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Award-winning buildings archaeologist. FSA. Mediaeval buildings mythbuster. Castles. Old pubs. Alan Garner. @jpwarchaeology on Insta @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social

Sneinton, Nottinghamshire, UK
Joined April 2015
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James Wright
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The One Man Buildings Archaeology Conference is back for a 3rd year on Saturday 8 March! Come along along for as little or as much as you want. This year we will be Discovering Ancient Houses from 10am til 10pm (GMT). Booking is now open via Eventbrite:.
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James Wright
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There are many claims for the oldest pub in Britain. The most famous is the Trip to Jerusalem at Nottingham: reputedly opened 1189, but this was invented in 1909 by the landlord. In reality its a 17thC building that was used as a pub by 1751. So which is the oldest? . a thread🧵
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James Wright
4 years
Never has a letter to a publication been more perfect.
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James Wright
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I rather think that this might have been my reaction had I suddenly died in the 17th century too.
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James Wright
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One of the oldest & best preserved mediaeval inns is the New Inn at Gloucester. Tree-ring dating tells us it was built in 1432. It was developed as a commercial enterprise, capable of hosting around 200 guests for the monks of Gloucester Abbey 🧵
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James Wright
5 years
As we speed into our own baffling new decade, spare a thought for the good folks of 17th century Southwell.
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James Wright
3 years
Planning to investigate claims for the oldest pub in the British Isles. Looking for a few pointers. What I need is: 1) Name/location of pub, 2) Date claimed, 3) firm archaeological/archival evidence which positively backs the claim up. Latter is the most important. Can you help!?
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James Wright
3 years
Passed my PhD viva this afternoon 🙂.
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The Saracen's Head at Southwell (Notts) was built to capitalise on travel to the great minster church which stands opposite. Dating to the 1460s its one of the oldest continuously serving inns anywhere in the country 🧵
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James Wright
6 months
As a result of a recent podcast appearance in which I spoke for an hour on the subject of mediaeval toilets, I have just been offered an all-expenses paid lecture appearance at an American university. see, talking sh*t does work.
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James Wright
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The oldest claimed date for a pub is the Old Ferryboat, Holywell (Cambs): 560AD. A bit of a stretch. Its an early modern building w/ one wing that is late mediaeval. Unlikely to find evidence of serving beer from a time when we're not even sure if King Arthur was real! 🧵
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The Fighting Cocks, St Albans (Herts) is often said to be the oldest in the country, dated 793. but its a dovecote of c1400 that was resited as a house c1600. Earliest date for serving beer might be 1756, but certainly in use as a pub by 1807. Big difference from 8thC claim! 🧵
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In the mediaeval period there were 3 types of pubs: alehouses (for ale), taverns (for wine) & inns (offering rooms, food & drink). No alehouses or taverns survive as pubs. but there are some inns still in use 🧵
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5 months
Appropriately, I'm writing this thread in the pub. Here's my pint. To find the oldest pub in the country we need to find a purpose-built pub that is still serving to this day. 🧵
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James Wright
6 months
The most stubbornly persistent myth about historic buildings is the yarn that all spiral stairs in castles turn clockwise to advantage right-handed defenders. Yet it was invented in 1902 by an art critic and didn't gain popularity until the mid-20th century. a thread 🧵
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Porch House at Stow-on-the-Wold claims to be carbon dated to 947. Tricky that, as no such data exists and the property is 17th century in date. Its only been claimed to date to the 10thC since a newspaper press release in the 1970s. essentially a marketing campaign 🧵
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James Wright
1 year
Much debate about the oldest pub in the country (& a lot of b*ll*cks spouted) but years of research have brought me to @Georgeinnnsp for a pint. Dates to c 1375 & 1430-32. Has archives, buildings archaeology & dendro to back up the claim. Nothing earlier w/ good evidence.
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Henry Tudor Inn at Shrewsbury dates to 1426 and was built for the local MP Hugh Wygan as an inn, brewery, taproom and shops on Wyle Cop to take advantage of travel across the English Bridge. 🧵
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James Wright
2 years
Carving of lass shaving pubes, 12thC, Porta Tosa, Milano. Much debate on this. Satirical stories link to siege by Frederick Barbarossa. Much discussion about it being apotropaic. Lots of evidence for mediaeval shaving. Could be comment on pointless behaviour due to regrowth.
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The Bingley Arms at Bardsey (W Yorks) is frequently claimed to date to 953. Its also said to hold Guinness World Record for oldest pub. Yet Guinness do not monitor such a category & the building is mid-18thC in date. Lots of claims but all on shaky foundations. 🧵
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James Wright
4 years
Working on a historic building survey in Cambridgeshire today. Imagine my absolute delight when nosing into a derelict outhouse and realising that under the mound of rubble was an intact two-holer latrine complete with a lower stall for use by nippers!
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James Wright
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Its difficult to date the Bull Hotel at Ludlow but its roof structures indicate that its front range was built in the late fourteenth century. The galleried rear wing is fifteenth century in date. It is one of the very oldest pubs anywhere in the country 🧵
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James Wright
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Perhaps we're a little too obsessed with the antiquity of pubs. We really should measure them on the quality of their atmosphere, service and beer. Here I am last summer enjoying a pint at the Rose & Crown in Ludlow w/ @bilbatch and me owd mucker, Hugh 🧵
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James Wright
4 years
Despite my innate scepticism on the subject, I think this may genuinely be an inserted ship's mast at 1580s Waxham Barn (Norfolk). Its absolutely MASSIVE, is the only cylindrical timber in the building, appears to be covered in tar and may have traces of rope marks.
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James Wright
3 years
What's the most baffling thing you have encountered on an archaeological site? I have many but these are my faves:. 1) Tourist asked guide at Stonehenge: "Why was it built so close to a main road?". 2) Actual archaeologist to supervisor: "I've hit bedrock - shall I keep digging?".
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James Wright
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Nestling opposite the remains of a mediaeval abbey is the George at Dorchester-on-Thames (Oxon). The buildings around its courtyard date from various ages but there is a galleried chamber block which has a crown strut roof structure which probably dates to the mid-15thC 🧵
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James Wright
4 years
"James looks really busy with his thesis, shall we go and "help" him?"
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James Wright
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Yesterday's thread on ancient pubs led to much comment. Figured it worth explaining how we know the ages of pubs & why commonly believed dates may be incorrect eg. Royal Standard of England which is usually claimed to date to 1086 but is really post-mediaeval. a thread 🧵
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James Wright
5 months
To find out more about the various claims to be the oldest pub, the debunking of the claims, and actual evidence for the very oldest mediaeval inns, please do consider having a look at my book Historic Building Mythbusting. 🧵
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James Wright
5 months
It may be possible to name the oldest pub in the country. There are archival records, buildings archaeology and dendrochronology which point to a late 14thC inn which may just take the crown. Here I am enjoying a pint there last November. 🧵
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James Wright
2 years
Had the absolute pleasure of talking to c 300 people online about timber-framed buildings for a couple of hours. Been doing web lectures for 2.5 years and it seems there is a HUGE audience out there for vernacular architecture. So, as a treat, here's some 17thC wattle & daub 🤓
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James Wright
1 year
As you go about your lawful (or unlawful) business in ancient buildings - make sure you take the Historic Building Myths Bingo card with you. There are an especially large number of points to be won in the 3,317 pubs all claiming to be the oldest in the land.
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James Wright
6 years
Taxi Driver: "What do you do?".Me: *considers lying* "I'm an archaeologist" *instantly regrets decision to tell truth*.Taxi Driver: "Is that like dinosaur bones?".Me: *world weary*"It's the study of past human material culture".Taxi Driver:"I thought they only had that in Egypt".
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James Wright
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And if you've enjoyed this thread on Britain's oldest pubs, please do also consider coming to see me on the Historic Building Mythbusting book tour this autumn. when I will almost certainly talk about pubs (and visit a few too)!. /🧵
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James Wright
10 months
Did you ever consider that maybe the Saxons lost at Hastings because the noseguards got in the way of breakfast?
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James Wright
5 years
Today is the 34th day of lockdown for me. I’m sure we can all get behind this sentiment from Southwell in Nottinghamshire 400 years ago, right? #VirtualSiteVisit
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James Wright
1 year
Full house, anyone?
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James Wright
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Vicar's Close, Wells - Europe's oldest intact street built for the cathedral vicars in 1348 and still used for that purpose.
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James Wright
1 year
Buildings archaeology has almost never been covered as the subject of a television documentary or series (apart from a few short segments of Time Team episodes). I'd absolutely love to be involved in getting buildings archaeology on screen. How on earth do we make this happen?
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James Wright
1 year
This is a myth. The Trip has only claimed to date to 1189 since 1910. Its a publicity stunt. The building dates to no earlier than the 17thC and there is no record of a pub until the mid-18thC. It is not even the oldest pub in Nottingham. More here:.
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James Wright
11 months
I've come across two books that I would love to read this week. One on castles, one on the green man. Both were in the £60-70 price bracket. I can't justify those kind of costs. How many books a year go unread due to academic publishers pricing most of us out of the market?.
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James Wright
1 year
Finished off the day looking at a house in Staffordshire dated to 1600. Here is the original queenpost roof structure which has been partially raised to the right to facilitate the construction of a Georgian facade over the timber-framed frontage.
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James Wright
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All set up and ready to go nice and early in Abingdon which meant there was time for a snoop round the surviving abbey buildings.
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James Wright
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A riverside footpath closure meant that I was able to experience the illicit pleasure of a ruddy good trespass to nab the classic view of Durham Cathedral during Golden Hour this evening.
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James Wright
3 years
Seeing this doing the rounds. Fighting Cocks is listed as being 16thC structure. Earliest record as a pub is mid-18thC. Not even oldest pub in St Albans. We have no 8thC century domestic buildings standing. Pubs did not exist in that period. Its not Britain's oldest boozer.
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James Wright
3 years
Just encountered the myth that spiral staircases turn clockwise to advantage right-handed defenders again. Seems like a good time to repost this research once more: the story was invented in 1902 by an art critic and has no mediaeval reality 🧐.
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James Wright
3 years
Heard that my PhD corrections passed muster this morning. So, thanks to @Buildingbod and @Rach_Archaeo for guiding me through the process, I can now legitimately call myself Dr James Wright 🤓.
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James Wright
2 years
I'd place a very strong bet that there was some "language" uttered in the stonemason's yard that particular day.
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James Wright
1 year
@archeohistories This is a myth. The Trip has only claimed to date to 1189 since 1910. Its a publicity stunt. The building dates to no earlier than the 17thC and there is no record of a pub until the mid-18thC. It is not even the oldest pub in Nottingham. More here:.
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James Wright
2 years
17th century door in Herefordshire still hanging from its original hinges in the frame it was made for (plus lots of protective burn marks). Please do join me in 2 weeks when I'll be opening the door on many hidden historic houses during this online talk:
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James Wright
3 years
Wifeling and I are having an unexpected, but entirely refreshing, Good News Day. Its long overdue. This is just part of my good vibes today.
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James Wright
2 years
I've just signed a book contract with @TheHistoryPress for "Historic Building Mythbusting - Why the Stories We've Been Told Are Wrong". Due out mid-2024. In the meantime the mediaeval mythbusting blog will give an idea of some of the content:
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James Wright
2 years
Currently writing up a survey that I carried out in Whitby last May. Its the first time that I have ever identified ship timbers reused in a domestic setting. Assumed to be very common but rare as hen's teeth. These are all "futtocks" - essentially the ribs of the vessel.
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James Wright
5 years
Welcome to the big old world, Kit Scott Wright <3
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James Wright
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I wonder what that 9 year old would have said, in 1987, if you'd told him that in 2015 he'd lead a historic building survey at the Tower of London and in 2023 he'd be working with the BBC there too.
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James Wright
2 years
Well, obviously - he's undead (undead, undead, undead). *ominous Bauhaus intensifies*
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James Wright
6 months
This evening I attended @NottShakespeare rehearsal of Henry V in our local churchyard. Someone started shouting at the actors that this was an inappropriate use of a sacred space. This got me thinking. #thread
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"You are too expensive for us to book for a talk!". No. You haven't properly costed your event, you don't value paying your speakers a viable living wage, and I'm not willing to sell myself short so that you get something for virtually nothing. Heritage workers deserve payment.
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James Wright
1 year
I ain't done with the fifteenth century just yet today.
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Henry Tudor Inn, Shrewsbury (formerly Trotting Horse & Lion Tap). With the earliest parts of this purpose-built inn dating to 1426 & 1430-31 this has a genuine and verifiable claim to be one of the oldest pubs in the country. Many others make such claims but few can back them up!
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James Wright
7 months
Hunting for hagstones.
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James Wright
11 months
Been looking for my trowel for weeks. Eventually caved in and bought a new one. Within one hour of its arrival, my old one miraculously reappeared.
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1 year
It transpires that "Archeo - Histories" are a little touchy about having their post about the Trip being the oldest pub in England debunked. They made no attempt to engage or debate - just went straight for the block button. Classic pseudo-archaeology response.
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2 years
An ever-intriguing lost building from my hometown. The Black Horse, Stone, Staffordshire. Demolished without record in 1954. Probably a late mediaeval urban hall house with possible (left to right) services, passage, hall, parlour and carriageway serving yard and rear range.
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James Wright
3 years
This is all powerfully relatable content. I feel very seen.
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James Wright
5 years
ARCHAEOLOGISTS:.You're happily digging away when a member of The Great British Public leans over and says one (or all) of 3 things:.1) Found any gold yet?.2) What kind of dinosaur is that?.3) You can come dig my garden any day.What's your best comeback lines?
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James Wright
4 months
Of all the castles that I've visited Cockermouth might be the one that looks most like those eighteenth century romantic drawings. Spent this morning living my best antiquarian life.
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1 year
Seeing as its the weekend and I'm feeling a little demob happy, here's a little spoiler from the Historic Building Myth-busting book. This fine fellow is carved on the clerestory of St Michael's Laxton (Notts). You'll have to wait until 6 June 2024 to find out why 😁🍆🍑👹🕍
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2 years
It is curious that when dating domestic houses they turn out to be a couple of centuries OLDER than the listing description. Meanwhile, when researching historic pubs they tend to be around half a millenia YOUNGER than claimed by the landlord. 📷 Rose & Crown, Ludlow, Shropshire
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James Wright
11 months
The New Inn, Gloucester, built 1432. The best preserved timber-framed mediaeval inn & still largely intact w/ galleried courtyard. In 2 weeks I'll be talking online about this & other mediaeval inns. Please do join us, booking here:.
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5 years
Decided to make #VirtualSiteVisit a daily event. Will post recollection from 20-odd years as an archaeologist every day for duration of covid-19 self-isolation period on Twitter & website. Trying to bring some light & positivity to those trapped inside :-).
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James Wright
4 years
Watching an old Midsomer Murders in which an archaeologist is bumped off by being backfilled in their own excavation. Quite frankly, given the egregious state of their trench sections - they deserved it.
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James Wright
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I've decided to hand back all of my hard-earned qualifications & accreditations because Brian and Andrew off of t'interwebs have demanded that my referenced research based on actual evidence is incorrect because they "don't feel that its true". And this is what we're up against.
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James Wright
3 years
Heritage Folk: When referring to the construction of buildings can we avoid: "[insert building] was built by [insert aristocrat]." Instead use: "[insert building] was built for [insert aristocrat] by [insert builder if known]" Time to stop glossing over working class history 🤓🏰
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Historians, do you consult archaeological sources? Archaeologists, do you consult historical sources?. Historical archaeology is so innate from 20+ years of buildings archaeology that it bamboozles me to learn of folk who don't use all of the available tools in the toolkit.
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James Wright
6 years
When I was taking pictures at Repton earlier there were two chaps fixing the church organ. Turns out that one of them was a Led Zep fan.
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James Wright
7 years
Mediaeval buildings dated by dendrochronology at Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire: 22-24 Kirkgate (1337), Prince Rupert - formerly Woolpack (c 1452), Old White Hart (C15th w/ crown post roof of adjoining hall 1313) & Governor's House (c 1474)
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2 years
For anyone who missed my talk on Britain's oldest pubs last night or those who might like to read more, here is the article that I wrote last summer on the subject for @HistoryExtra.
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James Wright
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Real ship timbers! . Hawker's Hut, Morwenstow, Cornwall was "Built by the parson out of driftwood from shipwrecks, he would sit for hours in a haze of opiates, happily chattering away to the birds and writing nonsensical poetry.". ~ Fergus Butler-Gallie. 📸 Emma Bradshaw
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3 years
Whilst researching a former Essex pub this afternoon I happened across this mediaeval musical notation on the inside cover of a batch of monastic rentals from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
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6 months
Finally, mind your own business and leave a hardworking fringe theatre company like @NottShakespeare to rehearse in peace so that Henry V can be their biggest triumph yet! . Full tour dates can be found here.
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2 years
Views of the yard at the George Hotel, Dorchester (Oxon) taken about 100 years apart. This late mediaeval inn has a strong claim to be one of Britain's oldest pubs. Come and join us on Thurs 29 Dec to find out more about the archaeology of mediaeval pubs
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1 year
Had an hour to change trains in Ipswich. Went on a timber-frame hunt. Was not disappointed.
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2 years
Opening the attic hatch leads to rarely seen mediaeval views. The arch-braced and cusped wind-bracing at Holme Pierrepont Hall (Notts), dated 1502-29, is now hidden by a later ceiling. Join us for an online talk on mediaeval roofs on 25 Jan:.
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1 year
In June 2022 I stood in the Mortimer Tower at Ludlow Castle for less than 5 minutes & overheard 6 different people relaying the myth that it turned clockwise to advantage right-handed defenders. I suspect that whatever I write, that story may never die.
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James Wright
10 months
Hear me out for a moment: Whatsapp only for early mediaeval heroes and its called Hwætsapp.
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1 year
A charming hare carving at Elmeley Castle, Worcs. Mediaeval imagery could be read symbolically on multiple levels. The hare represented attributes including swiftness, meekness & lust. Find out more on The Archaeology of Stonemasonry online, 16 Nov:.
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1 year
I've resisted commenting on the fire and demolition of the Crooked House but this is all very suspicious and I think a public enquiry is the right next step. Please do sign this petition if you agree.
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James Wright
1 year
Well, as my publishers have uploaded it to their website I'm now free to share the cover design for the book with youse. I'm reliably informed that pre-orders will be available from next week (watch this space).
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2 years
A day of unexpected treasures. Popped in to the King's Head, Shrewsbury, for a pint to discover a late mediaeval wall painting of the Last Supper. Appropriate scene for a building that became a pub.
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James Wright
3 years
The ONLY way to spend a birthday.
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James Wright
2 months
This is not a mediaeval building. However, having spooled through Elizabeth's profile, her knowledge of ancient architecture is somewhat exceded by her irrational fear of brown people. Leave our history out of your bigotry, Elizabeth, its genuinely unpatriotic, you muppet.
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Elizabeth C. Heverin
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A beautiful medieval building converted into a Turkish barber shop…
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James Wright
4 months
Organisation I've Never Heard Of (OIHNHO): "We want you to spend a day writing an article for us!". Me: "Great, please could you outline author fees for me?". OIHNHO: "Oh, we don't pay you for your labour but it'll be great exposure!". Me: "No. People die of exposure.".
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Overheard as I was checking in:. "Look at the size of that beam - it must have come from a ship!". Sir, may I interest you in an 80,000 word book which says otherwise.
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James Wright
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I can absolutely promise you 100% that Porch House definitely does not date to 947, neither is it the oldest pub in the country. Its all a marketing ploy. The building is 17th century at the earliest, with no evidence of anything earlier. It was converted into a pub much later.
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James Wright
3 months
This morning I had the opportunity to take a look at an extraordinary house in Somerset. Now a farm, this was once a very posh mediaeval great house. I'm stood in the doorway, from the dais of the great hall, which led up to the great chamber and with the parlour door to my left.
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James Wright
11 months
Well that pushes @PonteCastle farrrrrrrrrrr up the list of my very favourite castles then. 📸 @tudor_historian
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James Wright
5 years
High in the Cotswolds lies the Neolithic long barrow known as Belas Knap. For Easter Sunday #VirtualSiteVisit this funerary monument with a false portal, to deter grave robbers or act as a spirit door, seemed apt. Actual burial chambers are located in the sides of the mound.
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James Wright
10 months
Birthday pints in Nottingham's third oldest pub.
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James Wright
2 years
Toad Hall & Old Medicine House, Blackden. For over 60 years the residence, workshop & muse of author Alan Garner. His books are steeped in folklore & archaeology of nearby landscapes. I'll be talking online about these links next week for @chesterherifest
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James Wright
5 years
As I use this account mainly for archaeology and work-related stuff, figured it worth pinning a tweet to say that I'm on paternity leave with Kit and Michelle until the end of June :-)
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