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File:Breedon-25Jan20-2.jpg|Julia with the Shirley monument, which she declared was "''mon époux''". | File:Breedon-25Jan20-2.jpg|Julia with the Shirley monument, which she declared was "''mon époux''". | ||
File:Breedon-25Jan20-5.jpg|Elena admiring the frieze. | File:Breedon-25Jan20-5.jpg|Elena admiring the frieze. | ||
− | File:Breedon-25Jan20-3.jpg|Detail of the | + | File:Breedon-25Jan20-3.jpg|Detail of the Saxon engraving behind. |
File:Breedon-25Jan20-6.jpg|A small fraction of the said frieze. | File:Breedon-25Jan20-6.jpg|A small fraction of the said frieze. | ||
− | File:Breedon-25Jan20-4.jpg|Beautiful depiction of hell from a | + | File:Breedon-25Jan20-4.jpg|Beautiful depiction of hell from a millennium ago. |
File:Breedon-25Jan20-7.jpg|Anglo-Saxon saint. | File:Breedon-25Jan20-7.jpg|Anglo-Saxon saint. | ||
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== Grantham == | == Grantham == | ||
== Woolsthorpe Manor == | == Woolsthorpe Manor == |
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Ashby de la Zouche is a town in Leicestershire, famous for its fancy name of Britanny origin (Le Zouch) and its castle, which was made famous by Walter Scott's Ivanhoe where a tournament is held in Ashby. It was destroyed during the English civil war. The Loudoun monument is another curiosity both in shape and in denomination.
The first stop on our 5th campervanning trip, we hadn't planned to stop there but drifted here as a result of an error in exiting the highway. The first night was spent in a nearby pub's parking. Ashby was a destination that was on our list anyway. We decided to re-join the English heritage charity on this occasion. Our short stay (~2h45) mainly covered the castle & the church with a loop passing by Our Lady of Lourdes and back from Market street (see trajectory).
Breedon on the Hill is a must-go destination in England, a village of very old origin, it hosts the wonderful Church of St Mary and St Hardulph on top of its hill, that hosts itself a large body of extremely rare and valuable Anglo-Saxon art, possibly the oldest in the country, also including the longest frieze of this era.
It also features an unsettling skeleton sculpture, which has been unusual since the time it was put there, at the demand of George Shirley who set up this monument to grieve the loss in childbirth of his wife (Francesca) for whom he wrote this beautiful plea: