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St George, Patron Saint of England
2008-06-04 02:24:00 St George was adopted as patron saint of England by one of our great warrior kings, Richard, of whom Shakespeare wrote: “Richard who robbed the lion of his heart and fought the Holy wars in Palestine.” Richard was one of the leaders of the third crusade, triggered by the capture of Jerusalem by Saladin in 1189. When ...
By: Templar Globe
New Study For Shroud
2008-06-02 02:27:00 An American researcher has convinced Oxford University scientists to reconsider a test that had cast doubts on the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin. After carbon-14 testing on a fragment from the Shroud, an Oxford team announced in 1989 that the cloth was only about 600- 7000 years old. That result undermined claims that the cloth ...
By: Templar Globe
Ornament: Cornucopia, from The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783), add
2008-03-25 07:15:00 This antique typographic ornament was used as a chapter tail-piece at the end of a section of the preface. You could also use it as a decorative page element. This was scanned from a 1780s book, and is not perfect: I have not tried to clean it up or make it look new. It shows a horn of plenty with fruit and leaves in it.(read more...)
A knight of history
2008-03-19 02:47:00 Wearing a gray sports coat, necktie and business slacks, Andrew Linnell looked every bit the 21st century businessman that he is. However, standing before a handful of people inside an auditorium in the Marlborough Public Library, the EMC competitive business consultant was poised to tackle a topic usually reserved for men of a different cloth: the ...
By: Templar Globe
Knights of Malta elect Englishman as new leader
2008-03-17 02:47:00 In an unprecedented move an Englishman has been elected for the second time running as Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, the Roman Catholic order which traces its origins to the Crusades nearly a thousand years ago. Fra Matthew Festing OBE, 58, an art expert and former army officer who leads the order in Britain ...
By: Templar Globe
New pub puts the ale in grail
2008-03-12 13:54:00 Templar knights will be back in Hertford when a new pub opens on Monday, after a £3million revamp. Herts-based pub chain JD Wetherspoon has spent the past 12 months converting the building in The Wash into the new-look pub, called The Six Templars. The pub takes its name from the town’s strong connection with the Knights Templar, ...
By: Templar Globe
Claim Money Guide to Personal Injury Compensation in England and Wales.
2008-02-28 18:16:00 Copyright © 2008 khairulazmi.com. Visit the original article at http://www.onlinebisnes.com/blo-g/2008/02/29/claim-money-guide--to-personal-injury-compensation--in-england-and-wales/.Have you really know the need on Personal Injury Compensation Claims? How important it is to your life and the one that you love? compensation of personal injury is your right. Do not ever to stay calm and suffer the results by others fault. Its your right to fight against ...
Best of British
2008-02-20 02:57:00 Rock-and-Rollers and hippies have long had a soft spot for the decorative appeal of William Morris?s Gothic Revival, with its fair-haired maidens in flowing robes and its air of medieval mysticism. So it is not surprising that when Paul Reeves decided in 1973 to break out of designing avant-garde clothes for David Bowie, Led Zeppelin ...
By: Templar Globe
Priory of Slovenia Will Meet at Turjak Castle
2008-02-18 01:55:00 The Priory of Slovenia will be conducting a seminar for members and an Investiture ceremony in the Castle of Turjak this coming February the 24th. Recently the Prior of Slovenia, Fr+ Marin Zen, has lead a pilgrimage of the Templars to the Marian Sanctuary of Medugorge where they celebrated mass and chanted the “Non Nobis” in ...
By: Templar Globe
The Golden Legend: St. Thomas Becket
2008-02-15 01:19:00 Thomas is as much to say as abisme or double, or trenched and hewn, he was an abisme profound in humility, as it appeared in the hair that he wore, and in washing of the feet of the poor people, double in prelation that was in word and in ensample, and hewn and trenched in ...
By: Templar Globe
Rare sighting with hidden meaning
2008-02-13 01:38:00 Like the unicorn, the white stag (or hart) is the stuff of legends. Its origins lie deep within the ancient Celts and pre-Indo-European cultures. When a rare white stag was spotted, it was always the sign the otherworld was near for man or kingdom. The white hart also appears when someone is transgressing a taboo, as ...
By: Templar Globe
?Devil in details? in archbishop?s sharia plan
2008-02-11 01:56:00 Headlines may scream about stoning and hand-chopping, but the main question about sharia law in any western country is whether Islamic courts should judge Muslims in cases such as divorce, inheritance or business. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams caused uproar by suggesting British law adopt some sharia law. Critics decried the idea as barbaric, citing the ...
By: Templar Globe
Row Erupts Over 1,000-Year-Old Templar Bridleway
2008-01-28 01:07:00 An ancient Lincolnshire pathway believed to have been used by the Knights Templar is at the centre of a community row. Residents living along the path have been accused of turning away horses and verbally abusing people trying to use the bridleway, believed to be 1,000 years old. Now county councillors have been asked to step in ...
By: Templar Globe
Campaign to save Templar cave from damage
2008-01-02 02:26:00 An ancient cave in Herts - thought to have been used by the Knights Templar during their quest for the Holy Grail - is under threat, according to an MP. The Royston Cave, believed to date back to the 13th Century, is being damaged by the weight and vibration of excessive heavy lorry traffic. North East Herts ...
By: Templar Globe
Temple opens doors to mark 400 years of autonomy
2008-01-01 01:09:00 Dickens, in Barnaby Rudge, got it right when he wrote “who enters here leaves noise behind”. You go through a door from honking, endless traffic and bustling pavements into a different world. Peaceful, slower, quiet. You feel you have stepped outside central London. This is Temple, 20 acres of land which is one of London’s best ...
By: Templar Globe
Most Popular Names in England and Wales for 2007
2007-12-23 00:00:00 The 2007 rankings for England and Wales have been released! I've updated my sortable lists (male and female) and summarized the big differences between the new and old lists below: Girls Grace replaced Olivia as the new #1 name. Amelia and Ella replaced Ellie and Lucy in the top 10. Evelyn, Julia, Lacey, Lexie, ...
The Canals of England and Wales
2007-12-21 06:18:00 Probably the most unique trip I ever took was narrowboating on the canals in the U.K. For those of you who don't know, England is criss-crossed with canals built before the invention of the steam... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Reincarnation: How real?
2007-12-20 13:55:00 Reincarnation, a rebirth which involves a return to earth by the dead with the characteristics of his past, is still shrouded in mystery despite the empirical evidence often manifested in the near death experiences. How real is the belief? asks Olu Osunde. When Ehimema 30 from Benin in Edo State came into the world like every ...
By: Templar Globe
Medieval manuscript goes on show
2007-12-11 09:06:00 A medieval manuscript kept at Stonyhurst since 1837 is the centrepiece of a major new exhibition. The illustrated copy of the Chronicles of John Froissart, a lively account of the Hundred Years War, is taking pride of place in a specially-designed “treasury” at Leeds Amouries. Visitors can explore the Froissart illustrations in detail and follow a story in ...
By: Templar Globe
Headteacher takes novel look at Templars
2007-12-05 13:54:00 AS HEADTEACHER to hundreds of teenagers, it may seem that Dr Paul Doherty already has his work cut out. But the dedicated teacher, who has been head of Trinity Catholic High School, Mornington Road, Woodford Green, for 26 years, has found time to write about 60 books. Ahead of the launch of his latest tome, The Templar, ...
By: Templar Globe
?Holy Blood, Holy Grail? co-author Richard Leigh passed away
2007-11-30 04:39:00 Richard Leigh, co-author of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, one of the most controversial books of the 1980s has died November 21st, aged 64; in 2006, with Michael Baigent, he lost his plagiarism case against the American Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, the spectacularly successful thriller which they claimed was ...
By: Templar Globe
Chad Varah, founder of the Samaritans, died on November 8th, aged 95
2007-11-27 15:00:00 ?HE’S not the finest character that ever lived. But he’s a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.? In 1953, four years after Linda Loman’s famous soliloquy in Arthur Miller’s ?Death of a Salesman?, the Rev Prebendary Chad Varah pioneered a wonderfully simple and effective way of ...
By: Templar Globe
Forty Martyrs Of England and Wales
2007-10-25 14:48:00 Forty representative martyrs of the English protestant rebellion were canonized in the 1970s, and although most have their own feast days which are at least noted liturgically, they are celebrated collectively on this date. This feast post-dates the 1962 Calendar. Here is a list of the Forty Martyrs: * Carthusians o Augustine Webster o John Houghton o Robert
By: Recta Ratio
Medieval church rebuilt
2007-10-15 03:43:00 A 13th Century church, which was dismantled and rebuilt 50 miles away at a museum in Cardiff, has been opened by the Archbishop of Canterbury. St Teilo’s Church has been recreated stone-by-stone over 20 years at the National History Museum, St Fagans. The church from Pontarddulais near Swansea has been restored to recreate its appearance in 1520. Copies ...
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On the Grail trail
2007-09-10 02:50:00 The final resting place of the Holy Grail is shrouded in mystery - or is it? Adam Edwards visits a remarkable mansion for sale in Wales, where many believe the sacred relic once resided. Was it the real thing? And is it now in a bank vault in Herefordshire? The search for the Holy Grail has ...
By: Templar Globe
Live auctions to resume in England and Wales on Monday
2007-08-30 18:02:00 Livestock markets for cattle, sheep, and pigs will be allowed to resume in England and Wales, outside the foot and mouth surveillance zone, from next Monday (3 September).
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Antique map of Kent, from The Antiquities of England and Wales (Vol III) (1
2007-08-13 10:21:00 This map of Kent was published in 1783; it shows, in the Lathe of Sutton, Woolwich, Greenwich, Eltham, Lewisham, Brownley, Dartford, S. Mary Cray, Dunton, Farmingham, Sevenoke [Sevenoak], Westerham. Sutton, Edenbridg [Edenbridge]; in the Lathe of Aylesford, Allhollowes, Cliff, Gravesend, Cowley, Halstow, Osterland Chatham, Meopham, Haling, Wortham, Crouch, West Malling, Tunbridg [Tunbridge], Padlings pounf, Lattingford St., Tunbridgewells [Tunbridge Wells], Linderadg, Rochester, Capston, Guildsted, Maidston, Leneham, Loose; in the Lathe of Scray, Newington, Milton, Sittingborn, Newnham, Feversham, Boughton, Shanford, Chilham, Charing, Wye, Ashford, Friginfastel, Smarden, Staplehurst, Goudhurst, Cranbrooke, Bidenden, Highstreet, Bromley Greene, Tenterden, Apledore, and The Rother [river]; in Sliepey Isle, Shireness, Quinborough; in the Lathe of St. Augustine, Whitstable, Reculver, Upstreet, S. Nicholas, Burchington, Thanet I., S Peters, Marget, Northforeland, Ramsgate, Great Cliffs, ...
England and Wales in tough World Cup run up - Telegraph.co.uk
2007-07-28 23:51:00 England and Wales in tough World Cup run upTelegraph.co.uk, United- Kingdom - 15 minutes agoTiming in the run-up to a World Cup is everything and England coach Brian Ashton and his Welsh counterpart, Gareth Jenkins, must be wishing the tournament ...
Antique Map of Oxfordshire, from The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786
2007-07-26 06:45:00 The map of Oxfordshire from Boswell’s 1786 Antiquities. OXFORDSHIRE Drawn from a SURVEY and Regulated by Astronl. Observatns. By T. Kitchen Geogrr.(read more...)
Priory of England and Wales - Annual General Assembly in Llandudno, June 20
2007-07-24 02:11:00 This year’s Annual General Assembly of The Order of Knights Templar in England and Wales took place in the picturesque seaside town of Llandudno, in North West Wales. We initially all met on Friday night, 29th of June, at the Bonjour Restaurant on Madoc Street. Some of the members had travelled from their various corners of ...
By: Templar Globe
Annual General Assembly and Investiture of the Priory of England and Wales
2007-06-19 02:30:00 The annual General Assembly and Investiture of the Priory of England and Wales has been called for the 30th of June in Llandudno, North Wales. As always, the ceremonies will be directed by Fr+ Leslie Payne (on the left, with the Editor), Prior General of England and Wales, Seneschal of the Magisterial Council of the OSMTHU. So, ...
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Top 10 Best Pubs and Inn in England and Wales
2007-05-13 20:13:00 Alistair Sawday, a professional travel writer for the Times (UK), has done the beer-loving public a favour by narrowing down the candidates for Top 10 Best Pubs in England and Wales. Get a copy of Alastair Sawday’s Special Places: Pubs and Inn of England and Wales and have it in hand if you’re visiting UK ...
The mean age of fathers in England and Wales increased from 29.3 in 1980 to
2007-05-12 08:03:00 George Davey Smith, M.D.Advanced paternal age: How old is too old?Isabelle Bray, David Gunnell, George Davey SmithJ Epidemiol Community Health 2006;60:851–853. doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.045179The public health implications of this trend have notbeen widely anticipated or debated.Isabelle Bray, David Gunnel and George Davey SmithDepartment of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, UKJournal of Epidemiology amd Community Health 2006;60:851-853"Average paternal age in the UK is increasing. The public health implications of this trend have not been widely anticipated or debated. .....Accumulated chromosomal aberrations and mutations occurring during the maturation of the male germ cells are thought to be responsible for the increased risk of certain conditions with older fathers. Growing evidence shows that the offspring of older fathers have reduced fertility and an increased risk of birth defects, some cancers and schizophrenia." ......Changing patterns of education, employment, an...
Umpire?s decision no longer final as England and Wales Cricket Board allow
2007-04-13 12:14:00 In a ground breaking move that is bound to create some sort of debate in the cricketing fraternity, the England and Wales Cricket board will allow players in the county circuit to appeal to the third umpire if they are not satisfied with the ground umpire decision. Interestingly, only a captain of the fielding side ...
England and Wales: Players to directly appeal to TV umpire
2007-04-13 12:14:00 In a ground breaking move that is bound to create some sort of debate in the cricketing fraternity, the England and Wales Cricket board will allow players in the county circuit to appeal to the third umpire if they are not satisfied with the ground umpire’s decision. Interestingly, only a captain of the fielding side ...
The Police Federation of England and Wales say: Cannabis is the number one
2007-04-07 14:20:00 This is what Jan Berry, Chairman of The Police Federation of England and Wales has to say about the reclassification of Cannabis: ?Cannabis is a problematic drug not least because of growing evidence of links to psychotic illness in young people and contemporary attitudes to the drug as being ?soft?.We expressed our concern over a year ago over on whether the correct decision had been made to reclassify the drug from a Class B to a Class C, as we felt it would create confusion among the public on the legality of possession.This has already presented problems for police officers throughout the country who are tasked with enforcing this confusing law and we would therefore support the reinstating of cannabis to a Class B drug category?.The Police Federation of England and Wales:Is opposed to the reclassification of cannabis as we believe it to be the number one illicit gateway drug. Feel that the term ?reclassification? is however all too often wrongly confused with ?decriminalisation...
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