Being a nosy sod whilst having coffee on the Kings Road i Googled and discovered the origins of its name.
Apparently it was a private road reserved for King Charles II for his journeys to Kew.
In 1830 others with influence started using it and it eventually became a public road.
Shakespeare got married in the nearby St Lukes( Just opposite one of the Brompton entrances).
So, despite the failed Boxer shorts mission ( £25 for 2) not a totally wasted mission.
Stay safe and dry today… xx
Very interesting Mr.b, hope you’re ok after the shock of those boxer shorts. Wow! Stay safe. Raining here today. Xxx
The history of place and road/street names is so interesting.
We have a Billa Barra lane on the ordinance Survey map. On the old maps before that it was called Billow Barrow lane. When ordinance Survey produced their map they asked what it was called the local accent changed it to the shortened version.
That reminds me of Barra Jacks, a pub in Whitehaven which was originally the Lowther Arms and a great place for a scrap in the 60s and 70s. Renamed to differentiate it, because Jack the Landlord came from Barrow, and there are a lot of Lowther Arms in the area due to Lord Lowther originally owning it all.
Good morning Mr Bojangles. History lesson coming up. William Shakespeare was not married in London. The parish registry for Temple Grafton, a village in the Stratford upon Avon area has a record of a marriage between William Shakespeare and an Anne Whately on Nov 27 1582. A bond in the archives of the Bishop of Worcester dated the following day records the marriage between William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, making allowance for the Bishop because the marriage took place with only one reading of the banns instead of three.The discrepancy in the name in the Temple Grafton registry is put down to clerical error. This happened a lot.
The bond allowing for only one reading of the banns came about because Anne was pregnant. If they had waited to have the banns read three times they would have been in the period over Christmas when no marriages could take place and by the time that they would have been allowed to marry Anne’s condition would have been only too obvious.
As a prominent member of Straford society it is believed that John Shakespeare, William’s father, used his contacts to obtain the bond which allowed them to marry early.
Sorry to be such a pedant but I live and work embedded in Shakespeare’s life.
Littlepom, i have been busted!It was Charles Dickens, i stand corrected.
I can only blame it on the drugs they have me on..😜😜🤪
That’s really interesting. I didn’t know that CD was married at St Lukes. Thanks for that info.😊
I also want to wish you well with all of your tests and do hope that you get the final outcome that you wish for.
Interesting Mr B. A private road for nobility to escape the plague, quickly to the fresh air of Kew. Or a route to King Charles' mistress? It might have been his wife who built a lovely house in Kew Gardens, the gardens to the house run down to the Thames and there's lovely walled kitchen garden set out how it originally was. . lots more to see if you get the chance. A lift is fitted for visitors (or may be to protect the old stairs). P
History is all around us isn’t it? We live about a hundred yards from Offa’s dyke, but not much to see but further north in the Forest of Dean it is much more noticeable. Don’t suppose he needed to do much here with the River Wye in the way!
There is a King's bridge here in Bocking, but I don't know which king built it. I must try to find out more.
What a price for boxers!!! Thanks for the post x
M&S autograph ones are every bit as expensive.....I know because I’m the only one who goes shopping.
Gone are the days when 6 pairs cost a tenner!😡😡😡
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