Swan Hotel Thaxted, Thaxted, England - United Kingdom (GB)
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Swan Hotel Thaxted, Thaxted, England - United Kingdom (GB)
-a recent 300 thousand pound refurbishment- That has ;provided us with a new look and new facilities. we would ;like to welcome you to the new bar- Renovated rooms and a ;brand new restaurant. ;thaxted is a small country town with a population of ;approximately 2.600 people. it used to be the home to ;composer gustav holst and the famous highwayman- Dick ;turpin- Whose cottage is just down the road from the swan. ;thaxted itself dates back to before the doomsday book and ;has an extensive recorded history. this can be explored ;through visits to its impressive 13th century church- The ;15th century guildhall and john webb s 17th century ;windmill. visits can also be made to thaxted s tourist ;information where any further information about thaxted or ;the surrounding areas- Can be obtained. the swan hotel ;offers an excellent selection of beers- With a menu that ;comprises of traditional english food- Combined with a wider ;range of meals that caters for everybody s appetite. the ;menu also has a chef s special board that changes on a ;regular basis. we hope that you find everything meets your ;expectations and you enjoy your stay with us. ; ;standard double room-c1d ;standard double room-private ;bathroom-bathtube-shower-wifi-tv-radio-coffe tea maker ;max occ incl children - 3 . ; -handicap parking/ physically challenged public/common ; areas/ lounge-bar/ guest laundry facility/ limited front ; desk/ housekeeping- Daily/ housekeeping- Full/ number of ; rooms-21/ number of double bed rooms-11/ number of floors-2/ ; type of entrances to guest rooms-interior ;. ;. ;room amenities ;coffee- Tea maker/ full size mirror/ iron and ironing board/ ;bathtub-shower/ private bath/ color television/ radio am-fm/ ;remote television/ direct dial phone/ electrical adapters ;for international guests/ wireless internet M11 to Stansted Airport, turn off at Junction 8 and follow signs for the a120 to Colchester. Turn off at Great Dunmow and follow signs for the b184 to Thaxted.
Hotel Features
General
Room Service, Pet Friendly, Non-Smoking Rooms, Coffee / Tea Maker, Hair Dryer, TV, Shower, En suite, Packed Lunches
Activities
Tour Desk, Excursions, Garden
Services
Housekeeping, Banquet Facilities, Wake-up Service, Photocopier, Desk, Direct dial phone, Facsimile
Internet
High-speed Internet is available at this hotel. Wireless internet on site.
Parking
The hotel has free parking.
Check-in
From 2:00 PM
Check-out
Prior to 11:00 AM
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Thaxted Town Tour
Thaxted is a thriving market town with a range of facilities, including one of the best primary schools in Essex, medical centre, post office, inns / restaurants, hotel, various shops and recreation ground together with one of the most magnificent parish churches in Essex, famous guildhall and windmill. The fine old market towns of Saffron Walden and Great Dunmow are 7 miles equidistant, whilst the M11 access points and mainline railway stations are within easy reach.
WALKING IN ESSEX | THAXTED | US MRE REVIEW | TILTY ABBEY
I was joined by Candice for this 8.5 mile circular walk in and around the historic Essex town of Thaxted and Tilty with it's old church, abbey ruins and Georgian abandoned water mill. There was history everywhere we turned, Thaxted itself having a medieval guildhall, 19th century windmill and huge church, along with many half timbered houses.
We stopped for lunch at Tilty abbey and reviewed a US MRE ration pack, this one being a non cook menu, perfect for the hot sunny weather we were experiencing.
The route back to Thaxted followed the infant River Chelmer. I did this exact route a few years ago on my own in the early years of the channel, but sadly the camera I had at the time stopped working just as I was about to start this walk, thus I didn't get to document it. But now I have and I'm very pleased with it. I hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching.
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Agnus Dei X - Bitter Suite by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (
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Fall of the Solar King by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (
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Morris w/e in Thaxted
Thaxted Morris w/e started today (1st June 2013) and the sunshine came out and so did the crowds of people from near and far. Here's the precession at the start from the Swan pub, down the High street to the Guild Hall were all the Morris Men from several counties take part in what is always a fantastic spectacle of colours, dancing ,joking and drinking.
Alfie Boe 'I Vow To Thee My Country' 27.06.18 HD
Alfie Boe singing 'I Vow To Thee My Country' with The Central Band of The Royal British Legion at the First World War Commemorative Concert in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Village Observatory (1961)
Various shots of the village of Thaxted in Essex; the high street; the Recorder's House and the 15th Century Guildhall show the village's timbered architecture.
We see weaver Arthur Caton at work on a loom as we hear he produces ties by the traditional method; M/S of a rack of woven ties on a windowsill. Kate Butters, who works with Arthur, is seen carding some wool then spinning it on a wheel.
Various shots of The Reverend Putterill, Vicar of Thaxted's church, who is also a keen astronomer; he is seen fixing a camera to the telescope in his observatory, a little shed-like room in the vicarage gardens. The vicar operated the time exposure on the camera as we hear he has developed a remarkable technique for photographing the wonders of outer space. C/Us of his black and white photos in an album of the moon and the Andromeda Galaxy - truly amazing!
L/S and M/S of the disused windmill at Thaxted. On a country lane we see the vicar looking through his telescope at the church in the background. C/Us of the spire as if from the telescope, as commentator says with the use of his telescope, the Reverend Putterill discovered a severe crack in the spire. C/U of the vicar peering through the lens.
Note: on file is an article from The Times about the vicar and his telescope, plus details of the history of Thaxted from Mr Ceeney of Saffron Waldon Library.
Cuts exist - see separate record.
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Christmas comes to Thaxted 2013 (well the tree)
The chaps arrived today to put up the Christmas tree outside the Guild Hall, as always in the night air it looks a treat, but it doesn't come without its problems.
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O God beyond all praising - Derby Cathedral (Compton organ)
My final video of me playing the wonderful Compton organ installed at Derby Cathedral.
I am only an amateur and by no means a pro so wanted to point this out and hope you are still able to get the jist of the amazing skills of the John Compton Organ Company Ltd.
Although there are still a few Compton organs of this size and type still around such as Southampton Guildhall, this has to be the finest! Everything functions as it should and the original Compton patent luminous stop control has been retained - the organ benefitted from a professional restoration in 1992 by Rushworth and Dreaper.
Im playing the well known hymn 'I vow to thee my country' which is also known as 'O God beyond all praising' to the tune 'Thaxted' which uses pretty much every stop on this 'King' of all Comptons! Just listen to that distinctive 'Compton sound' - rock solid Diapasons, no sagging and firm reeds!
With the Cathedral being open to visitors and also some maintenance work being carried out background noise was unavoidable. Before the 'experts' jump in, I only had one hour available to play this instrument and had never seen it before so please excuse the rusty playing!
Many thanks to my fiancee Michelle for arranging me the visit to this fantastic Compton organ!
NOTE: this is purely my interest in order to make sure that these fine organs are archived forever and I do not make any monetary profit by this video being on youtube.
For more information on the John Compton Organ Company Ltd and to see me play other Compton organs, please click on the following link for my site dedicated to the John Compton Organ Company Ltd:
REQUEST: I am always on the lookout for Compton organs to play - particularly electrones - so if you know of any churches which still have these then please do let me know. I will happily give a donation or pay any applicable room hire charge.
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The following links are of other Compton organs I have visited in the east of England:
ALL SAINT'S CHURCH, MICKLEOVER
STAPLEFORD METHODIST CHURCH
WOODVILLE METHODIST CHURCH, SWADLINCOTE
ST SWITHIN'S CHURCH, LINCOLN
ST MARY AND ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, WRANGLE
SPALDING METHODIST CHURCH
WELLINGBOROUGH UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
ST PETER'S CHURCH, IRTHLINGBOROUGH
ST BOTOLPH'S CHURCH, MORLEY
FREETHORPE METHODIST CHURCH, ACLE
Another interesting Saturday in Finchingfield
Well it started when the house shook as the helicopter came over the house at about 60ft and landed on the green. Someone visitng the Fox was taken poorly though they didn't look too bad when taken away in an ambulance about half an hour later. Hope they'll be OK. Finally the air ambulance crew cleared the onlookers and then took off again. At the same time the church bells were ringing and the wedding guests from a very large (and rich!) wedding left from the church.
The day 50 Vintage Bentleys came to Finchingfield
Tuesday 7th June 2011: So there I was working away at the computer when I glanced out the front window and saw this starting to happen. Before we were finished there'd been about 50 vintage Bentleys driving in various directions through the village and at several points causing vintage car traffic jams as they tried to get over the bridge. They came from all over the world - we talked to some owners from Belgium who were parked in front of a car from Australia (yes Australia not Austria!). Absolutely wonderful stuff - there was only one piece of music fitting to use for the soundtrack of course!
Clausentum Morris
Clausentum Morris Work Their Magic At
The Whittlesey Straw Bear Festival
Saturday 13th January 2018.
FINCHINGFIELD
a visit to Finchingfield, Essex in July 2012
BELGRAVE HALL GHOST, LEICESTER (BBC News, 2/2/99)
I bet not many people have seen the actual news clip from when this (long-since explained) item became public knowledge - here it is.
H.M. Royal Marines Band at 350 years Royal Netherlands Marine Corps ceremony
WALKING IN ESSEX | STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET TO NEWPORT
Through the lovely countryside around (misnamed) Ugley Green and Quendon and Rickling Green, with their thatched cottages and pubs, this is a great cross-country route between two large villages connected by regular trains. It's particularly glorious in spring or autumn, passing six woods with carpets of flowers or colourful foliage in season.
Chapel of St Helen (also St Helen’s Chapel) is an ancient religious building in Wicken Bonhunt, north-west Essex. It dates from around the 11th century and is believed to be one of the oldest surviving buildings in the east of England. It has also been described as 10th century.
The Grade II listed, thatched chapel is built from flint and pebble and contains two 12th-century windows on the south and west walls. It was extensively restored in the 13th century and again in the 20th.
It is 37.5 feet (11 m) long and less than 15 feet (5 m) across at its widest point, with the nave being considerably narrower.
Surviving records of the chapel’s history list the names of three of its priests, including Miles in 1248. In 1340, there is a record that land was given to the nearby Hospital of St Mary and St Leonard in Newport to pay for a priest to hold a daily service at the chapel. The chapel was dissolved in 1543 and left vacant.
History has not always been kind to the chapel. The RCHM's 1916 survey, An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, records it as desecrated and in use as a stable, although it does describe its condition as fairly good.
Extensive restoration took place around 1918, presided over by the then owner of Bonhunt Farm, and architectural features were carefully preserved. By the 1930s, it was once again being used as a shed.
A major middle Saxon settlement found near the chapel in 1967 was excavated in the early 1970s, during construction of the M11. It showed signs of prehistoric (described as presumed late Bronze Age in a British Museum report), as well as Norman, activity and included a burial ground around Chapel of St Helen containing over 200 human remains. The Saxon settlement is considered to be associated with the chapel.
The chapel is now maintained, and is part of the Diocese of Chelmsford. An annual service is held at the chapel, led by a team of volunteers from Wicken Bonhunt. Although the chapel is only usually open for the annual service, the exterior can be seen from the roadside and a public footpath passes nearby.
Newport is mentioned in the Domesday Book, but probably originated around 900 AD as a royal township. It flourished until it's market moved to Saffron Walden in 1141, then became a mainly agricultural village, with trades including leather and woolcombing. There were two religious guilds in Newport, and a guildhall stood on the site of the present Church House. After the dissolution of the guilds in 1540 it was used as the first premises of Newport Free Grammar School until it's demolition in 1838.
Charles II came here on his way to Newmarket and his mistress Nell Gwynn may have lived at Crown House. The main road was improved as a turnpike in 1744 and the railway in 1845 brought new businesses, including a gas works and maltings. Housing expansion in the 20th century has helped Newport retain many shops, pubs, businesses and thriving village organisations.
Distance: 8.75 miles.
OS Explorer map 195 needed.
Ration Pack reviewed: US MRE MENU 23 CHICKEN PESTO PASTA.
Music:
Finchingfield Village Pond
Jedward and Pepper take on the pond as part of the Riding Club Sponsered Ride.
Jedward came 8th overall
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Heart Of Oak · The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Flag Officer Plymouth
Passing In
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