Hey guys! If anyone has been to or lives in this area I would love to hear what you think about this video and if it accurately depicts this part of England. Is it as beautiful as it looks?? DM me on discord if you'd like or comment below! I don't usually do these types of comments but these images were just so damn beautiful. Have a great day everyone
I live on the edge of the Cotwolds, in north Wiltshire. Most of these places are an easy drive away. And yes, it's a beautiful part of the country. Well worth visiting next time you are this way.
I live on the edge of the Cotswolds in South Warwickshire and it is absolutely beautiful, Chipping Campden, Broadway,and Blockley are some of my favourite Cotswolds towns. Winchcombe is also a place I definitely suggest you check out as it has many Saxon myths related to it as well as Little Rollright and the Rollright stones.
Hi. In the rural Lincolnshire village I grew up in as a child of less than 3000 population there is a grade 1 listed parish church that dates back to 1068ad. Nearly 1000 years later, every week the parishioners still attend services by passing beneath the norman carved archway over the entrance door. It's quite a common thing here in the UK to have very old village churches that are at least 500, 600, 700 years old.
I am an 84 Yr old English lady and I live right on the edge of the Cotswolds. I was born here and as a child my parents took me round the villages so I have known them all my life. I love this area and for villages I think this area is unique because there are so many of them and they are all beautiful. As it said in the video mostly they have been untouched for centuries. You should visit in the summer though when all the flowers are out and I think it unfortunate that the video was filmed in winter. I should mention that I have travelled a fair bit. I have lived in Africa for three years, seen a lot of Europe and been to the US twice (East and west) so I have seen a lot of different landscapes. There is a lady from Texas who lives near me every summer and goes back to Texas in the winter. She owns an apartment here and loves this area although she goes all over England. She is on You Tube -.Magenta Otter. You would find her videos interesting. She has done a lot on the Cotswolds.
You re one lucky Lady! 🙂it would be my dream to live in one of these old English villages, If i ever make the lottery, i ll 100 % move there now in old age...i always wanted to go there on vacation but somehow up to now never did. I love these old cozy buildings and streets, and especially the landscape, the woods and fields. In My Germany, unfortunately these old villages have all gone and been "modernized" or sold by the heirs.... I love watching Miss Marple films with Margaret Rutherford just mainly for the reason of seeing these nice old buildings and streets and the "atmosphere". I know they re not filmed in the 19th century but these films give that fine 19th century vibe. As a huge singing bird lover, i also love the chirping i hear in this reaction video... 🙂
Actually Connor, I think it is really about time you went to the UK and travel around for a few weeks. You are so much into British landscapes, villages, history and such that you should be more than ready to simply.....go! You'll love it! I'm Dutch, so a lot nearer to the UK than you are and it will always be my favourit country to visit!!!
Yes I think you should I'm sure subscribers like me could give you tour of our areas :) I could show you around Giggleswick school in Settle, North Yorkshire (Built in 1499)
Connor, there are plenty of “castle” type buildings say 17th 18th century that you can stay in for 1 night or more. Approximately £200 per night. You need to plan your visit to the Uk by area. You need to maybe do more than 5 visits as each area you’ll spend at least 2 weeks looking around an area at a time. London I believe you’ll spend a minimum of 3 weeks and still not see everything. Your ability to store knowledge of the Uk is great and I truly believe once you come you’ll feel hard of leaving. We have so much to offer you and I know you have much to offer us. Happy New year to you and your family.
Thank you @dirkjelier1283, many Dutch folk travel around Wiltshire in the summertime. I always say summer has arrived when I see the first Dutch car each year!
Thank you Dirk. I love the Dutch and have met your fellow countrymen when travelling around the UK from Cornwall in the South West right up to the remotest top tip of Scotland. Always friendly, courteous and respectful. You are always welcome !
My friend from America wanted to bring here (the UK) his RV to travel around. It was explained to him it ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE, not because it is not allowed but because his RV WOULDN'T FIT on English roads, especially the rural ones.
I drive HGV’s around those country lanes you’re talking,your friend might not be able to drive UK lanes,but an RV isn’t bigger then the lorries that regularly drive them..
@@markhepworth his was 3 bedroom one and the places he wanted to see have only one lane. I know one place like that near Cobham in Kent. The 7 seater had difficulty to fit in.
Re “A blanket could just be an animal hide.”(9:19) Dictionaries define a blanket is a large piece of woollen or similar woven material used as a covering for warmth. Therefore an animal hide is not a blanket.
About 60 years ago I came upon a traffic jam on one of our small roads which turned out to caused by Kirk Douglas in a huge Cadillac, It took about half an hour to get him out of there!
Just a point of interest, Connor. Many places in the UK have astoundingly old churches. They were repaired and sustained throughout the centuries as they were focal points in communities. Not far from me is Sompting Parish Church, originally built in the Saxon era (base of the tower still remains) but the remainder was rebuilt shortly after the Battle of Hastings. It is mentionaed in the Domesday Book.
Many of these churches were built in phases, bits added on here and there over the centuries. Some of our churches are unbelievably old. I once visited St Peter's Chapel, which stands in a field near the sea at Bradwell on Sea in Essex and it was built around 660 A.D.
That’s not true - regardless of what Thomas Blanket did or did not contribute, ‘Blanket’ is not a ‘brand’ name - Hoover, on the other hand is because it was a registered brand name of a company called ‘Hoover’. It’s like saying ‘Sandwich’ is a brand name… most every item we know was originated by someone - doesn’t mean everything is just a brand. Someone first called a brick a brick…
@@MarthaMansbridge "Brand - a type of product manufactured by a particular company under a particular name"...... He produced the Blanket under the name Blanket.... Did you miss that bit? Im not sure what your point is. Legal registering of trademarks didnt exist for 500 years. Im sure he would have if it did. Are you trying to say he didnt make blankets? Or that they were calling them blankets before him?
Not according to the Oxford Learner's Dictionary: Middle English (denoting undyed woollen cloth): via Old Northern French from Old French blanc ‘white’, ultimately of Germanic origin. I know which derivation I take as fact. More likely that the brothers took their name from the product they were manufacturing.
Conner, just love how much you're interested in the UK and how much you know, you know things about the uk that I didn't even know and I've lived in London all my life and thought i knew everything.I'm 66, but watching you has made me Google stuff that I didn't know. Thanks for opening up my mind xxx
Of course you can stay in fabulous historical buildings in the UK. We have so many to choose from! The Landmark Trust is a great site with many places for rent, from ancient, haunted to just plain weird!
Depends what you like, if you like timber framed houses, Lavenham in Suffolk is the place. You never see it on UA-camr sites. Many properties predates your country. The weaving industry was in East Anglia in early medieval times. Beautiful places all over the UK.
Totally agree. I lived in Long Melford prior to retiring to warmer climes. What Long Melford lacked in Lavenham's famous Elizabethan half timbered buildings and ice cream parlours, was made up for with EIGHT good pubs and a majestic stately home.
With family and friends I walked The Cotswold Way which extends from the quintessentially English market town of Chipping Campden to the Roman city of Bath. The 102 mile route takes you through lots of beautiful Cotswold villages and quintessentially English countryside. We stayed at a series of quaint rented Cotswold cottages along the way. It's a great way to explore the Cotswolds if you have a week or two to spend there.
LOL. The endtro to your video was excellent, Connor. The way you tied yourself in knots trying to get across your wish to reconnect with your British/Irish ancestry while not using any contentious words, such as "native" or "immigrant", was entertaining to put it mildly. You did a good job considering the ramifications of mis-speaking on social media. I love your channel and I'm honoured that you study and appreciate my country's history and beauty as much you obviously do.
I live in Asia now, but before 2018 i lived in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - the "Heart of the Cotswolds". The video does the area justice without embellishment. It's a gorgeous area, but so are so many UK places designated "areas of outstanding natural beauty". The Peak District, the Lake District, Snowdonia etc. Just to highlight just how old and untouched so many of our towns and villages are: before (Georgian) Cheltenham, I lived in (Elizabethan) Lavenham, Suffolk. Look that one up online. Historic and beautiful streets of wonky, overhanging half-timbered black/white lived-in houses and a 12th century church. Before that I lived in a London brick-built house from 1880, when Jack the Ripper was at large. Finally, as a teenager I lived in a Welsh farmhouse in Aberystwyth 610 years old. It still had the original windows and frames and was unbearably cold in winter. Oh, BTW, Aberystwyth has the ruins of a 12th century castle which is a lovely place to watch the sunset with your fish and chips.
Oldest pub in the UK is not the porche house 947AD Its the The ferryboat inn 560AD in Cambridge. The porche house is the only one that has been carbon dated and proofed.
I remember visiting the 'Hole in the Wall' Pub in Exeter many years back, and seeing a sign that said it was thought that the place had been serving beer and food since Roman times! I've no idea how true that is, though.🙂
@@frglee think they all have to some extent but none have any viable evidence its all hear say and folk law but being a brit im more persuaded to believe them rather than not it goes without argument we are a pub nation and it all started somewhere i guess. :)
Loved the video Conner, I live in a village that dates back to the 1205, quite a few buildings remain. Our local doctors surgery being one, which was a pub, the floors upstairs are very much slanted, it’s very quintessential English with village fairs, a very old church, cricket ground, tennis courts, and of course a castle. It’s a bit more north than the Cotswold area. I have stayed in the costswold and it is beautiful. There are many many areas of the UK that are stunning, just remember we were badly affected during the 2nd world war. Many places were bombed. We are very lucky to have such history and connection. Happy New Year to you and all your subscribers. Cheers!
The town, now a city where I grew up was absolutely flattened during WW2. There was hardy a building left so we had very little that dated before 1950.
I live in a Cotswold village which does not get any tourists. We have a pub, a primary school, a secondary school, a shop, a doctors and dentists and a couple of churches nearby. These photographic ones often lack the kind of facilities you need as the houses are too expensive for young families. We were lucky when we moved here expecting our first child as the house was quite cheap, and there were other families there, but even our place has gone up to be really expensive. As it is there is one holiday cottage opposite ours and there are still long term residents here, but our children would find it too dear to live. here. Slowly these villages are becoming a pastiche of real life.
@@gillianrimmer7733 It's a blight I'm afraid. I was going to a party in a neighbouring village, but went to the wrong house where a noisy party was in full swing. They could not direct me to the right house as they were holiday makers. When I did find the right place, they told me there were noisy parties all the time at the other house. It was very unpopular.
@@Lily-Bravo, it completely destroys villages. We lived in Empingham in Rutland, next to Rutland Water. The cottages villagers lived in are now half a million to buy. No young village people can afford to buy houses there anymore. The school (which also takes children from all the surrounding villages) is under threat of closure because there are very few young families in the village anymore. It's the same with all the amenities - the village shop, post office, etc... as tourists and Londoners who buy cottages as weekend 'retreats', just don't use the local facilities. We should do what Wales has done, and introduce legislation to prevent the sale of houses to non-locals.
As an Englishman the Cotswolds are beautiful but there are equally some stunning villages in other parts of the England. If you’re able to try and watch Winter Walks from the BBC where people take walks in the English countryside, mostly Yorkshire and Cumbria. I think you’ll find those places just as, if not more beautiful. ❤
It also looks very wintry, in this film. Bibury in the summer time is beautiful - with the river flowing lazily and all the many trout clearly visible.
There is SOMETHING about the Cotswolds though?! I'm Yorkshire born, then moved to London as a kid... I think there are stunning towns across the Uk, including Yorkshire & Cumbria, as you say.. but nothing is as pretty as the Cotswolds.. even in the Winter - Which is why I think it has an edge on other areas
I was brought up in Hampshire and I can tell you it is stunning. the little villages near Winchester are utterly delightful. I prefer the rosy brick work to the stone of the Cotswold. The big estates have still survived . I live near chawton where Jane Austen lived.
Apparently they found Cromwell hiding in a attic in Stapleton!! 15:34 a mile from my house in Bristol,wickham hill,I believe 👍🇬🇧check out Westonbirt school and arboretum,my dad worked at school for 35yrs!!and held his funeral in the church there👍keep up the great clips🍻🤝happy new year!
Thank you for your enthusiasm, please come over to the UK and spend a long time and enjoy. You never know you might become British. Cheers. Kind regards, Graham.
I believe someone or something smile on these islands since the beginning of time ,that’s why we have fought so hard over the centuries to keep these islands free and off course it was worth all the sacrifices our ancestors made on our behalf
Several millennia, we're at 2022 years after the death of Christ and we have towns that were created in the BC's (excavated etc).......if you go back as far as the Anglo Saxon villages, the romans who came through and made entire cities, and the Celts, the people who made Stonehenge ( pagans ) etc. It's actually insane how many civilisations have came through this small island and left bits of its history and culture in ours.
Narrow English lanes often have passing places where they widen to allow vehicles to pass. Drivers know to look ahead and wait in a passing place if someone is coming, or else to reverse up to the previous one. The conventional Thanks signal is a finger casually raised from the steering wheel.
Hi Connor, your question on being able to rent really nice cottages/castles and some unique buildings - you need to have a look at The Landmark Trust. For prices, it depends on the accommodation and time of year. You know what you're looking for and when you'd want to visit.
As someone half English, half Welsh born in London but schooled in Wales, then returned to London to work for 30 years after which I retired early to travel the world 360 degrees for 7 months across 11 countries, plus having visted 27 other countries beforehand, I must agree: On a dry day Brecon is magnificent. However, riding a motorbike through the Brecon Beacons,from Cheltenham, amid a summer rainstorm was utterly miserable (******g s### in fact) and not something I would attempt again.
Hi Connor. Thanks for the compliment. Never been there. but it is nice place. Glad you love our history to. Maybe you'll come to visit us one day. Happy new year to you and your family. All the best in 2023. From UK 🇬🇧 👍👍 an old cockney gal
The Burford church of St.John infact has the original Norman west door intact as well as its Norman tower at the crossing, and the church had a makeover which was mostly new windows around the 15th century. Cheery reaction to our pretty villages Mr. Mc. J, thank you; do scrape yourself uptogether and visit England, especially the pretty countryside and villages and drop into some Inns, lots to see, and come in the summertime!
You can stay at castles if you want to. Some of my family stayed at Tiverton castle once which was a royalist stronghold during the civil war. Maybe look into staying at a castle if you're into that and over here?
Those houses would be pretty much unchanged. Connor; there's a marvellous book in my own personal library called 'Village Buildings In Britain' by Matthew Rice. It can clue you in on the varying styles and building materials. Well illustrated in watercolour and each area has an accompanying map. You can still get it second hand.
I totally get your need to be at one with the land, especially if it's intrinsically linked to your ancestors. There are plenty of walks near where I live, close to the Peak Park, that offer a wide variety of landscapes so get yourself over here and enjoy all it has to offer. There's a small hamlet near me that has family connections to my mother's side of the family and shares the same name. It's had that name since it was inventoried in the Domesday Book back in 1086.
I think one of the most remarkable things about the UK is its geology. It has volcanic rocks in the North & in the South West with all sorts of limestones, sandstones, granite, chalk, clay, in between. The Cotswold stone, a Jurassic limestone, is particularly beautiful & unique to that area. Some areas, such as East Anglia, have no decent stone for building (apart from flint) so brick is used along with timber & rendering; this actually gives a more quirky & individual look to many villages in such areas, the Cotswolds are beautiful but have less variety
Indeed. London is also situated upon a large clay stratum. Hence the innumerable Georgian and Victorian brick buildings lucky enough to have escaped the bombing in WW2
@@thesummerthatwas76 Also meant to say that it's not just the buildings it's the landscape as well, it can change abruptly within 50 miles or less because of the underlying geology. Glaciation is yet another factor to take into account. We're an unholy mess!
@@diogenesagogoVery true. The infinite variety of the UK's geology adds so much individual character to each region, from the building materials to the agriculture and, even, traditions and pastimes.
I lived in the Cotswolds for about 40 years, the last place was in Horsley near Stroud. The house I lived in was an infill, hence it was the newest house in the row, it was only 250 years old.
The Landmark Trust rents out historic buildings, as does the National Trust. Many ecclesiastical buildings were destroyed by Henry VIII, as part of his dispute with Rome. My wife’s sister is rector of a number of parishes in the Cotswolds, with several of the churches being tiny Anglo Saxon buildings.
I have a book written by a US soldier in WW2. His Company arrived in England in the dark, and they travelled overnight in the dark. When they reached their billet, they all collapsed asleep as they were very tired. This guy woke up in the morning and stepped out into the street of a Cotswold village. There was a church and a village green, with all the cottages. He said he thought he was in a Disney set.
@@leec6707 It was 1940s. Many Americans had never been out of their country. The man was finding something he knew to compare with the reality he was experiencing. I know what he meant, but it wasn't offensive. He was impressed.
A Flemish weaver from Bristol, England in the 1300's, is credited with creating the blanket which was a heavily napped woollen weave. This particular weaver considered to be the father of the blanket, probably because his name was Thomas Blanquette.
We are a people born of legends, people have come from far and wide to settle over thousands of years, all jumping into a melting pot that is Great Britan. At least I think that's what you were trying to say.
When he said about blankets, he means woollen blankets as we know them today. One thing you may notice about Castle Combe is that things like TV aerials and masts, satellite dishes and overhead power/phone lines are not allowed to preserve its look.
Should check out Solitary Rambler does walk videos within each different county he has been to within the UK very interesting and showing the countryside at its best.
The Weavers cottages down by the water (brook) would probably have been there around 1450 -1500 much as you see them today but the dormer type windows are late Victorian I'd say, to admit much more light to the upstairs bedrooms. Sometimes timber framed cottages were "refronted" in stone but behind and inside the original 14th century timber house would still remain. One of my cousin's Dorset cottages was rebuilt in stone around 1600 but inside the original timber partitions/walls remain and one is panelled but because the timberwork dates to around 1350 or 1400 it is very simple, just great vertical planks with "muntings" (supporting uprights at intervals). I've seen more panelled interior partitions of the same date but a panelled interior dividing wall with muntings remains in some Almshouses I visited couple of years ago and dates from around 1300.
The Cotswolds cover quite a wide arc, from the other side of Oxford to near Bath. The northern-most Cotswold town is well on the way to Shakespear's Stratford upon Avon.
Historical buildings are rented out by The Landmark Trust. From small cottages to castles. It tends not to be cheap, but very popular, some places booked for many months, years even ahead. They have a website, take a look.
I grew up in the Cotswolds, near the source of the river Thames, and this part of England has hundreds of Cotswold stone houses and walls. The colour of the stone in the late afternoon sunight is magical. The valleys of Stroud called the 'golden valley' by Queen Victoria and also Chipping Camden town are just two awe inspiring locations. Wells, a very small city, in the nearby Mendip Hills is another gem for you to look up, as is Bath.
You need to listen carefully to the narrator as he answered many of your questions. I presume the blanket or the word blanket and a particular weave is what is being spoken about. John the Baptist was the cousin of Jesus of Nazareth - yes that Jesus! So probably quite a big deal LOL - yes you should come and visit.
We have a pub at Rattery in Devon " The Church House Inn 1028 ad. originally built to house the masons that built the church next door. John the Baptist Connor was the man that baptised Jesus . 🇬🇧
Hey Connor, this church is still a baby mate , have a look at Durham Cathedral 1093, 400 years older ,Newcastle got its name from the castle built in 1080 by william the conquerors son. he built over the ruins of the Roman Fort that was originally there, I live in a town on the eastern coast called wallsend, it got its name from the fact it was the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall. built in AD 127.
I live in a 1640s weaver's cottage in the Kentish Weald, designated an Area Of Outsanding Natural Beauty. Like @Valerie Davidson below, I have a Texan neighbour immediately nextdoor, who lives here from March to October to escape the Texan heat. Broadway (the original!) is another beautiful Cotswold village, as is Bourton-on-the-Water. There are so many delicious places for you to visit, Conor - you need to take a whole year and visit all your British UA-cam followers! Also in the Cotswolds is a fabulous house called *Snowshill Manor,* which was home to an eccentric collector - musical instruments, Samurai costumes, bicycles. He lived in the corner of an outbuilding because his collecting took over his home!
Live near to Cotswolds have visited it a lot. It's sort of south west midlands and cover a big part of the midlands. You will need quite a bit of money to live here. You can reach so much from the Cotswolds. It is no cheap. Our old vintage car club does runs round the area.. several celebs and other monied people live here. Yup. Very old
Re your confusion at 9.21- The narrator tells us that this village was notable for the weavers producing felt uniforms ( felt is made from wool) and mentions that the surname of two brothers who were weavers was Blanket - and that their name began to be used to describe wool coverings ie blankets - admittedly, the narrator didn't express this as clearly as he might). But he didn't say anything about them using animal hides. You don't kill a sheep in order to clip its wool.
The tall tower could be a hunting lodge or it could be a Victorian water tower and/or attached to that water mill, it’s hard to tell from the video. Yes, you can rent hunting lodges etc, but they won’t be cheap. I live in a medieval market town in Norfolk. In my local town our oldest pub/hotel dates from the 16th century. 😃
@@alisonrandall3039 It is. You can visit it and see the rooms inside. In the 19th century, it was used as a holiday retreat by artists Dante Gabriel Rosetti, Edward Burne-Jones and, in particular, William Morris, the Arts and Crafts practitioner.
Hi Connor. The UK has a great network of public footpaths and bridal ways. These are protected by law and nearly always cross private land. The pathway remains a public highway and farmers are not allowed to say have bulls in that field. Other fields may be growing crops of hay or vegetables but the highway remains. It is beholden of walkers to keep to the path and to keep their dogs on leads so as to reduce damage and animal worrying. For example I live in a mixed farming area and there are regularly signs on gateways reminding walkers that during lambing to keep your dog on a lead. Many of these ancient paths have become “public rights of way” because of old paths which radiated from villages to churches and to other villages, mills and pubs.
Hi Connor - you need to check out The Landmark Trust. This Trust restores historic buildings and rents them out to tourists. They range from castles to cottages etc. They are all in amazing locations throughout the UK. To answer your other question then yes this is very accurate film of the various villages that are in the Cotswold area.
My dear boy. The oldest building in town where I am is a pub. It was built in the late 1500s from old ship timbers and has been empty for almost 30 years. Pretty much sums up the UK economy right now...
the oldest pub in the uk i allways thought was the ye olde jerusurlum in nottingham 1130s built into the side of a limestone cliff below the castle,has built in 1170s cells in the basement as well part of the castle
Great video and reaction Connor. The Cotswolds is beautiful but so are so many many places in the UK. The New Forest, hunting ground of William the Conqueror is stunningly beautiful but the list is frankly endless.
I thought it was Henry VIII who loved to hunt deer in the New Forest? I'm pretty sure it was he that was responsible for the massive thinning of it by harvesting the large oak trees used to build Britain's famous and feared naval fleet.
@@thesummerthatwas76 The New Forest is one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in Southern England, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire. It was proclaimed a royal forest by William the Conqueror, featuring in the Domesday Book.
@@trailerman2 Good to know. Thanks for the correction. I once enjoyed a stand-up "love liason" with a girlfriend in a blackberry copse in the New Forest, you should know. Just in case you wanted to comment.
To answer your question. there is very tight restrictions on ancient buildings, with regard to alterations. In other words, you'd have to obtain permission. So, there's not much change to these cottages etc.
Happy New Year Connor! We also have the will to preserve these places and laws to protect them. For example, if you buy a grade 2 listed property, there are strict laws as to what you can and cannot do, which can lead to additional expense. It’s not cheap to maintain historical buildings! Yes, you can hire out follies etc I think the landmark trust is one such place. Many castles and great houses have become hotels, just watch out for ghosts!
One of the oldest pubs in England dates from 978 ad ,shut in 2020 ,is supposed to reopen 2023 ,the Language spoken at the time would have Been Anglo-Saxon,
You're quite right about our relatively uninterrupted and calm history, Conor. Property developers of the 1950s-70s actually did more damage to our old buildings, towns and cities than all the wars, civil wars and periods of unrest put together.
You can rent out castles yes , and big country houses …. But it ain’t cheap. My mates rented out a lighthouse last Halloween. And in regard to houses bro g the same as they were in Victorian times , yes they are the same Victorian houses in the UK are not really considered that old . My terrace house was built in 1895 as were the thousands of houses that surround it .
In Portugal you can B&B a room in a castle. Elsewhere they are mostly used to celebrate fancy weddings. Of course many castles are private, and many more are ruins. There is a great video of what it took for the wife of an Australian millionaire to completely renovate a Scottish castle ;-)
Many windows and doors in these places have to remain the same, they can be restored or reconditioned. But cannot change in appearance. You can fit modern windows or doors within the internal building, but all exterior items cannot change unless you get planning permission
St John the Baptist... isn't he pretty important? I love you Americans. If you visit the Cotswolds, the best time of the year is between March and June. Beautiful.
I live on the Cotswold way long distance footpath. Often I meet up with Americans walking the trail. It's a real privilege to live here. Not far from where I live are iron age long barrows and bronze age kists.
I live on the outskirts of the cotswolds less than half a mile outside of being in the cotswolds. The cotswolds is a massive area. There are so many towns and , villages that are worth a look. If your Into scenery and historic buildings. . If you are a keen walker or cyclist this is the only way to get the flavour of them. To cycle or walk the footpaths in and around them. Castle Coombe is a chocolate box village as is Bibury to name but a couple. I have been to both many times over the years but you can walk the frontages end to end in less then 5 minutes unless you are happy with the odd village pub and taking in the scenery, walking and or cycling. There's not much else to do unless you go to bigger towns with shops n clubs etc.
Oh Conner, you sweet innocent child. Pretty much everywhere in the UK has old buildings. My own village's first appeared in documents in 1086 although the oldest remaining building is a manor house from 1611, which is still inhabited. The church though dates from the early 19th century when the village grew rapidly as, common in this party of the UK (Yorkshire), mining became the main industry. A neighbouring village 1 mile away, my birth place, however is older, appearing in the Domesday Book, the detailed census produced on the orders of William the Conquerer when he wanted to learn everything about the country he had invaded & conquered. The Domesday Book was written in 1086, 20 years after the Norman invasion. Earl Edwin had been the lord in 1066, but he was replaced by Ilbert of Lacy (originally from the Calvados area of France which, coincidentally, was near where I lived when I worked in France), whom William rewarded with 249 manors, mainly in Yorkshire, but also a few (less than 10) in Nottinghamshire & 1 in Lincolnshire. Originally (1066-1086) Ilbert was simply the tennant but he was made lord in 1086 & given more manors, including more in Lincolnshire & some in Oxfordshire, Surrey & Buckinghamshire. In 1086, my birth village had 48 villagers, 12 smallholders & 3 priests. Regarding land & resources there were 38 ploughlands (,a ploughland was the amount of land which could be ploughed by a team of 8 oxen in a year, approximately 120 acres), 12 lord's plough teams (a plough tram was a group of 8 oxen), 16 men's plough teams (groups of 8 oxen owned by peasants as opposed to the lord), 30 acress of meadowland (land used for pasture, usually for sheep), woodland pasture (this was used by pigs for foraging) 2 leagues long by 1 league wide, 3 mills, valued at 10 shillings & 3 churches. The entire amount was valued at 16 pounds in 1086. The area was classed as "partially waste". About 10% of land in England was classed as waste, meaning it could not be taxed. A lot of this was in the North or the Welsh borders & had been destroyed by fighting after the invasion. Prior to the Norman period, the Romans had a fort nearby, Lagentium, established in circa 70AD on the site of an old Brigantes' settlement. It was a turf & tner fort built to guard a river ford & also the road north. That road actually goes through my village. When the Romans left, this area was part of the independent state of Elmet, ruled by Celts, which wasn't taken over by the Anglo-Saxons until 616 or 717AD, when it was conquered by King Edwin of Northumbria, later than other parts of England. Near to the Roman Road is Grim's Ditch, which was originally thought to be part of the road but is in reality from the Dark Ages. About 3 miles away, across the fields is a Tudor-Jacobean manor house, the birthplace of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, who married Mary Queen of Scots. By 1086 the land was owned by Ilbert de Lacy, but before then its owners were Dunstan & Glunoer, Anglo-Saxons thanes. In 1155, Henry de Lacy, gave it to the Knights Templars who built a preceptory & farms on it. It was a large holding, with 1100 animals. In 1307 the Templars were suppressed, due to the machinations of the king of France who wanted their wealth. The English king Edward II granted the manor to Sir Robert Holland, who held it until 1323 when he was deprived of his estates. in 1327 it was granted to Mary de St Pol, the Countess of Pembroke, who held the manor for 50 years. In 1377 by royal decree the estate went to Philip Darcy, 4th Baron Darcy de Knayth. It then passed through several members of the Darcy family, until it was inherited by the 21-year old Thomas, Lord Darcy in 1488. Between 1500-1520, significant building work was done. The next step significant building period started in 1624, with the rebuilding of North & south Wales NHS & the east was demolished due to fire damage. In 1712, a new approach to the manor was designed, infusing abridge & ponds. Between 1738-46, more remodelling was completed, on the west & north wings, creating new bedrooms, dressing rooms & a picture gallery. In the 1760s, Capability Brown was asked to re-landscape the park &, apart from a few minor changes, the house was as it is today. In 1922 it was sold for a nominal sum to the cort of Leeds, & the following year it was opened to the public. It's been the site of major events, such Party in the park, Opera in the Park, it was the price final venue for the Leeds part of the trading & Leeds festival (one of the UK's major music festivals). It's also the site of the slam Dunk Festival. Every year numerous events are held in its grounds, such as charity events & sporting events. There's also the largest rare breeds farm in Europe (Home Farm) on site which also uses a barn built-in 1694. The stables used to house the police horses used in the city too. It's an important location for culture too, with the Chippendale Society hosting a permanent collection there. It's been classed as 1 of the top 3 non-national museums in the UK. It's not surprising there's so much history everywhere in the UK. People have been living her for millenia &, more importantly, they have been building with materials that last a long time. There have probably been people living in the US for as long, yet the native Americans used building materials which rotted over time. Additionally many had a nomadic lifestyle, travelling around following the animals they hunted, so they didn't need buildings which would stay standing for years, & they were limited in the amount they could carry with them which is not conducive to them spending time & money on the works of art we now put in museums.
Beautiful. I lived in Abingdon, Oxfordshire for years, and in Aberdeenshire in Scotland (stunning). I'm in Sussex, atm, near Eastbourne, Brighton and Lewes (pronounced Loo-iss) and it's also stunning here. Check out Rye, which is a beautiful local village here in East Sussex. It's got one of the most photographed and painted streets of any village in England. Look forward to the next one 👍
You may be right about the lack of destruction due to revolutions etc, but the UK has for decades been very insistent on preserving much of our heritage through planning and other laws as well as setting up bodies like the National Trust and English Heritage (and Scottish/Welsh equivalents). Some of these restrictions would be viewed in the states as going against personal freedom, but preserves heritage for the common good, and astutely for tourism which brings a lot of revenue. You might want to check out a fellow American UA-camr called Magenta Otter, who has done a lot of really great videos, particularly around the Cotswolds.
It hasn't stopped people attacking these islands, though - both large and small. We've just tended to be (mostly) better at fighting them off. But slaves were taken, to row and man Barbary ships, from all around the South of the British Isles.
Hey guys! If anyone has been to or lives in this area I would love to hear what you think about this video and if it accurately depicts this part of England. Is it as beautiful as it looks?? DM me on discord if you'd like or comment below! I don't usually do these types of comments but these images were just so damn beautiful. Have a great day everyone
I live on the edge of the Cotwolds, in north Wiltshire. Most of these places are an easy drive away. And yes, it's a beautiful part of the country. Well worth visiting next time you are this way.
I live in the South West, yes it's so beautiful!! The National Trust have many properties, of all types, some of which can be rented.
I live on the edge of the Cotswolds in South Warwickshire and it is absolutely beautiful, Chipping Campden, Broadway,and Blockley are some of my favourite Cotswolds towns. Winchcombe is also a place I definitely suggest you check out as it has many Saxon myths related to it as well as Little Rollright and the Rollright stones.
Hi.
In the rural Lincolnshire village I grew up in as a child of less than 3000 population there is a grade 1 listed parish church that dates back to 1068ad.
Nearly 1000 years later, every week the parishioners still attend services by passing beneath the norman carved archway over the entrance door.
It's quite a common thing here in the UK to have very old village churches that are at least 500, 600, 700 years old.
@@stuartfitch7093 1068!?!? Can you visit as a tourist? Go inside? Or only look from the street
I am an 84 Yr old English lady and I live right on the edge of the Cotswolds. I was born here and as a child my parents took me round the villages so I have known them all my life. I love this area and for villages I think this area is unique because there are so many of them and they are all beautiful. As it said in the video mostly they have been untouched for centuries. You should visit in the summer though when all the flowers are out and I think it unfortunate that the video was filmed in winter. I should mention that I have travelled a fair bit. I have lived in Africa for three years, seen a lot of Europe and been to the US twice (East and west) so I have seen a lot of different landscapes.
There is a lady from Texas who lives near me every summer and goes back to Texas in the winter. She owns an apartment here and loves this area although she goes all over England. She is on You Tube -.Magenta Otter. You would find her videos interesting. She has done a lot on the Cotswolds.
You re one lucky Lady! 🙂it would be my dream to live in one of these old English villages, If i ever make the lottery, i ll 100 % move there now in old age...i always wanted to go there on vacation but somehow up to now never did. I love these old cozy buildings and streets, and especially the landscape, the woods and fields. In My Germany, unfortunately these old villages have all gone and been "modernized" or sold by the heirs.... I love watching Miss Marple films with Margaret Rutherford just mainly for the reason of seeing these nice old buildings and streets and the "atmosphere". I know they re not filmed in the 19th century but these films give that fine 19th century vibe. As a huge singing bird lover, i also love the chirping i hear in this reaction video... 🙂
i just moved out of the cotswolds fed up of being near nothing
Actually Connor, I think it is really about time you went to the UK and travel around for a few weeks. You are so much into British landscapes, villages, history and such that you should be more than ready to simply.....go! You'll love it! I'm Dutch, so a lot nearer to the UK than you are and it will always be my favourit country to visit!!!
Yes I think you should I'm sure subscribers like me could give you tour of our areas :) I could show you around Giggleswick school in Settle, North Yorkshire (Built in 1499)
Connor, there are plenty of “castle” type buildings say 17th 18th century that you can stay in for 1 night or more. Approximately £200 per night. You need to plan your visit to the Uk by area. You need to maybe do more than 5 visits as each area you’ll spend at least 2 weeks looking around an area at a time. London I believe you’ll spend a minimum of 3 weeks and still not see everything. Your ability to store knowledge of the Uk is great and I truly believe once you come you’ll feel hard of leaving. We have so much to offer you and I know you have much to offer us. Happy New year to you and your family.
Thank you @dirkjelier1283, many Dutch folk travel around Wiltshire in the summertime. I always say summer has arrived when I see the first Dutch car each year!
Thank you Dirk. I love the Dutch and have met your fellow countrymen when travelling around the UK from Cornwall in the South West right up to the remotest top tip of Scotland. Always friendly, courteous and respectful. You are always welcome !
Anyone offering to pay for him 🤣🤣
My friend from America wanted to bring here (the UK) his RV to travel around. It was explained to him it ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE, not because it is not allowed but because his RV WOULDN'T FIT on English roads, especially the rural ones.
I've seen an American RV in rural Britain. It's not the size of the roads that are the problem it's how ridiculous the RV looks!
I drive HGV’s around those country lanes you’re talking,your friend might not be able to drive UK lanes,but an RV isn’t bigger then the lorries that regularly drive them..
@@B-A-L his was 3 bedroom one. 😄
@@markhepworth his was 3 bedroom one and the places he wanted to see have only one lane. I know one place like that near Cobham in Kent. The 7 seater had difficulty to fit in.
Re “A blanket could just be an animal hide.”(9:19) Dictionaries define a blanket is a large piece of woollen or similar woven material used as a covering for warmth. Therefore an animal hide is not a blanket.
About 60 years ago I came upon a traffic jam on one of our small roads which turned out to caused by Kirk Douglas in a huge Cadillac, It took about half an hour to get him out of there!
Somebody made a youtube video from the Cotswolds a few weeks ago when it was snowing, it was even more beautiful.
Ooh what’s the link, please?
Just a point of interest, Connor. Many places in the UK have astoundingly old churches. They were repaired and sustained throughout the centuries as they were focal points in communities.
Not far from me is Sompting Parish Church, originally built in the Saxon era (base of the tower still remains) but the remainder was rebuilt shortly after the Battle of Hastings. It is mentionaed in the Domesday Book.
Many of these churches were built in phases, bits added on here and there over the centuries. Some of our churches are unbelievably old. I once visited St Peter's Chapel, which stands in a field near the sea at Bradwell on Sea in Essex and it was built around 660 A.D.
Yeah I live near at Giles church an amazing church
I'm 12 miles away!
Blanket is a brand name. Like in the UK, we always say hoover instead of vacuum. Thomas Blanket made the OG blanket in 1340's.
That’s not true - regardless of what Thomas Blanket did or did not contribute, ‘Blanket’ is not a ‘brand’ name - Hoover, on the other hand is because it was a registered brand name of a company called ‘Hoover’. It’s like saying ‘Sandwich’ is a brand name… most every item we know was originated by someone - doesn’t mean everything is just a brand. Someone first called a brick a brick…
@@MarthaMansbridge "Brand - a type of product manufactured by a particular company under a particular name"...... He produced the Blanket under the name Blanket.... Did you miss that bit? Im not sure what your point is. Legal registering of trademarks didnt exist for 500 years. Im sure he would have if it did. Are you trying to say he didnt make blankets? Or that they were calling them blankets before him?
Not according to the Oxford Learner's Dictionary:
Middle English (denoting undyed woollen cloth): via Old Northern French from Old French blanc ‘white’, ultimately of Germanic origin.
I know which derivation I take as fact. More likely that the brothers took their name from the product they were manufacturing.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanket
Steady on chaps! "Let's not quibble and bicker over who killed who." (Copyright Monty Python films 1979)
Conner, just love how much you're interested in the UK and how much you know, you know things about the uk that I didn't even know and I've lived in London all my life and thought i knew everything.I'm 66, but watching you has made me Google stuff that I didn't know. Thanks for opening up my mind xxx
Your bit at the end explaining how we have been there for thousands of years...this is where our sense of pride comes from.
Of course you can stay in fabulous historical buildings in the UK. We have so many to choose from!
The Landmark Trust is a great site with many places for rent, from ancient, haunted to just plain weird!
Depends what you like, if you like timber framed houses, Lavenham in Suffolk is the place. You never see it on UA-camr sites. Many properties predates your country. The weaving industry was in East Anglia in early medieval times. Beautiful places all over the UK.
Totally agree. I lived in Long Melford prior to retiring to warmer climes. What Long Melford lacked in Lavenham's famous Elizabethan half timbered buildings and ice cream parlours, was made up for with EIGHT good pubs and a majestic stately home.
With family and friends I walked The Cotswold Way which extends from the quintessentially English market town of Chipping Campden to the Roman city of Bath. The 102 mile route takes you through lots of beautiful Cotswold villages and quintessentially English countryside. We stayed at a series of quaint rented Cotswold cottages along the way. It's a great way to explore the Cotswolds if you have a week or two to spend there.
LOL. The endtro to your video was excellent, Connor. The way you tied yourself in knots trying to get across your wish to reconnect with your British/Irish ancestry while not using any contentious words, such as "native" or "immigrant", was entertaining to put it mildly. You did a good job considering the ramifications of mis-speaking on social media. I love your channel and I'm honoured that you study and appreciate my country's history and beauty as much you obviously do.
I live in Asia now, but before 2018 i lived in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - the "Heart of the Cotswolds". The video does the area justice without embellishment. It's a gorgeous area, but so are so many UK places designated "areas of outstanding natural beauty". The Peak District, the Lake District, Snowdonia etc. Just to highlight just how old and untouched so many of our towns and villages are: before (Georgian) Cheltenham, I lived in (Elizabethan) Lavenham, Suffolk. Look that one up online. Historic and beautiful streets of wonky, overhanging half-timbered black/white lived-in houses and a 12th century church. Before that I lived in a London brick-built house from 1880, when Jack the Ripper was at large. Finally, as a teenager I lived in a Welsh farmhouse in Aberystwyth 610 years old. It still had the original windows and frames and was unbearably cold in winter. Oh, BTW, Aberystwyth has the ruins of a 12th century castle which is a lovely place to watch the sunset with your fish and chips.
I love the oldest pub in England,
I’ve been to loads of them!
I was about to type the same thing,if you had a pint in every “oldest pub in England”....you’d drink yourself to death..
Oldest pub in the UK is not the porche house 947AD Its the The ferryboat inn 560AD in Cambridge. The porche house is the only one that has been carbon dated and proofed.
Guinness World Records lists the oldest pub as Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St Albans 793CE
I remember visiting the 'Hole in the Wall' Pub in Exeter many years back, and seeing a sign that said it was thought that the place had been serving beer and food since Roman times! I've no idea how true that is, though.🙂
@@frglee think they all have to some extent but none have any viable evidence its all hear say and folk law but being a brit im more persuaded to believe them rather than not it goes without argument we are a pub nation and it all started somewhere i guess. :)
Loved the video Conner, I live in a village that dates back to the 1205, quite a few buildings remain. Our local doctors surgery being one, which was a pub, the floors upstairs are very much slanted, it’s very quintessential English with village fairs, a very old church, cricket ground, tennis courts, and of course a castle. It’s a bit more north than the Cotswold area. I have stayed in the costswold and it is beautiful. There are many many areas of the UK that are stunning, just remember we were badly affected during the 2nd world war. Many places were bombed. We are very lucky to have such history and connection. Happy New Year to you and all your subscribers. Cheers!
The town, now a city where I grew up was absolutely flattened during WW2. There was hardy a building left so we had very little that dated before 1950.
I live in a Cotswold village which does not get any tourists. We have a pub, a primary school, a secondary school, a shop, a doctors and dentists and a couple of churches nearby. These photographic ones often lack the kind of facilities you need as the houses are too expensive for young families. We were lucky when we moved here expecting our first child as the house was quite cheap, and there were other families there, but even our place has gone up to be really expensive. As it is there is one holiday cottage opposite ours and there are still long term residents here, but our children would find it too dear to live. here. Slowly these villages are becoming a pastiche of real life.
Lucky you. I'm next to tetbury and badminton.
Until recently we lived in a village in Rutland. The tourists seem to be taking over, with lots of cottages turning into Airbnbs
@@gillianrimmer7733 It's a blight I'm afraid. I was going to a party in a neighbouring village, but went to the wrong house where a noisy party was in full swing. They could not direct me to the right house as they were holiday makers. When I did find the right place, they told me there were noisy parties all the time at the other house. It was very unpopular.
@@Lily-Bravo, it completely destroys villages. We lived in Empingham in Rutland, next to Rutland Water.
The cottages villagers lived in are now half a million to buy. No young village people can afford to buy houses there anymore. The school (which also takes children from all the surrounding villages) is under threat of closure because there are very few young families in the village anymore.
It's the same with all the amenities - the village shop, post office, etc... as tourists and Londoners who buy cottages as weekend 'retreats', just don't use the local facilities. We should do what Wales has done, and introduce legislation to prevent the sale of houses to non-locals.
It's a shame.
As an Englishman the Cotswolds are beautiful but there are equally some stunning villages in other parts of the England. If you’re able to try and watch Winter Walks from the BBC where people take walks in the English countryside, mostly Yorkshire and Cumbria. I think you’ll find those places just as, if not more beautiful. ❤
It also looks very wintry, in this film. Bibury in the summer time is beautiful - with the river flowing lazily and all the many trout clearly visible.
There is SOMETHING about the Cotswolds though?! I'm Yorkshire born, then moved to London as a kid... I think there are stunning towns across the Uk, including Yorkshire & Cumbria, as you say.. but nothing is as pretty as the Cotswolds.. even in the Winter - Which is why I think it has an edge on other areas
I was brought up in Hampshire and I can tell you it is stunning. the little villages near Winchester are utterly delightful. I prefer the rosy brick work to the stone of the Cotswold. The big estates have still survived . I live near chawton where Jane Austen lived.
Yes I’m from Derbyshire we have some beautiful villages & it’s all a bit more real & less gentrfied
Apparently they found Cromwell hiding in a attic in Stapleton!! 15:34 a mile from my house in Bristol,wickham hill,I believe
👍🇬🇧check out Westonbirt school and arboretum,my dad worked at school for 35yrs!!and held his funeral in the church there👍keep up the great clips🍻🤝happy new year!
Just a little way down the road from Charles's pile at Highgrove.
@@wessexdruid7598 yeah that’s the badger😉
Thank you for your enthusiasm, please come over to the UK and spend a long time and enjoy. You never know you might become British. Cheers. Kind regards, Graham.
Definitely do more like this this video was cool 👍🏻
Stunning! I don't live too far away from the Cotswolds and yes, it is beautiful. Old untouched England at it's best.
I once lived near Tattershall castle in Lincolnshire and there is a story that an American guy wanted to buy it and ship it to the US.
I believe someone or something smile on these islands since the beginning of time ,that’s why we have fought so hard over the centuries to keep these islands free and off course it was worth all the sacrifices our ancestors made on our behalf
Several millennia, we're at 2022 years after the death of Christ and we have towns that were created in the BC's (excavated etc).......if you go back as far as the Anglo Saxon villages, the romans who came through and made entire cities, and the Celts, the people who made Stonehenge ( pagans ) etc. It's actually insane how many civilisations have came through this small island and left bits of its history and culture in ours.
Narrow English lanes often have passing places where they widen to allow vehicles to pass. Drivers know to look ahead and wait in a passing place if someone is coming, or else to reverse up to the previous one. The conventional Thanks signal is a finger casually raised from the steering wheel.
You need to travel to england, in my town the pub i go in was built in 1100. Really take things like that for granted
Hi Connor, your question on being able to rent really nice cottages/castles and some unique buildings - you need to have a look at The Landmark Trust. For prices, it depends on the accommodation and time of year. You know what you're looking for and when you'd want to visit.
And you need a big bank balance
What about wales. My son lives in the Brecon beacons national park. It's stunningly beautiful. x
Wales is beautiful 🏴
As someone half English, half Welsh born in London but schooled in Wales, then returned to London to work for 30 years after which I retired early to travel the world 360 degrees for 7 months across 11 countries, plus having visted 27 other countries beforehand, I must agree: On a dry day Brecon is magnificent. However, riding a motorbike through the Brecon Beacons,from Cheltenham, amid a summer rainstorm was utterly miserable (******g s### in fact) and not something I would attempt again.
Hi Connor. Thanks for the compliment. Never been there. but it is nice place. Glad you love our history to. Maybe you'll come to visit us one day. Happy new year to you and your family. All the best in 2023. From UK 🇬🇧 👍👍 an old cockney gal
The Burford church of St.John infact has the original Norman west door intact as well as its Norman tower at the crossing, and the church had a makeover which was mostly new windows around the 15th century. Cheery reaction to our pretty villages Mr. Mc. J, thank you; do scrape yourself uptogether and visit England, especially the pretty countryside and villages and drop into some Inns, lots to see, and come in the summertime!
You can stay at castles if you want to. Some of my family stayed at Tiverton castle once which was a royalist stronghold during the civil war. Maybe look into staying at a castle if you're into that and over here?
Those houses would be pretty much unchanged.
Connor; there's a marvellous book in my own personal library called 'Village Buildings In Britain' by Matthew Rice. It can clue you in on the varying styles and building materials. Well illustrated in watercolour and each area has an accompanying map. You can still get it second hand.
I totally get your need to be at one with the land, especially if it's intrinsically linked to your ancestors.
There are plenty of walks near where I live, close to the Peak Park, that offer a wide variety of landscapes so get yourself over here and enjoy all it has to offer. There's a small hamlet near me that has family connections to my mother's side of the family and shares the same name. It's had that name since it was inventoried in the Domesday Book back in 1086.
I think one of the most remarkable things about the UK is its geology. It has volcanic rocks in the North & in the South West with all sorts of limestones, sandstones, granite, chalk, clay, in between. The Cotswold stone, a Jurassic limestone, is particularly beautiful & unique to that area. Some areas, such as East Anglia, have no decent stone for building (apart from flint) so brick is used along with timber & rendering; this actually gives a more quirky & individual look to many villages in such areas, the Cotswolds are beautiful but have less variety
Indeed. London is also situated upon a large clay stratum. Hence the innumerable Georgian and Victorian brick buildings lucky enough to have escaped the bombing in WW2
@@thesummerthatwas76 Also meant to say that it's not just the buildings it's the landscape as well, it can change abruptly within 50 miles or less because of the underlying geology. Glaciation is yet another factor to take into account. We're an unholy mess!
@@diogenesagogoVery true. The infinite variety of the UK's geology adds so much individual character to each region, from the building materials to the agriculture and, even, traditions and pastimes.
I lived in the Cotswolds for about 40 years, the last place was in Horsley near Stroud. The house I lived in was an infill, hence it was the newest house in the row, it was only 250 years old.
The Landmark Trust rents out historic buildings, as does the National Trust. Many ecclesiastical buildings were destroyed by Henry VIII, as part of his dispute with Rome. My wife’s sister is rector of a number of parishes in the Cotswolds, with several of the churches being tiny Anglo Saxon buildings.
I have a book written by a US soldier in WW2. His Company arrived in England in the dark, and they travelled overnight in the dark. When they reached their billet, they all collapsed asleep as they were very tired. This guy woke up in the morning and stepped out into the street of a Cotswold village. There was a church and a village green, with all the cottages. He said he thought he was in a Disney set.
I find the Disney comparison quite insulting. Reducing our beautiful scenery to USA tackiness.
@@leec6707 It was 1940s. Many Americans had never been out of their country. The man was finding something he knew to compare with the reality he was experiencing. I know what he meant, but it wasn't offensive. He was impressed.
Oldest pub in NYC is Fraunces Tavern near The Battery. George Washington said farewell to his troops from there.
Yes! That’s the one! Thank you 😮
A Flemish weaver from Bristol, England in the 1300's, is credited with creating the blanket which was a heavily napped woollen weave. This particular weaver considered to be the father of the blanket, probably because his name was Thomas Blanquette.
They themselves have taken apart a windmill of bricks from 1800 in the Netherlands and in America. Rebuilt. Charlie Vest has been there.
You do make me laugh in a very lovely way happy new year sweetheart ❤🇬🇧😊😊
We are a people born of legends, people have come from far and wide to settle over thousands of years, all jumping into a melting pot that is Great Britan. At least I think that's what you were trying to say.
Great reaction Connor.Followed you from day 1.Youre becoming quite British.
These fabulous places look even more beautiful in spring and early summer.
I literally live 10 minutes in the car away from Castle Combe. There is a car race track there and I can hear them from my house on race days.
When he said about blankets, he means woollen blankets as we know them today.
One thing you may notice about Castle Combe is that things like TV aerials and masts, satellite dishes and overhead power/phone lines are not allowed to preserve its look.
Should check out Solitary Rambler does walk videos within each different county he has been to within the UK very interesting and showing the countryside at its best.
The Weavers cottages down by the water (brook) would probably have been there around 1450 -1500 much as you see them today but the dormer type windows are late Victorian I'd say, to admit much more light to the upstairs bedrooms. Sometimes timber framed cottages were "refronted" in stone but behind and inside the original 14th century timber house would still remain. One of my cousin's Dorset cottages was rebuilt in stone around 1600 but inside the original timber partitions/walls remain and one is panelled but because the timberwork dates to around 1350 or 1400 it is very simple, just great vertical planks with "muntings" (supporting uprights at intervals). I've seen more panelled interior partitions of the same date but a panelled interior dividing wall with muntings remains in some Almshouses I visited couple of years ago and dates from around 1300.
The Cotswolds cover quite a wide arc, from the other side of Oxford to near Bath.
The northern-most Cotswold town is well on the way to Shakespear's Stratford upon Avon.
Yes its near bristol! That's where I live, but never been to the Cotswolds not as yet!
Historical buildings are rented out by The Landmark Trust. From small cottages to castles. It tends not to be cheap, but very popular, some places booked for many months, years even ahead. They have a website, take a look.
Early 1800’s? Aww that’s cute it’s like a baby
A few pubs claim to be the oldest pub in England. The Fighting Cocks in St Albans is one of them.
I grew up in the Cotswolds, near the source of the river Thames, and this part of England has hundreds of Cotswold stone houses and walls. The colour of the stone in the late afternoon sunight is magical. The valleys of Stroud called the 'golden valley' by Queen Victoria and also Chipping Camden town are just two awe inspiring locations. Wells, a very small city, in the nearby Mendip Hills is another gem for you to look up, as is Bath.
You need to listen carefully to the narrator as he answered many of your questions. I presume the blanket or the word blanket and a particular weave is what is being spoken about. John the Baptist was the cousin of Jesus of Nazareth - yes that Jesus! So probably quite a big deal LOL - yes you should come and visit.
We have a pub at Rattery in Devon " The Church House Inn
1028 ad. originally built to house the masons that built the church next door. John the Baptist Connor was the man that baptised Jesus . 🇬🇧
Hey Connor, this church is still a baby mate , have a look at Durham Cathedral 1093, 400 years older ,Newcastle got its name from the castle built in 1080 by william the conquerors son. he built over the ruins of the Roman Fort that was originally there, I live in a town on the eastern coast called wallsend, it got its name from the fact it was the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall. built in AD 127.
Contrary to popular belief the most scenic place with pleasant natured people is in a place called 'Hull'
Rotherham is probably the most quaint town in England, Luton a close second but for that quintessential tradional city, has to be Bradford.
3:18 yea champing
I live in a 1640s weaver's cottage in the Kentish Weald, designated an Area Of Outsanding Natural Beauty. Like @Valerie Davidson below, I have a Texan neighbour immediately nextdoor, who lives here from March to October to escape the Texan heat. Broadway (the original!) is another beautiful Cotswold village, as is Bourton-on-the-Water.
There are so many delicious places for you to visit, Conor - you need to take a whole year and visit all your British UA-cam followers!
Also in the Cotswolds is a fabulous house called *Snowshill Manor,* which was home to an eccentric collector - musical instruments, Samurai costumes, bicycles. He lived in the corner of an outbuilding because his collecting took over his home!
My dream home would be this place . Beautiful .
Live near to Cotswolds have visited it a lot. It's sort of south west midlands and cover a big part of the midlands. You will need quite a bit of money to live here. You can reach so much from the Cotswolds. It is no cheap. Our old vintage car club does runs round the area.. several celebs and other monied people live here. Yup. Very old
Re your confusion at 9.21- The narrator tells us that this village was notable for the weavers producing felt uniforms ( felt is made from wool) and mentions that the surname of two brothers who were weavers was Blanket - and that their name began to be used to describe wool coverings ie blankets - admittedly, the narrator didn't express this as clearly as he might). But he didn't say anything about them using animal hides. You don't kill a sheep in order to clip its wool.
The tall tower could be a hunting lodge or it could be a Victorian water tower and/or attached to that water mill, it’s hard to tell from the video. Yes, you can rent hunting lodges etc, but they won’t be cheap. I live in a medieval market town in Norfolk. In my local town our oldest pub/hotel dates from the 16th century. 😃
It’s Broadway Tower a foley. The surrounding area was designed by Capability Brown.
@@alisonrandall3039 It is. You can visit it and see the rooms inside. In the 19th century, it was used as a holiday retreat by artists Dante Gabriel Rosetti, Edward Burne-Jones and, in particular, William Morris, the Arts and Crafts practitioner.
@@MrBulky992 thank you. I live near Cirencester. 😁
@@MrBulky992 thank you. I live near Cirencester. 😁
You can rent out bits of castles, follies, old towers, etc for holidays from the Labdmark Trust, though they tend to be eyewateringly expensive
Hi Connor. The UK has a great network of public footpaths and bridal ways. These are protected by law and nearly always cross private land. The pathway remains a public highway and farmers are not allowed to say have bulls in that field. Other fields may be growing crops of hay or vegetables but the highway remains. It is beholden of walkers to keep to the path and to keep their dogs on leads so as to reduce damage and animal worrying. For example I live in a mixed farming area and there are regularly signs on gateways reminding walkers that during lambing to keep your dog on a lead. Many of these ancient paths have become “public rights of way” because of old paths which radiated from villages to churches and to other villages, mills and pubs.
Hi Connor - you need to check out The Landmark Trust. This Trust restores historic buildings and rents them out to tourists. They range from castles to cottages etc. They are all in amazing locations throughout the UK. To answer your other question then yes this is very accurate film of the various villages that are in the Cotswold area.
My dear boy. The oldest building in town where I am is a pub. It was built in the late 1500s from old ship timbers and has been empty for almost 30 years. Pretty much sums up the UK economy right now...
the oldest pub in the uk i allways thought was the ye olde jerusurlum in nottingham 1130s built into the side of a limestone cliff below the castle,has built in 1170s cells in the basement as well part of the castle
Great video and reaction Connor. The Cotswolds is beautiful but so are so many many places in the UK. The New Forest, hunting ground of William the Conqueror is stunningly beautiful but the list is frankly endless.
I thought it was Henry VIII who loved to hunt deer in the New Forest? I'm pretty sure it was he that was responsible for the massive thinning of it by harvesting the large oak trees used to build Britain's famous and feared naval fleet.
@@thesummerthatwas76 The New Forest is one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in Southern England, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire. It was proclaimed a royal forest by William the Conqueror, featuring in the Domesday Book.
@@trailerman2 Good to know. Thanks for the correction. I once enjoyed a stand-up "love liason" with a girlfriend in a blackberry copse in the New Forest, you should know. Just in case you wanted to comment.
@@thesummerthatwas76 I think I might have some photos of that.....😂😂
I love your surprise at history, we take it for granted here, for instance the church I see from my window predates Columbus
To answer your question. there is very tight restrictions on ancient buildings, with regard to alterations. In other words, you'd have to obtain permission. So, there's not much change to these cottages etc.
The most beautiful and the most expensive properties.
Happy New Year Connor! We also have the will to preserve these places and laws to protect them. For example, if you buy a grade 2 listed property, there are strict laws as to what you can and cannot do, which can lead to additional expense. It’s not cheap to maintain historical buildings! Yes, you can hire out follies etc I think the landmark trust is one such place. Many castles and great houses have become hotels, just watch out for ghosts!
Blankets are made of felted wool. They're a specific thing ... not just any cover you might put over yourself to keep warm.
It's a district that spans about 5 county's, mainly in Gloucestershire/ wiltshire/ Oxford.
You asked if these house looked the same in Vicktorian times, they would have looked the same 350 yeays ago
One of the oldest pubs in England dates from 978 ad ,shut in 2020 ,is supposed to reopen 2023 ,the Language spoken at the time would have Been Anglo-Saxon,
You're quite right about our relatively uninterrupted and calm history, Conor. Property developers of the 1950s-70s actually did more damage to our old buildings, towns and cities than all the wars, civil wars and periods of unrest put together.
You can rent out castles yes , and big country houses …. But it ain’t cheap. My mates rented out a lighthouse last Halloween. And in regard to houses bro g the same as they were in Victorian times , yes they are the same Victorian houses in the UK are not really considered that old . My terrace house was built in 1895 as were the thousands of houses that surround it .
In Portugal you can B&B a room in a castle. Elsewhere they are mostly used to celebrate fancy weddings. Of course many castles are private, and many more are ruins. There is a great video of what it took for the wife of an Australian millionaire to completely renovate a Scottish castle ;-)
Connor that doesn’t sound psychotic haha you wanna lay in a big field of grass and really connect with the energy of your environment. Let’s go!
It is the love and care not to mention money of the loving and caring of theEnglish people to keep Britain so beautiful,
Many windows and doors in these places have to remain the same, they can be restored or reconditioned. But cannot change in appearance. You can fit modern windows or doors within the internal building, but all exterior items cannot change unless you get planning permission
St John the Baptist... isn't he pretty important? I love you Americans. If you visit the Cotswolds, the best time of the year is between March and June. Beautiful.
He's something to do with something isn't he? ;)
You can stay in many ancient castles and Manor houses.
The price per night is similar to a night in a hotel.
The Porch House in Stow on the Wold claims to be the oldest pub in Britain, built in 947 AD.
I live on the Cotswold way long distance footpath. Often I meet up with Americans walking the trail. It's a real privilege to live here. Not far from where I live are iron age long barrows and bronze age kists.
I live on the outskirts of the cotswolds less than half a mile outside of being in the cotswolds. The cotswolds is a massive area. There are so many towns and , villages that are worth a look. If your Into scenery and historic buildings. . If you are a keen walker or cyclist this is the only way to get the flavour of them. To cycle or walk the footpaths in and around them. Castle Coombe is a chocolate box village as is Bibury to name but a couple. I have been to both many times over the years but you can walk the frontages end to end in less then 5 minutes unless you are happy with the odd village pub and taking in the scenery, walking and or cycling. There's not much else to do unless you go to bigger towns with shops n clubs etc.
Oh Conner, you sweet innocent child. Pretty much everywhere in the UK has old buildings. My own village's first appeared in documents in 1086 although the oldest remaining building is a manor house from 1611, which is still inhabited. The church though dates from the early 19th century when the village grew rapidly as, common in this party of the UK (Yorkshire), mining became the main industry.
A neighbouring village 1 mile away, my birth place, however is older, appearing in the Domesday Book, the detailed census produced on the orders of William the Conquerer when he wanted to learn everything about the country he had invaded & conquered. The Domesday Book was written in 1086, 20 years after the Norman invasion. Earl Edwin had been the lord in 1066, but he was replaced by Ilbert of Lacy (originally from the Calvados area of France which, coincidentally, was near where I lived when I worked in France), whom William rewarded with 249 manors, mainly in Yorkshire, but also a few (less than 10) in Nottinghamshire & 1 in Lincolnshire. Originally (1066-1086) Ilbert was simply the tennant but he was made lord in 1086 & given more manors, including more in Lincolnshire & some in Oxfordshire, Surrey & Buckinghamshire.
In 1086, my birth village had 48 villagers, 12 smallholders & 3 priests. Regarding land & resources there were 38 ploughlands (,a ploughland was the amount of land which could be ploughed by a team of 8 oxen in a year, approximately 120 acres), 12 lord's plough teams (a plough tram was a group of 8 oxen), 16 men's plough teams (groups of 8 oxen owned by peasants as opposed to the lord), 30 acress of meadowland (land used for pasture, usually for sheep), woodland pasture (this was used by pigs for foraging) 2 leagues long by 1 league wide, 3 mills, valued at 10 shillings & 3 churches. The entire amount was valued at 16 pounds in 1086. The area was classed as "partially waste". About 10% of land in England was classed as waste, meaning it could not be taxed. A lot of this was in the North or the Welsh borders & had been destroyed by fighting after the invasion.
Prior to the Norman period, the Romans had a fort nearby, Lagentium, established in circa 70AD on the site of an old Brigantes' settlement. It was a turf & tner fort built to guard a river ford & also the road north. That road actually goes through my village.
When the Romans left, this area was part of the independent state of Elmet, ruled by Celts, which wasn't taken over by the Anglo-Saxons until 616 or 717AD, when it was conquered by King Edwin of Northumbria, later than other parts of England. Near to the Roman Road is Grim's Ditch, which was originally thought to be part of the road but is in reality from the Dark Ages.
About 3 miles away, across the fields is a Tudor-Jacobean manor house, the birthplace of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, who married Mary Queen of Scots. By 1086 the land was owned by Ilbert de Lacy, but before then its owners were Dunstan & Glunoer, Anglo-Saxons thanes. In 1155, Henry de Lacy, gave it to the Knights Templars who built a preceptory & farms on it. It was a large holding, with 1100 animals. In 1307 the Templars were suppressed, due to the machinations of the king of France who wanted their wealth. The English king Edward II granted the manor to Sir Robert Holland, who held it until 1323 when he was deprived of his estates. in 1327 it was granted to Mary de St Pol, the Countess of Pembroke, who held the manor for 50 years. In 1377 by royal decree the estate went to Philip Darcy, 4th Baron Darcy de Knayth. It then passed through several members of the Darcy family, until it was inherited by the 21-year old Thomas, Lord Darcy in 1488. Between 1500-1520, significant building work was done. The next step significant building period started in 1624, with the rebuilding of North & south Wales NHS & the east was demolished due to fire damage. In 1712, a new approach to the manor was designed, infusing abridge & ponds. Between 1738-46, more remodelling was completed, on the west & north wings, creating new bedrooms, dressing rooms & a picture gallery. In the 1760s, Capability Brown was asked to re-landscape the park &, apart from a few minor changes, the house was as it is today. In 1922 it was sold for a nominal sum to the cort of Leeds, & the following year it was opened to the public. It's been the site of major events, such Party in the park, Opera in the Park, it was the price final venue for the Leeds part of the trading & Leeds festival (one of the UK's major music festivals). It's also the site of the slam Dunk Festival. Every year numerous events are held in its grounds, such as charity events & sporting events. There's also the largest rare breeds farm in Europe (Home Farm) on site which also uses a barn built-in 1694. The stables used to house the police horses used in the city too. It's an important location for culture too, with the Chippendale Society hosting a permanent collection there. It's been classed as 1 of the top 3 non-national museums in the UK.
It's not surprising there's so much history everywhere in the UK. People have been living her for millenia &, more importantly, they have been building with materials that last a long time. There have probably been people living in the US for as long, yet the native Americans used building materials which rotted over time. Additionally many had a nomadic lifestyle, travelling around following the animals they hunted, so they didn't need buildings which would stay standing for years, & they were limited in the amount they could carry with them which is not conducive to them spending time & money on the works of art we now put in museums.
Beautiful. I lived in Abingdon, Oxfordshire for years, and in Aberdeenshire in Scotland (stunning). I'm in Sussex, atm, near Eastbourne, Brighton and Lewes (pronounced Loo-iss) and it's also stunning here. Check out Rye, which is a beautiful local village here in East Sussex. It's got one of the most photographed and painted streets of any village in England. Look forward to the next one 👍
The oldest pub in England is Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem (1189) in the fair city of Nottingham. One of my late mother's favourite pubs
This guy has earned a subscriber, yess the cottwards are beautiful, love from the uk 🇬🇧
You may be right about the lack of destruction due to revolutions etc, but the UK has for decades been very insistent on preserving much of our heritage through planning and other laws as well as setting up bodies like the National Trust and English Heritage (and Scottish/Welsh equivalents). Some of these restrictions would be viewed in the states as going against personal freedom, but preserves heritage for the common good, and astutely for tourism which brings a lot of revenue. You might want to check out a fellow American UA-camr called Magenta Otter, who has done a lot of really great videos, particularly around the Cotswolds.
It hasn't stopped people attacking these islands, though - both large and small. We've just tended to be (mostly) better at fighting them off. But slaves were taken, to row and man Barbary ships, from all around the South of the British Isles.
Beautiful place!
Great race track 5 minutes down the road from Castle Combe
A blanket in the UK is what we used for bedding before duvets. They were mostly made of wool.