Posted July 3rd, 2009 by John Swift
Yorkshire is a historic county in the north of england and its the largest county in england. in fact, the huge county covered around 6000 square miles in 1831 and these days, it has got a population of approximately five million. Yorkshire is widely known as the greenest place in england thanks to the historic amount rural country side in the Yorkshire Dales and the North Yorkshire Moors. These gorgeous places have led to Yorkshire being given the name God's Own County. Yorkshire is a real...
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Posted July 2nd, 2009 by John Swift
England is a land steeped in history, tradition and legend. It
boasts more than 1400 medieval castles across its countryside,
many of which are said to be frequented by ghosts, specters and
other supernatural occurrences. Here is a delightfully ghoulish
list of three of the best ghostly castles to visit…
Chillingham Castle
Billed as "The Most Haunted Castle in Britain", Chillingham
Castle in the county of Northumberland in Northern England is
infamous for an entire collection of restless souls...
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Posted July 1st, 2009 by John Swift
To gain a full understanding of America's struggle through infancy and keeping the threads of the nation together during the Civil War, Atlanta is a mandatory travel destination. The entire city was at one point or another an actual battleground for many pivotal moments during the Civil War. The Union Invasion into Atlanta in 1864 is even the center story of the famous 1939 film, Gone with the Wind. Find your airfare to Atlanta today and immerse yourself in the city's tumultuous centuries and ev...
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Posted June 30th, 2009 by John Swift
London has a reputation for expensive hotel accommodation with
very little cheap budget hotels. OK so what is cheap. For the
purposes of this article lets define cheap as below 100$US per
night, (60 pounds sterling in local currency) for a standard
double/twin room with all taxes paid.
Most of the hotel accommodation in this bracket is termed 'bed
and breakfast' hotels. This can be misleading to the unaware. No
it's not a cosy family owned guest house with personal attentive
hosts, traditional E...
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Posted June 29th, 2009 by John Swift
Spain is full of magical points of interest. There's Madrid in the center, Barcelona to the northeast and Seville to the south--just to name a few. Before you pack your bags and head off to Spain, here's some great travel information. Knowing the climate and when to go can make all the difference in the world.
The Climate
There's nothing worse than taking a dream vacation and getting blindsided by poor weather. It would be foolish to just rush off to Spain without knowing what the conditions wil...
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Posted June 25th, 2009 by John Swift
The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in Ely is known as the "Ship of the Fens", a name inspired by the distant views of its towers that dominate the low-lying wetlands called The Fens.
The diocese of Ely was created in 1108 out of the see of Lincoln, and a year later the bishopric of Ely was founded.
The cathedral was started by William I in 1083, suffered the collapse in 1322 of the main tower, which was rebuilt as an octagon, and was completed in 1351.
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Posted June 25th, 2009 by John Swift
Ely Castle was in the cathedral city of Ely in Cambridgeshire. Its probable site is a mound near the cathedral which is now called Cherry Hill.
This was a motte and bailey castle built by William I in 1070 in his conflict with Hereward the Wake to subdue the Isle of Ely.
Once Ely was quiescent the motte was abandoned. However it was refortified in 1140 during the Anarchy by Bishop Nigel but surrendered to King Stephen. In 1143 Geoffrey de Mandeville was placed in charge of the castle. ...
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Posted June 25th, 2009 by John Swift
Beverley Racecourse is an independent race-track, based in the north of England, in East Yorkshire, and has a crowd capacity of approximately 12,000.
Beverley Racecourse only holds flat race meetings. It hosts over twenty meetings between April and September with July and August being the busiest months featuring evening racing. They have three different enclosures at the racecourse. These are: Top price Members Enclosure, Mid-range Grandstand and The Paddock Enclosure with th...
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Posted June 23rd, 2009 by John Swift
All of the holiday parks featured are in lovely locations around the UK.
Each has been chosen for its ease of access to local towns and beauty spots or places of interest.
The sites themselves all have excellent facilities, with laundrette, shops, restaurant and fast food facilities, bars, cabaret, shows, swimming pools and children's play and entertainment facilities galore.
For a budget self-catering holiday with the best of comfort, freedom and top quality facilities, look no further th...
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Posted June 23rd, 2009 by John Swift
Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of devolved government and legislative assembly in Northern Ireland.
It is the largest urban area in the Irish province of Ulster, and the second largest city on the island of Ireland. The City of Belfast has a population of 270,000, and lies at the heart of Metropolitan Belfast, which has a population of nearly half a million people. Belfast was granted city status in 1888....
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