Places to see in ( Langport - UK )
Places to see in ( Langport - UK )
Langport is a small town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 5 miles west of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The parish has a population of 1,081. The parish includes the hamlets of Bowdens and Combe. Langport is contiguous with Huish Episcopi, a separate parish which includes much of the town's outskirts.
Langport (old forms are Langeberga, Langeport) consists of two parts, one on the hill and one by the river. The former owed its origin to its defensible position, and the latter its growth to its facilities for trade on the chief river of Somerset.[2] Its name looks like Anglo-Saxon for long port, but it may well be long market place which could have been on the causeway which is now Bow Street. Many of the houses in Bow Street tilt backwards due to settlement of the land behind the causeway. It is speculated that Langport is the place mentioned in old Welsh sources as Llongborth = Ship-port, where the Battle of Llongborth happened. Longphort is a term used in Ireland for a Viking ship enclosure or shore fortress, using an identical etymology. Langport was previously also known as Langport Eastover, with the part on the western bank being Langport Westover, now known just as Westover. Langport is on the ancient way from Glastonbury to Taunton.
Langport could well have been important during the Roman occupation as there were several villas in the vicinity. It was one of the forts listed in the Burghal Hidage indicating its strategic position to King Alfred, as well as being close to the royal centre of Somerton. In 1086 according to Domesday Book it had 34 resident burgesses and was worth the large sum of £79-10s-7d. The parish of Combe was part of the Kilmersdon Hundred, while Langport Eastover was within the Hundred of Pitney.
Langport lies on the east bank of the River Parrett, below the point where that river is joined by the River Yeo (Ivel). There is a causeway across the moor and an important bridge over the river. Below Langport the Parrett is tidal. The rivers flow from the southern hills through Thorney Moor and Kings Moor, through a gap between the upland areas around Somerton and Curry Rivel, onto the Somerset Levels through which it flows past Bridgwater to the Bristol Channel. During the winter the low-lying areas around Langport are sometimes flooded. Langport Railway Cutting is a Geological Conservation Review site where Gravels are exposed which show scour-and-fill structures consistent with braided stream deposition from the Pleistocene age.
Two buildings in the town, the Tudor House and The Warehouse in Great Bow Yard, have been restored by the Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust. Close to All Saints Church, an archway crosses the road, bearing a Perpendicular building known as The Hanging Chapel. After serving this purpose it housed first the grammar school (founded 1675), then the Quekett museum, named after John Thomas Quekett (1815–61) the histologist, a native of the town, whose father was master of the school. The hanging chapel afterwards became a masonic hall.
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Video Production- Church of Englan Supported Housing Scheme; Dulverton Hall
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The church of England pensions board supported housing scheme have 7 supported housing schemes and its care home (with nursing). This is one of them- Dulverton Hall.
As well as filming inside the buildings and around the localities, the video features a number of residents who are keen to talk about the reality of living in one of the schemes.
A walk in Castle Cary, Somerset
A video i took while walking from the George Hotel to All Saints Church in the town of Castle Cary in Somerset
HF walks 3, Selworthy: Coast, views and villages. 17/7/19.
A splendid 11.4 miles of walking in North West Somerset.
After leaving the House, and crossing the A39, the walker is soon ascending to a quiet path leading to the village of Allerford. From here, it's a pleasant river side and wooded path to West Lynch, then on through Bossington to the stony beach, and so to Hurlestone Point. From here, it's a stiff ascent across moorland to Selworthy Beacon, today's high point at 308m.
Lunch is had shortly after, before the descent through Bratton Wood to Woodcombe and Bratton. Further delightful views across the valley are had walking past Little Headon plantation, prior to a section of quiet road walking in to the 'chocolate-box' village of Selworthy (National Trust). The views from exiting the Grade 1, white-washed, All Saints Church are wonderful.
Thereafter, it's a short walk back to the House to conclude an excellent day's walking that involved almost a 1000 feet of ascent.
LiveSimply Catholic parish award, CAFOD
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18 months after the start of the LiveSimply parish scheme, four parishes from three different dioceses can celebrate receiving an award: St John Bosco in Reading, St Stanislaus in Dulverton, Devon, St Bonaventure's in Bristol and St Joseph's in Lytham St Annes.
Maria Elena Arana from CAFOD's campaigns team said Becoming a LiveSimply parish is a long term venture. We are delighted that these four very different churches have shown that they are united by a determination to make a difference. We know that many more are following in their footsteps.
This new film shows that any parish, however big or small, can benefit from living more simply -- in ways they may never have expected. It's an opportunity to inspire your congregation and neighbourhood with a message of hope and transformation, and to engage practically with big issues like global poverty. We hope this short film will encourage many other parishes to take up the challenge.
St John Bosco in Reading, as the first parish to receive the LiveSimply award, is featured in the new video. As is St Joseph's and St Bede's in Newcastle, which has recently registered to join the scheme.
Organiser at St Joseph's and St Bede's, Audrey Marshall says: LiveSimply has given us a shared goal. Everybody in the parish is full of ideas about things that we'll do. It costs nothing, and it's good fun. I can see the idea spreading throughout our Diocese and through the whole country. I know we are not the first, but we are among the early ones, and I think we have a long way to go.
To apply for the award, parishes have to take on three major actions under the headings of living simply, living sustainably and living in solidarity with people in poverty, as well as at least six additional activities. These could be anything from installing solar panels or an energy-efficient boiler to supporting Fairtrade, from campaigning with CAFOD to organising a community clean-up or local litter-pick.
Paul Kelly from St Joseph's explained the impact the scheme has had on him: It's reaffirmed parts of my faith. An important part of my faith is to care for creation, and celebrate that, and to develop respect for other peoples in the rest of the world. Becoming a LiveSimply parish helps you go deeper, and to take action.
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Walton in Gordano, St Pauls, June 2011.wmv
This visit to St Paul's in Walton Gordano forms part of a cycle ride as part of my 'Somerset Churches Project'. I visit about 4 churches on this trip with only one not open which will require a revisit--St Michael's in Gordano. Prior to the visit to St Pauls I had visited the Clevedon church of 'All Saints' which will be shown on one of the another videos recorded with many photos on this cycle trip. I am gradually working my way around the Somerset churches within reach of cycling. As I get further and further away from home I will need in the future to take the bike on a train and then start a cycle to new chuches around Somerset.
Silverton mill flood
Flooded at silverton mill up to waist high in some places. Thousands of pounds worth of damage
Memorial to the 16 year old sailor who captured the enigma machine
Here at North Shileds hidden behind a church we find a memorial to the brave 16 year old who risked his life to retrieve an enigma machine from a German U boat in 1942.
At dawn on 30 October 1942, U-559 was spotted by a Sunderland patrol aircraft 110km north of the Nile Delta. The destroyer HMS Hero was alerted and steamed to intercept her, while the destroyers HMS Petard, Pakenham, Dulverton and Hurworth sailed from Port Said. U-559 detected Hero's approach and dived. The destroyer group hunted for the U-boat for 16 hours, constantly depth charging. After dark, U-559, with a cracked pressure hull, unable to maintain level trim and four of her crew dead from explosions and flooding, was forced to the surface. She was close to Petard, which immediately opened fire with her 20 mm Oerlikons.
The German crew hurriedly scrambled overboard without destroying their codebooks or Enigma machine and, crucially, having failed to open sea-water vents to properly scuttle the U-boat. Three British sailors, Lieutenant Anthony Fasson, Able Seaman Colin Grazier and NAAFI canteen assistant Tommy Brown, then boarded the abandoned submarine. They retrieved the U-boat's Enigma machine and the codebooks with all current settings for the U-boat Enigma key. Two German crew members, rescued from the sea, watched this material being loaded into Petard's whaler, but were dissuaded from interfering by an armed guard. Grazier and Fasson were inside the boat, attempting to escape, when the U-boat foundered; both were drowned.
Grazier and Fasson were awarded the George Cross posthumously, Brown was awarded the George Medal. It was also discovered that Brown had lied about his age in order to enlist, and was only 16 years old, making him the youngest recipient of the George Medal. He was discharged and returned home to North Shields, only to die two years later attempting to rescue his younger sister from a house fire.
The Enigma material they retrieved was immensely valuable to the code-breakers at Bletchley Park, who had been unable to read U-boat Enigma for nine months. The captured material allowed them to read the cyphers for several weeks, and to break U-boat Enigma thereafter.
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The bells of Westbury, Wiltshire
Westbury, Wilts, 8-Bells, 35-0-14cwt in C#.
Cast by John Taylor & Co in 1921 these bells are simply awesome. They are the 3rd heaviest peal of 8-bells in the World after Sherborne Abbey (Dorset) and Adelaide Cathedral (Australia). Footage in this instance shows rising the 8-bells in peal, followed by the closing leads of Whittingtons call-changes and concludes with lowering the whole 8-bells in peal.
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Scott Adams, Colin Avery, Ian Avery, Kate Carew, William Carew, Suzanne Driscoll, Ian Fielding, Elaine Grant, James Grant, Stephen Herniman, Mark Lovell, Luke Mitchell, Jenny Sparling, Matthew Thewsey & Victoria Tucker.
Invasion of Normandy
The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion by and establishment of Western Allied forces in Normandy, during Operation Overlord in 1944 during World War II; the largest amphibious invasion to ever take place.
D-Day, the day of the initial assaults, was Tuesday 6 June 1944. Allied land forces that saw combat in Normandy on that day came from Canada, the Free French forces, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In the weeks following the invasion, Polish forces also participated, as well as contingents from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and the Netherlands. Most of the above countries also provided air and naval support, as did the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and the Royal Norwegian Navy.
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The Western Allies of World War II launched the largest amphibious invasion in history when they assaulted Normandy, located on the northern coast of France, on 6 June 1944. The invaders were able to establish a beachhead as part of Operation Overlord after a successful D-Day, the first day of the invasion.
Allied land forces came from the United States, Britain, Canada, and Free French forces. In the weeks following the invasion, Polish forces and contingents from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece and the Netherlands participated in the ground campaign; most also provided air and naval support alongside elements of the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and the Royal Norwegian Navy.The Normandy invasion began with overnight parachute and glider landings, massive air attacks and naval bombardments. In the early morning, amphibious landings commenced on five beaches codenamed Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah, with troops from the United States landing on Omaha and Utah, Great Britain landing on Gold and Sword and Canada landing on Juno. During the evening the remaining elements of the airborne divisions landed. Land forces used on D-Day sailed from bases along the south coast of England, the most important of these being Portsmouth.