadham Bypass and Flood Alleviation scheme have revealed an intriguing insight into a 2000-year-old lost settlement. The archaeological excavations were ...
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Finds Identified, available from www.greenlightpublishing.co.uk priced £30. It’s taken me a few weeks to get through over 350 pages of this book, not because of time just that every page has you ca...
Saudi Arabia camel carvings dated to prehistoric era
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A new study suggests the sculptures in Saudi Arabia are far older than previously thought.
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15th September.![]()
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1830 George Stephenson's Manchester and Liverpool railway opened. During the ceremony, William Huskisson, MP, became the first person to be killed by a train when he crossed the track to shake hands with the Duke of Wellington. Stephenson was from humble beginnings and was illiterate until the age of 18. The entire family lived in just one room (see picture) at a house at Wylam. The house (see picture) was shared with three other families.![]()
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See photo of William IV (1830-37), silver Groat, 1836, bare head right, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GUIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D: rev. Britannia seated right with trident and shield, date in exergue, FOUR PENCE legend surrounding, weight 1.88g (Bull 2515; ESC 1918; Davies 380; S.3837). Lightly toned, just a couple of tiny spots, good extremely fine.![]()
The Latin legend translates as "William the Fourth by the grace of God, King of the Britons, Defender of the Faith." ![]()
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1859 The death of the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He was involved in dock design, railway engineering and marine ![]()
engineering. He built the SS Great Western in 1837, SS Great Britain (see picture) in 1843 & SS Great Eastern in 1858, each the largest in the world at launch date.![]()
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1871 The first British-based international mail order business was begun by the Army and Navy Co-operative. They published their first catalogue in February 1872.![]()
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1890 Agatha Christie, English detective novelist was born.![]()
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1901 The birth of Sir Donald Bailey, English civil engineer who invented the Bailey bridge, a wood and steel bridge small and light enough to be carried in trucks and lifted into place by hand, yet strong enough to carry tanks. Field Marshal Montgomery is recorded as saying that without the Bailey bridge, we would not have won the war.![]()
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1916 Military tanks, designed by Ernest Swinton, were first used by the British Army, in the Somme offensive.![]()
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Compiled and posted from Kent, UK.
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This essay will discuss the benefits of metal Detectorist's to the archaeological community by examining the various methods undertaken by metal Detectorist's of assisting archaeologists in excavation...
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Introduction. This essay will analyse and discuss how experiential or phenomenological approaches assist in an interpretation and understanding of the significance of monuments in the Neolithic by exp...
We are super pleased to announce that thanks to the support of our sponsors, attendees and the amazing Detectival team we have managed to raise a fantastic amount of money for a very worthy cause Designability![]()
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Ancient Babylonian tablet discovery rewrites Pythagoras' claim to famous theorem
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ANCIENT BABYLONIANS were using Pythagoras' Theorem more than a thousand years before the now famous ancient Greek first devised it, a new tablet discovery has revealed.
Bronze Axehead discovered in Cheshire by Leeroy Brown.
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One of our readers - Leeroy Brown, contacted us to share his discovery of a Bronze axehead. Leeroy told us that " I discovered the Axehead last September near Northwich. I was using a golden mask and ...
The legend of the Hartlepool monkey hanger's
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According to local folklore, the term monkey hanger originates from an incident in which a monkey was hanged in Hartlepool, England. During the Napoleonic Wars, a French ship of the type chasse marée...
Appeal over WW2 medals found on Nottinghamshire golf course
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Kimberley Farnsworth says it would be "absolutely incredible" to track down the owner's family.
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