We saw a 30 second clip of this place in a previous video & have been dying to see more! Located In Wiltshire, Bradford on Avon is loaded with SO much history, beauty, charm, shops, stunning views and just about everything you could want! This place has it all! We get to really dive into the incredible old buildings, churches and more in this episode. So join us as we ooh and aw at this magical place in England that will certainly capture your hearts too! Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow I live literally 10 to 15 minutes away from Bradford on Avon , in Westbury with the white horse on the hillside , I love cycling along the canal to Bath , it's beautiful , there is a fish and chips restaurant and takeaway next to the train station in the town , 👍🏼 I was really surprised to see the area I live and know so well in today video x
The tea room it’s unique to Americans because over here you don’t have such things but in my home country of Britain theres dozens of them, the swan hotel it may be the same one as you’ve seen before but theres more than one hotel called the swan hotel in Britain
never has this country been in a worse state in modern times sometimes it seems absurd to watch these videos and pretend that things aren’t absolutely horrendous
What is a tithe barn? A tithe barn was a large farm building used in the medieval period and later for storing tithes. Tithes were a form of tax paid in kind rather than money, typically consisting of a portion of the crops and produce harvested by farmers. These barns were often associated with churches or monasteries, where they collected the produce from the local farmers, who were required to give a tenth (a "tithe") of their harvest. Tithe barns were usually large and sturdy structures to accommodate the significant amounts of produce collected. Many tithe barns have survived to this day and can be found across Europe, particularly in the UK and France. They're often considered beautiful examples of medieval architecture.
There's a pair of Grade I (highest level of preservation) medieval barns at Cressing Temple in Essex. The older one dates from AD 1220 and is the oldest timbre framed barn in the world. Definitely worth a visit.
I moved to BoA 6 years ago, to join my family, who had lived here for 20 years. I count my blessings every time l leave my front door. As a dog walker I make new friends every day. I feel very privileged to share my home with the many visitors and day trippers who find us. You would be very welcomed here.
Hats off to the lady who made the video. She struck a really nice tone, intelligent, thoughtful and informative. And she took the time to properly explore. Oh, and your reaction, too, ofc!
I live in Bristol, it's a short drive away. Our friends live there. They take part in the annual plastic duck race down the river! It's the cutest thing.
"The Swan" is probably the 2nd most common pub name in the UK 😅. The most common famously being "The Red Lion". Other common pub/inn names - The Kings Arms, The Royal Oak, The Crown, The Railway, The Plough and The White Hart, to name just a few
I'm going to stick with this naming tradition in my retirement. "The Orange Axolotl on a Pink Scooter" seems like the ideal name for my pub, where I'll see out my final days. In Ottery St Mary. Obviously.
I grew up in pubs. One of them 'The Swan'. It's a 24/7 life and my Dad quit to open a shop. When it comes to pub names, can anyone top, 'The Case Is Altered'? It's in Ruislip.
There are also 313 White Harts, 293 Ploughs, 286 Swans, 285 Railways, 281 White Horses, 243 Kings Arms, and 242 pubs called The Ship. This includes pubs which are better known as an inn, hotel, pub, tavern, bar or public house, or simply include the article “the” in their names, such as The Vine Inn, for example
The Kennet and Avon Canal has become a very popular tourist destination , it starts at Bristol and serves as a connection through the waterways to London. They would carry things like coal, cotton and the high quality "Bath stone" . It was safer using narrow boats than going via the sea and allowed towns and cities to prosper Lots of water related activities/events are often held along it by the towns and cities connected to it
You really should look at the historic Medieval village Of Lavenham in Suffolk....it's an old wool town...as much of Suffolk was back then....but you will love the narrow streets and crooked medieval houses....simply stunning....i know you would love it!! xx
The view across the town from the cottages on the hill is spectacular on a sunny day. A few of those cottages are holiday lets, so you can stay in them. They’re wonderful - we stayed in one that had been properly modernised with a stunning kitchen and bathroom, whilst remaining sympathetic to the period features. The kitchen had a stable door, so the top half opened to look at the view, and no cars can drive in front of the cottages (access is from the rear only), so it’s footpaths only, and the neighbours are always walking past and socialising with each other.
Absolutely gorgeous, we are so so lucky to have so many historic buildings that have been preserved and loved in the UK! Absolutely love Dara too, her videos are amazing!
Thank you so much for your support! I agree that we are spoilt for choice in Britain when it comes to history and architecture and natural beauty ❤. Cheers! Dara
you really need to stop worrying about driving in europee guys, road fatalities here are tiny compared with the states! per 100,000 in usa the rate is 12.9 in both ireland and the uk it's only 2.9, sweden is 2 and germany is a high 3.6 lol
I was working in Bradford-on-Avon in the late ‘60s and have the following memory. There is a famous annual horse race called The Grand National which takes place at Liverpool’s Aintree racecourse. It’s a steeplechase with 16 fences, 14 of which are jumped twice. It’s fast and dangerous with frequent tumbles and is one of those events that millions of people place a bet on when they have no interest in gambling for the rest of the year. In 1967 the 23rd fence took out all the leading horses because a loose horse, who had unseated his rider at the very first fence, veered across the track in front of the fence, causing absolute chaos amongst those horses still running. But one horse called Foinavon, at odds of 100/1, was so far back in the field that his jockey managed to spot an opening, avoid the carnage, jump the fence and go on to win by 15 lengths! (There’s a YT video of the race.) The ‘Avon’ in the horse’s name ensured that almost everyone in Bradford-on-Avon had placed a bet on the race and consequently received a fantastic payout with lots of photos of very happy people in the local press!! 😊
I love your enthusiasm for history. America is a young country like an overactive teenager whereas Britain is more mature like your Great Grandparents. Here history is everywhere. For example I was born at my Grandparents house in Tutbury. In the cellar of the house was an iron door behind which was a tunnel. One branch of the tunnel led to the well inside the nearby Tutbury castle, the other branch of the tunnel led to the crypt under the nearby Norman Tutbury Church. These tunnels are thought to have been escape routes from the castle.
For an all too brief few months in the late 1980s I lived in Bradford on Avon. My walk to the pub took me through the Holy Trinity Church yard (the "new" church built c1150). As I rounded the end of the church I saw at the far end a couple reading gravestones. It wasn't necessary to hear their accent to identify them as being from across the pond. The gentleman's loud check trousers (AIUI something of a fashion in the US at the time) did that. 🤣🤣
i got that beat in a game of top trumps pretty towns. STAMFORD and you get to see burghley house one of the best tudor buildings / country house in the UK.
My wife and I live in BOA. I grew up in the town and after building our careers in Bristol moved back to be close to family. We couldn’t imagine a better place to live or raise a family and feel incredibly lucky to be back in such a beautiful place full-time!
I used to visit Bradford on Avon regularly in the 90's. Great to see it's still beautiful. I knew a couple, who used to live in a Caravan, and they had ambitions to buy a yacht and emigrate to Spain. They came up with a plan. They went to Bradford on Avon, and painted water colour paintings of the bridge over the Avon river. He painted the paintings and she framed them. Then they'd sell them to the tourists during the Summer. They made enough money in just two years to get the yacht and emigrate. They got so quick at painting the bridge that they could paint and frame 50 a day.
Hello from England Ladies..Have Always Loved your show...Just think..The first proprietors of that tea room dated 1502 were probably born in around 1470/80's..😊 several if the cottages around my home town are dated in their render .1600's...and still solid homes..The area in which I live is known as "The meeting place of Vikings..)Such are the ancestors of my bloodline..It's curious that of everywhere that I've lived ..I've always returned here.( Twice to the same home even ).And it's the only place that ever felt like coming or being HOME where I fit contentedly...🤗
Great vid as always! I live in Bath which a great place to stay and use as a base to explore in all directions. I know you've talked it about before and seen a few videos. The good news is Bradford on Avon is literally just down the road about 7-8 miles away! So when you visit it's easy to get there. Also you could take a bus or even walk along the canal. The River Avon (ancient Celtic word for river) continues it's journey towards Bath and ends up going through Bristol into the Channel. I can highly recommend checking out 2 nearby historic Willtshire villages which you may have seen already (?) called Lacock and Castle Combe. Also only around 30 miles from Bradford on Avon is Stonehenge:).
That was a really lovely and informative video about Bradford-On-Avon. Thank you for making it @magentaottertravels and thank you for reacting to it Natasha and Debbie, or I would probably have never seen it. Even though I live in England and have heard of B-O-A, I've never been there. It's now on my list for a visit 👍 This also goes to show just what those tourists who only visit London when they come over to the UK are missing out on. P.S. I love your top/jumper, Natasha 🥰
I live 10 minutes away from B-O-A beautiful place. Lovely to visit restaurants and eat outside by the river. Heavily affected by floods this winter though
A stunning video for sure but I was a little shocked by her final comments reference the traffic issue over one bridge! I have lived in Cheltenham and it gets rammed with traffic and is far more congested at times that Bradford-on-Avon. We have to be realistic here. Compared to America, Britain is highly populated and traffic congestion is part of everyday life in the U.K. When you live in England, you get to know when to avoid certain places at certain times. This video was in peak season and was far from super busy. These very old towns were not built for cars.
I live about 10 mins drive from BoA, and often go there for lunch. The tea rooms are excellent, particularly if you like cake and scones! Near the canal is a bicycle hire shop, and you can cycle all the way to through Bath to Bristol using a combination of the canal towpaths and the old railway lines which have been converted into cycleways and footpaths. It’s a lovely town, and I think😂 we forget just how much history we have around us in Wiltshire until someone else points it out. Finally - a Tithe was a community tax, so a Tithe barn was where the goods given as tax were stored.
So happy to see you looking well Natasha you had us worried a beautiful video even though I live here there is so much I haven’t seen so thank you for sharing this x x
English (and Scottish) wool were the most superior in all of Europe during the Middle Ages. For some reason, Welsh wool was ironically (given their association with sheep) too coarse to export. Merchants would come from the Netherlands, Flanders and as far away as Italy to purchase it. It made England very wealthy long before the industrial age and slavery (although even slavery only accounted for a fraction of the nation’s wealth, despite what people would have you believe). The wool would be spun and made into very fine cloth. Later, we started making the cloth as well, so wool export declined, but this made us even wealthier, since we were not having to pay to import the raw materials, unlike other cloth-manufacturing countries.
A Tythe= 10th of all produced in a parish .A tythe was a type of tay paid to the parish for distribution to the parish in times of need and a thye barn was a kind of Wharehouse for storeing the goods
They may be called “tearooms”, but of course they serve coffee too! It was nearly 50 years ago that my first wife and I visited Bradford-on-Avon: we were taken there while visiting a work colleague whose family lived just outside Bath. We were amazed at the history packed into this little town. He showed us the Saxon Church, which had been used as a charnel house before being abandoned and “lost”. It wasn’t really lost, but no-one knew its history until a photo taken from an aircraft (I think in the 1950’s) revealed the cruciform shape of the building, which is well over a thousand years old. PS a tithe barn is where the tithe (a religious tax on produce) was stored. When we lived in Cornwall, our house had been a tithe barn beside the field used to grow the “tithe”. The tithe was normally one tenth part, hence the house name was “Parc an dix”, meaning the one tenth land area! The roof beams of the cottage were dated 1754, but these were added when an upper storey was built onto the old barn building.
If you love History you should look at Colchester, England's oldest (and newest City), It was the 1st Roman City in England, then a town until a couple of years ago when City status was restored. There's the Castle that Boudicca (the original "Girl Power") destroyed when she began her revolt against the Romans, the Roman wall, The Amphitheatre, The Priory, Medieval buildings and streets, and lots of ice cream shops. 😜The City itself is not so picturesque as some you've seen, but the surrounding villages are certainly up there with them. Also Humpty Dumpty and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star originated in Colchester (if you've ever heard of them, that is)
My parents met and married in Wilthire in the early 1950s. two years later I arrived. They always said they did their 'courting' in Bradford upon Avon.
This is the town next to me (Trowbridge)... it's strange seeing you react to places I'm so familiar with. I have had a drink in The Dandy Lion, my brother got married in The Holy Trinity, often walk along the canal and river with my dog. I know you both liked the idea of renting a canal boat from previous videos and this is the place for it.
If you enjoy reading (weird) books, "Drinking Midnight Wine" by Simon R. Green is set in BOA. I loved the book but it may not be everybody's taste. It certainly gives a new perspective to the town.Available cheaply on Kindle. A tythe barn was where parishioners brought their "tythes" - the church's share of the produce from their farms.
The largest collection of Saxon Churches are in Norfolk, followed by Suffolk, then Essex. All very interesting all open and free to enter, there may even be some that are thatched.
Know BOA well. Grew up north of Bristol and lived 20 years in Frome just down the road. Very good video. Live in Aberdeenshire now. It was a nice trip down memory lane.
This place just gives off beautiful, serene vibes! I will have to re-watch this one back as my WiFi keeps cutting out thanks to Storm Eowyn! 😢 Have a great weekend N&D! ❤
Bradford-on-Avon Tithe Barn is one of the largest medieval barns in England, and architecturally one of the finest. It was built in the mid-14th century to serve Barton Grange, a manor farm which belonged to Shaftesbury Abbey in Dorset, the richest nunnery in medieval England. After the abbey was suppressed in 1539, the barn passed into private hands, and was part of a working farm until 1914. The barn is 51 metres long, dominating the site of a former farmyard. Internally it forms a single rectangular space, divided along its length into 14 bays. The barn retains its magnificent original roof throughout. The roof trusses are essentially of cruck construction with two tiers of collar beams, the lower collars being braced. However, the design is not uniform. There are three variants of the design, which doubtless related to the size of timbers available.
Now that is one Beautiful place , l had not heard of but there are several “ON AVON” names in the uk . Lovely episode full of amazing scenery, beautiful old architecture and history👍
Hi Ladies, if you buy a barge, you can live in Bradford on Avon, Bath, Bristol and many more lovely canal towns and cities. I have experoienced this journey on a barge many times during my holidays and Bradford is a place that stands out. Nearby is a stunning very high aquaduct, which was, sadly, not shown in the video
Im grateful you were polite about the bradfords. I live and work in "the other Bradford" and its an amazing place to live. Some incredible countryside on our doorstep, beautiful villages nearby, great architecture, huge Mills and chimneys, great history and some of the best food. I know what people will have told you about Bradford, and I won't lie, some of it will be true, but some of it won't be and it's a beautiful place, especially the surrounding areas of West Yorkshire.
This is my home town, this is where I was born and bred, the town was a woollen mill town, then George Spencer Moulton started the Rubber Industry which ended up being the Avon Rubber Factory where most of the Towns People worked until it closed in 1992..Holty Trinity Church is where Mum and Dad were Married and where I was Christened.
Hi ladies, I am really pleased you are taking notice their is so much more in the UK apart from central London & I hope you get over here soon to see as much as you possibly can while you do get over & I know you have seen Beamish live museum up northeast near Newcastle. One place I suggest you look at is called Crich Tramway Village in Derbyshire Dales.
Natasha, first I must compliment you on your beautiful make up! Looks great! 💁♀️ I look forward to returning to Bradford on Avon sometime and doing narrow boat races with you! Challenge accepted! 🏆
Thank you ladies for appreciating our culture. The rest of the world accuse us of living in the past but my God compared to the world we live in today give me the past!!
Beautiful place to visit. I hated living there. Not a great place for traffic, roads are not built for todays cars. It was better during covid when they had it as a one way system. The swan hotel is now closed. My son works in the dandelion and the food is amazing. Negativity aside, it is a beautiful town, steeped in history. The train goes from london Victoria to Cardiff Central, stops at Bristol. I now live 14 miles from here.
I can confirm that it's a short drive from Bristol. It's a place my Mum used to take us on a sunny Sunday afternoon if we were at a loose end. It's beautiful.
If you don’t like hills, Bath and Bristol may also be off the agenda 😂😂, although you can probably avoid them in the town centres, and get a bus if you want to explore further.
Morning lovely ladies , yes I remember the previous clip that you looked at and thinking wow what a stunning place , beautifully maintained and untouched by time , looking forward to this immensely with a cup of Yorkshire tea of course , in the company of 2 of Ohio's finest lol ❤️❤️ xx
I moved down from Teesside in the North East, to Bath in the Sourh West, nearly 18 years ago, to be with the lass I fell in love with (we married on the 3rd of November 2024, 18 years to the days after we got together). Her parents live in Bradford on Avon, so we have been over there quite a few times, however, I've never been to look round the town centre. I have driven through (or at least crawled) for work. Traffic is constantly busy, and come rush hour is at a virtual stand still. Another thing that seems to regularly happen whenever the rain is prolonged and heavy is that the town floods quite badly. They have appealed to central government for funding to put better flood defences in place.
The main church has recently been restored, they discovered a very valuable painting which was subsequently sent for auction and the proceeds were then used to renovate the church
It’s my home town I grew up there and went to school there . I had to move away for work but still visited friends snd family regularly . It’s a very magical place and the people are very welcoming .ps Another use for the Barn when I was a young lad was of course Courting! Ps if you ever go into one of the canal side pubs just be careful when you come out after having a couple of beers you don’t turn the wrong way and end up in the canal !
Bradford on Avon is like a mini bath if you have seen Bath before. I drive through Bradford on Avon all the time and traffic is an absolute nightmare - not once but every trip…. But it’s a beautiful little place
Hi Ladies, just a quick note to say that I loved this vlog , I even learned something about Bradford on Avon, ( although I have lived here for 9 years ), me and my partner live in the BoA Marina ( which is on the outskirts of the town, but wasn’t mentioned in the video)on a narrow boat, absolutely love living on the boat & we both agree that we would never live in a house again! , great to see your videos,( watched every one) , keep up the entertaining content, love Sean & Lorraine.❤.
A tithe (/taɪð/; from Old English: teogoþa "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory tax to government.[1] Modern tithes are normally voluntary and paid in cash, cheques or via online giving, whereas historically tithes were required and paid in kind, such as agricultural produce. Church tax linked to the tax system are used in many countries to support their national church. Donations to the church beyond what is owed in the tithe, or by those attending a congregation who are not members or adherents, are known as offerings, and often are designated for specific purposes such as a building program, debt retirement, or mission work.
I have fond memories of going to boarding school in Bradford from 1958 to 1963 from age 8 to 13 - it was in a converted mansion called Kingwell Court above the town on the Bath Road side. We had to walk in crocodile (two by two) every Sunday to another church above the town for the weekly service. We also had to take a rickety old bus into town to go to the municipal swiming baths to learn to swim across that old bridge. Sadly the school closed a few decades ago and I believe was turned back to residential use
Not to mention all the "White Swan"s, "Black Swan"s, "Swan & Cygnet"s & "Swan & Castle"s! (There are even a scattering of "Flying Swan"s, "Swan & Goose"s, "Swan & Dog"s, "Swan & Bottle"s - and I recall there are others like "The Swan & Hedgehog" and even "The Swan & Cemetery"!)
We had lots of Saxon churches until Victorian times, some dateing to the 6th century, when there was a fashion for demolishing them and building ugly New ones on the site, The author Thomas Hardy was one of the main culprits with his motto "just because it's old doesn't mean it's good".
I agree. Although the Victorians gave the world so, sooo much, they also destroyed a great deal of our heritage, including our castles, in their misunderstanding of how to preserve them and in their general lack of appreciation for them. I have realised over the years that the Victorian age is my least favourite for architecture. Although the engineering is undoubtedly spectacular (the water towers, incredible bridges and viaducts, mills and even sewage works!), the amusement arcades, the hotels, houses and churches, especially of the Gothic Revival era, have a dark (not just physically but in the sense of foreboding), depressing and distasteful quality. In spite of ushering in the modern era, I feel like it was the start of some of the worst elements of society, being followed closely by art deco and then the brutalist style, which have both for the most part aged horribly. There is something incredibly eerie about the shells of seaside towns that were once thriving in the Victorian days of beach holidays and which are now rife with poverty - and, as a byproduct, drug use, with their boarded up buildings and tacky, faded shop fronts.
I went to my nephew's wedding there and liked it so much that I made a second visit (When I had tea in the teahouse in the video - and yes, I recommend it). Bradford on Avon is a beautiful place, but the traffic over the bridge is a negative. Also, you need to enjoy walking up hills. There are far too many, and too steep for me!
There was an eccentric English architectural historian called Alec Clifton-Taylor who made 2 series for the BBC, 6 English towns & then 6 more English towns, available on Amazon (UK). They were brilliant. Bradford on Avon was in the 2nd series; & I seem to remember Clifton-Taylor being particularly enamoured of the place.
Glad ur feeling a bit better Natasha. Love chatting to u both in the lives n getting instant answers. Yesterday's mini models episode was extremely interesting was wondering what ur favourite part was?
Bradford on Avon is on the very edge of the Cotswolds and was significant in the industrial age, being just up river from Bath and Bristol. It also has an extremely rare Saxon church - the Normans either destroyed most of them or built and extended over the top of them. The chapel of St Peter on the Wall in Essex is another even older example that dates back to around the year 660!
The Anglo-Saxon church is of interest, and particularly to me and I started studying medieval churches at the age of 8. I measured up this pre-conquest church some 15 years ago and it features on my website devoted to Anglo-Saxon era churches. The history of the church is well known/documented; the original building was built as a chapel dedicated by St Aldhelm to St Laurence in the early 700s, so is 1,300 years old (but not the oldest in England however). Thanks to both of you for reacting to Dara's video, I have "chatted" to Dara quite a few times, her videos are so interesting, and I've said we must meet up. Seems she might have been to more places in England than I have but I just might hold the record for visiting 40 Country Houses and other buildings/churches all in a fortnights holiday!
What a beautiful video, I love places like that so another one on my list to visit, hope I live long enough 😂. Theres a church near me that has a room with many skulls in and it's very interesting to see and hear about, sadly during Lock down someone broke in and stole two or three. Great video girlies well done again. ❤❤
People in BOA commute to work in Bath and Bristol. They are all close together so living in one allows you to enjoy all of them, as well as the Cotswolds.
i just looked😳 The average house price in Bradford-on-Avon is £470,227 ( $586,796.27 US Dollars) using HM Land Registry data. The average property price increased by £82,073 (20.99%) over the last 5 years and increased by £16,445 (3.6%) over the last 12 months.
Midsomer Murders is filmed not far away, (about 70 miles) near Henley in Oxfordshire and yes, it is quite similar but actually quite modern by comparison!
We used to live in a village in Buckinghamshire where MSM was sometimes filmed. I remember being in the pub when they were filming upstairs and when ever they were shooting a scene a member of the film crew would come down and ask for quiet. The whole pub would then go silent until they said that they had finished.
There’s a pub called the hatchet I’m Bristol 400 years old that’s doors are made of human skin. Ther are red posts through out the country that were used for the quarters of peoples remains from being hung drawn and quartered were hung to deter others. There’s dual trees throughout where people used to be hung,there’s alot of haunted places where very bad stuff happened throughout history. Don’t know if you’re into spooky but I believe energies linger and you can feel the energy shift s at these places. Love your videos
Recently discovered this channel and have watched a few videos now..I'm from Bristol and it's so funny to me how much you guys seem to love /mention it in just the few videos I've watched 🤣🫶 it is a cool place, i'm sure you'd both like it if were to visit a friend of mine lives near Bradford on Avon and can confirm . very pretty place /nice day out to visit
Was the home of Avon Rubber. Moulton Bicycles and Marcos cars. Tithe Barn was the main setting for the BBC? Robin Hood series in the in the mid-80's. Very strong Dutch influence and the church commemorates with a plaque commemorating Colonel Shrapnel whose Manor is a few miles away.
A tithe barn was a type of barn used in much of northern Europe in the Middle Ages for storing rents and tithes. Farmers were required to give one-tenth of their produce to the established church. Tithe barns were usually associated with the village church or rectory, and independent farmers took their tithes there. The village priests did not have to pay tithes-the purpose of the tithe being their support. Some operated their own farms anyway. The former church property has sometimes been converted to village greens. Many were monastic barns, originally used by the monastery itself or by a monastic grange. The word 'grange' is (indirectly) derived from Latin granarium ('granary'). Identical barns were found on royal domains and country estates. The medieval aisled barn was developed in the 12th and 13th centuries, following the examples of royal halls, hospitals and market halls. Its predecessors included Roman horrea and Neolithic long houses. According to English Heritage, "exactly how barns in general were used in the Middle Ages is less well understood than might be expected, and the subject abounds with myths (for example, not one of England's surviving architecturally impressive barns was a tithe barn, although such barns existed)".[1]
A tithe or tythe barn was a village barn where villagers would collectively store their harvested crops to feed the whole ( much, much smaller) village. most villages , hamlets had a tithe barn, filled first and equally by all , their deposits noted similar to banks, the villagers would live off excess stocks then come winter they would have the back up. also in winter if need be village live stock would be sheltered in there. they were used less and less as time went on, their biggest flaw being a fire or lazy raiders could decimate a whole communities winter food in one foul swoop.
I have a confession to make 😱. I hit like before I have watched your video! Truth is, I know it's going to be brilliant . So it's not a big deal hitting that like❤️
We saw a 30 second clip of this place in a previous video & have been dying to see more! Located In Wiltshire, Bradford on Avon is loaded with SO much history, beauty, charm, shops, stunning views and just about everything you could want! This place has it all! We get to really dive into the incredible old buildings, churches and more in this episode. So join us as we ooh and aw at this magical place in England that will certainly capture your hearts too! Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow I live literally 10 to 15 minutes away from Bradford on Avon , in Westbury with the white horse on the hillside , I love cycling along the canal to Bath , it's beautiful , there is a fish and chips restaurant and takeaway next to the train station in the town , 👍🏼 I was really surprised to see the area I live and know so well in today video x
We have already done a video on Stratford upon Avon
The tea room it’s unique to Americans because over here you don’t have such things but in my home country of Britain theres dozens of them, the swan hotel it may be the same one as you’ve seen before but theres more than one hotel called the swan hotel in Britain
never has this country been in a worse state in modern times sometimes it seems absurd to watch these videos and pretend that things aren’t absolutely horrendous
i so wish i could relate but i live 180% from this.. like most ordinary british ppl today 😔
What is a tithe barn?
A tithe barn was a large farm building used in the medieval period and later for storing tithes. Tithes were a form of tax paid in kind rather than money, typically consisting of a portion of the crops and produce harvested by farmers. These barns were often associated with churches or monasteries, where they collected the produce from the local farmers, who were required to give a tenth (a "tithe") of their harvest.
Tithe barns were usually large and sturdy structures to accommodate the significant amounts of produce collected. Many tithe barns have survived to this day and can be found across Europe, particularly in the UK and France. They're often considered beautiful examples of medieval architecture.
Very full and helpful reply but you forgot one detail. The word 'tithe' means a tenth so the tax was 10 per cent.
There's a pair of Grade I (highest level of preservation) medieval barns at Cressing Temple in Essex. The older one dates from AD 1220 and is the oldest timbre framed barn in the world. Definitely worth a visit.
I moved to BoA 6 years ago, to join my family, who had lived here for 20 years. I count my blessings every time l leave my front door. As a dog walker I make new friends every day. I feel very privileged to share my home with the many visitors and day trippers who find us. You would be very welcomed here.
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Hats off to the lady who made the video. She struck a really nice tone, intelligent, thoughtful and informative. And she took the time to properly explore.
Oh, and your reaction, too, ofc!
You are too kind. ❤
I live in Bristol, it's a short drive away. Our friends live there. They take part in the annual plastic duck race down the river! It's the cutest thing.
Duck races are so fun!
"The Swan" is probably the 2nd most common pub name in the UK 😅. The most common famously being "The Red Lion". Other common pub/inn names - The Kings Arms, The Royal Oak, The Crown, The Railway, The Plough and The White Hart, to name just a few
I came here to say the same 😊
I'm going to stick with this naming tradition in my retirement.
"The Orange Axolotl on a Pink Scooter" seems like the ideal name for my pub, where I'll see out my final days.
In Ottery St Mary. Obviously.
I grew up in pubs.
One of them 'The Swan'.
It's a 24/7 life and my Dad quit to open a shop.
When it comes to pub names, can anyone top, 'The Case Is Altered'?
It's in Ruislip.
There are also 313 White Harts, 293 Ploughs, 286 Swans, 285 Railways, 281 White Horses, 243 Kings Arms, and 242 pubs called The Ship. This includes pubs which are better known as an inn, hotel, pub, tavern, bar or public house, or simply include the article “the” in their names, such as The Vine Inn, for example
George and Dragon and the Crown are two of my locals. Haha common as muck.
I was born there. It is magical.
I lived there for a few months, great place.
The Kennet and Avon Canal has become a very popular tourist destination , it starts at Bristol and serves as a connection through the waterways to London. They would carry things like coal, cotton and the high quality "Bath stone" . It was safer using narrow boats than going via the sea and allowed towns and cities to prosper
Lots of water related activities/events are often held along it by the towns and cities connected to it
The Saxon church dates back to around 700 ad, 1300 years ago., I often wonder if anything built today could possibly last as long. Great video guys.!!
Definitely not! Things here in Texas are built to last no more than 50 years!
Nothing built today HAS lasted so long........
Absolutely stunning. this is why I luv History and Architecture so much.
You really should look at the historic Medieval village Of Lavenham in Suffolk....it's an old wool town...as much of Suffolk was back then....but you will love the narrow streets and crooked medieval houses....simply stunning....i know you would love it!! xx
The view across the town from the cottages on the hill is spectacular on a sunny day. A few of those cottages are holiday lets, so you can stay in them. They’re wonderful - we stayed in one that had been properly modernised with a stunning kitchen and bathroom, whilst remaining sympathetic to the period features. The kitchen had a stable door, so the top half opened to look at the view, and no cars can drive in front of the cottages (access is from the rear only), so it’s footpaths only, and the neighbours are always walking past and socialising with each other.
Absolutely gorgeous, we are so so lucky to have so many historic buildings that have been preserved and loved in the UK! Absolutely love Dara too, her videos are amazing!
Thank you so much for your support! I agree that we are spoilt for choice in Britain when it comes to history and architecture and natural beauty ❤. Cheers! Dara
you really need to stop worrying about driving in europee guys, road fatalities here are tiny compared with the states! per 100,000 in usa the rate is 12.9 in both ireland and the uk it's only 2.9, sweden is 2 and germany is a high 3.6 lol
I was working in Bradford-on-Avon in the late ‘60s and have the following memory.
There is a famous annual horse race called The Grand National which takes place at Liverpool’s Aintree racecourse. It’s a steeplechase with 16 fences, 14 of which are jumped twice. It’s fast and dangerous with frequent tumbles and is one of those events that millions of people place a bet on when they have no interest in gambling for the rest of the year. In 1967 the 23rd fence took out all the leading horses because a loose horse, who had unseated his rider at the very first fence, veered across the track in front of the fence, causing absolute chaos amongst those horses still running. But one horse called Foinavon, at odds of 100/1, was so far back in the field that his jockey managed to spot an opening, avoid the carnage, jump the fence and go on to win by 15 lengths! (There’s a YT video of the race.)
The ‘Avon’ in the horse’s name ensured that almost everyone in Bradford-on-Avon had placed a bet on the race and consequently received a fantastic payout with lots of photos of very happy people in the local press!! 😊
I love your enthusiasm for history. America is a young country like an overactive teenager whereas Britain is more mature like your Great Grandparents. Here history is everywhere. For example I was born at my Grandparents house in Tutbury. In the cellar of the house was an iron door behind which was a tunnel. One branch of the tunnel led to the well inside the nearby Tutbury castle, the other branch of the tunnel led to the crypt under the nearby Norman Tutbury Church. These tunnels are thought to have been escape routes from the castle.
What a wonderful little town.
So picturesque love it.❤
and so much history.
Great video😊
For an all too brief few months in the late 1980s I lived in Bradford on Avon. My walk to the pub took me through the Holy Trinity Church yard (the "new" church built c1150).
As I rounded the end of the church I saw at the far end a couple reading gravestones. It wasn't necessary to hear their accent to identify them as being from across the pond. The gentleman's loud check trousers (AIUI something of a fashion in the US at the time) did that. 🤣🤣
i got that beat in a game of top trumps pretty towns. STAMFORD and you get to see burghley house one of the best tudor buildings / country house in the UK.
My wife and I live in BOA. I grew up in the town and after building our careers in Bristol moved back to be close to family. We couldn’t imagine a better place to live or raise a family and feel incredibly lucky to be back in such a beautiful place full-time!
I visited via the canal I was on a canal barge holiday with my sister and her dog, it is a beautiful town and very friendly
I used to visit Bradford on Avon regularly in the 90's. Great to see it's still beautiful. I knew a couple, who used to live in a Caravan, and they had ambitions to buy a yacht and emigrate to Spain. They came up with a plan. They went to Bradford on Avon, and painted water colour paintings of the bridge over the Avon river. He painted the paintings and she framed them. Then they'd sell them to the tourists during the Summer. They made enough money in just two years to get the yacht and emigrate. They got so quick at painting the bridge that they could paint and frame 50 a day.
Hello from England Ladies..Have Always Loved your show...Just think..The first proprietors of that tea room dated 1502 were probably born in around 1470/80's..😊 several if the cottages around my home town are dated in their render .1600's...and still solid homes..The area in which I live is known as "The meeting place of Vikings..)Such are the ancestors of my bloodline..It's curious that of everywhere that I've lived ..I've always returned here.( Twice to the same home even ).And it's the only place that ever felt like coming or being HOME where I fit contentedly...🤗
"Unless there's another Swan Hotel somewhere", Natasha 2025.
Southwold, Suffolk.
Ha! Only about a thousand!
Great vid as always! I live in Bath which a great place to stay and use as a base to explore in all directions. I know you've talked it about before and seen a few videos. The good news is Bradford on Avon is literally just down the road about 7-8 miles away! So when you visit it's easy to get there. Also you could take a bus or even walk along the canal. The River Avon (ancient Celtic word for river) continues it's journey towards Bath and ends up going through Bristol into the Channel.
I can highly recommend checking out 2 nearby historic Willtshire villages which you may have seen already (?) called Lacock and Castle Combe. Also only around 30 miles from Bradford on Avon is Stonehenge:).
Bradford on Avon is only 5 mins away from me. It’s a beautiful place with lots of history😊
That was a really lovely and informative video about Bradford-On-Avon. Thank you for making it @magentaottertravels and thank you for reacting to it Natasha and Debbie, or I would probably have never seen it. Even though I live in England and have heard of B-O-A, I've never been there. It's now on my list for a visit 👍
This also goes to show just what those tourists who only visit London when they come over to the UK are missing out on.
P.S. I love your top/jumper, Natasha 🥰
I think The Swan is quite a common name for a hotel/public house here in England, but it’s very possible you’ve seen that one before.
I live 10 minutes away from B-O-A beautiful place. Lovely to visit restaurants and eat outside by the river. Heavily affected by floods this winter though
The stretch of canal between Bradford and Bath is stunning x
I've visited Bradford upon Avon a few times, my sister used to live in Westbury which is quite close. It's a beautiful place as you can both see.
Up and down Britain there are thousands of villages with 11th Century churches, which is amazing when you think about it.
A stunning video for sure but I was a little shocked by her final comments reference the traffic issue over one bridge! I have lived in Cheltenham and it gets rammed with traffic and is far more congested at times that Bradford-on-Avon. We have to be realistic here. Compared to America, Britain is highly populated and traffic congestion is part of everyday life in the U.K. When you live in England, you get to know when to avoid certain places at certain times. This video was in peak season and was far from super busy. These very old towns were not built for cars.
I live about 10 mins drive from BoA, and often go there for lunch. The tea rooms are excellent, particularly if you like cake and scones!
Near the canal is a bicycle hire shop, and you can cycle all the way to through Bath to Bristol using a combination of the canal towpaths and the old railway lines which have been converted into cycleways and footpaths.
It’s a lovely town, and I think😂 we forget just how much history we have around us in Wiltshire until someone else points it out.
Finally - a Tithe was a community tax, so a Tithe barn was where the goods given as tax were stored.
Oh no, I hope Ian doesn't read this comment! Then I'm going to have to cycle from Bristol to Bradford on Avon!😂
I live 5 mins from Bradford on Avon it's a wonderful place it has so much history, i hope you both visit this amazing town one day.
So happy to see you looking well Natasha you had us worried a beautiful video even though I live here there is so much I haven’t seen so thank you for sharing this x x
English (and Scottish) wool were the most superior in all of Europe during the Middle Ages. For some reason, Welsh wool was ironically (given their association with sheep) too coarse to export. Merchants would come from the Netherlands, Flanders and as far away as Italy to purchase it. It made England very wealthy long before the industrial age and slavery (although even slavery only accounted for a fraction of the nation’s wealth, despite what people would have you believe). The wool would be spun and made into very fine cloth. Later, we started making the cloth as well, so wool export declined, but this made us even wealthier, since we were not having to pay to import the raw materials, unlike other cloth-manufacturing countries.
A Tythe= 10th of all produced in a parish .A tythe was a type of tay paid to the parish for distribution to the parish in times of need and a thye barn was a kind of Wharehouse for storeing the goods
They may be called “tearooms”, but of course they serve coffee too!
It was nearly 50 years ago that my first wife and I visited Bradford-on-Avon: we were taken there while visiting a work colleague whose family lived just outside Bath. We were amazed at the history packed into this little town. He showed us the Saxon Church, which had been used as a charnel house before being abandoned and “lost”. It wasn’t really lost, but no-one knew its history until a photo taken from an aircraft (I think in the 1950’s) revealed the cruciform shape of the building, which is well over a thousand years old.
PS a tithe barn is where the tithe (a religious tax on produce) was stored. When we lived in Cornwall, our house had been a tithe barn beside the field used to grow the “tithe”. The tithe was normally one tenth part, hence the house name was “Parc an dix”, meaning the one tenth land area! The roof beams of the cottage were dated 1754, but these were added when an upper storey was built onto the old barn building.
If you love History you should look at Colchester, England's oldest (and newest City), It was the 1st Roman City in England, then a town until a couple of years ago when City status was restored. There's the Castle that Boudicca (the original "Girl Power") destroyed when she began her revolt against the Romans, the Roman wall, The Amphitheatre, The Priory, Medieval buildings and streets, and lots of ice cream shops. 😜The City itself is not so picturesque as some you've seen, but the surrounding villages are certainly up there with them.
Also Humpty Dumpty and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star originated in Colchester (if you've ever heard of them, that is)
My parents met and married in Wilthire in the early 1950s. two years later I arrived. They always said they did their 'courting' in Bradford upon Avon.
I live 15 minutes drive from Bradford on Avon , and two of my sisters used to live here , though the video missed out on the canal x👍🏼
This is the town next to me (Trowbridge)... it's strange seeing you react to places I'm so familiar with. I have had a drink in The Dandy Lion, my brother got married in The Holy Trinity, often walk along the canal and river with my dog. I know you both liked the idea of renting a canal boat from previous videos and this is the place for it.
If you enjoy reading (weird) books, "Drinking Midnight Wine" by Simon R. Green is set in BOA. I loved the book but it may not be everybody's taste. It certainly gives a new perspective to the town.Available cheaply on Kindle.
A tythe barn was where parishioners brought their "tythes" - the church's share of the produce from their farms.
The largest collection of Saxon Churches are in Norfolk, followed by Suffolk, then Essex. All very interesting all open and free to enter, there may even be some that are thatched.
Know BOA well. Grew up north of Bristol and lived 20 years in Frome just down the road. Very good video. Live in Aberdeenshire now. It was a nice trip down memory lane.
This place just gives off beautiful, serene vibes! I will have to re-watch this one back as my WiFi keeps cutting out thanks to Storm Eowyn! 😢 Have a great weekend N&D! ❤
So want to go here. And I ❤️ my idea at the end of the video.
Bradford-on-Avon Tithe Barn is one of the largest medieval barns in England, and architecturally one of the finest. It was built in the mid-14th century to serve Barton Grange, a manor farm which belonged to Shaftesbury Abbey in Dorset, the richest nunnery in medieval England. After the abbey was suppressed in 1539, the barn passed into private hands, and was part of a working farm until 1914.
The barn is 51 metres long, dominating the site of a former farmyard. Internally it forms a single rectangular space, divided along its length into 14 bays.
The barn retains its magnificent original roof throughout. The roof trusses are essentially of cruck construction with two tiers of collar beams, the lower collars being braced. However, the design is not uniform. There are three variants of the design, which doubtless related to the size of timbers available.
Now that is one Beautiful place , l had not heard of but there are several “ON AVON” names in the uk . Lovely episode full of amazing scenery, beautiful old architecture and history👍
just what I needed on in a very stormy morning. Wonderful
Are you up in Derry?
Hi Ladies, if you buy a barge, you can live in Bradford on Avon, Bath, Bristol and many more lovely canal towns and cities.
I have experoienced this journey on a barge many times during my holidays and Bradford is a place that stands out.
Nearby is a stunning very high aquaduct, which was, sadly, not shown in the video
Im grateful you were polite about the bradfords. I live and work in "the other Bradford" and its an amazing place to live. Some incredible countryside on our doorstep, beautiful villages nearby, great architecture, huge Mills and chimneys, great history and some of the best food. I know what people will have told you about Bradford, and I won't lie, some of it will be true, but some of it won't be and it's a beautiful place, especially the surrounding areas of West Yorkshire.
This is my home town, this is where I was born and bred, the town was a woollen mill town, then George Spencer Moulton started the Rubber Industry which ended up being the Avon Rubber Factory where most of the Towns People worked until it closed in 1992..Holty Trinity Church is where Mum and Dad were Married and where I was Christened.
Hi ladies, I am really pleased you are taking notice their is so much more in the UK apart from central London & I hope you get over here soon to see as much as you possibly can while you do get over & I know you have seen Beamish live museum up northeast near Newcastle. One place I suggest you look at is called Crich Tramway Village in Derbyshire Dales.
Natasha, first I must compliment you on your beautiful make up! Looks great! 💁♀️
I look forward to returning to Bradford on Avon sometime and doing narrow boat races with you! Challenge accepted! 🏆
It's UA-cam official!! And thank you for the compliment ☺️
Thank you ladies for appreciating our culture. The rest of the world accuse us of living in the past but my God compared to the world we live in today give me the past!!
Agreed!!
Beautiful place to visit. I hated living there. Not a great place for traffic, roads are not built for todays cars. It was better during covid when they had it as a one way system. The swan hotel is now closed. My son works in the dandelion and the food is amazing. Negativity aside, it is a beautiful town, steeped in history. The train goes from london Victoria to Cardiff Central, stops at Bristol. I now live 14 miles from here.
I can confirm that it's a short drive from Bristol. It's a place my Mum used to take us on a sunny Sunday afternoon if we were at a loose end. It's beautiful.
Dara has done some wonderful videos on my much maligned hometown, Birmingham as its where her husbands family are from.
If you don’t like hills, Bath and Bristol may also be off the agenda 😂😂, although you can probably avoid them in the town centres, and get a bus if you want to explore further.
The other Bradford is famous for being Britain's curry capital. It's an industrial city
Morning lovely ladies , yes I remember the previous clip that you looked at and thinking wow what a stunning place , beautifully maintained and untouched by time , looking forward to this immensely with a cup of Yorkshire tea of course , in the company of 2 of Ohio's finest lol ❤️❤️ xx
I moved down from Teesside in the North East, to Bath in the Sourh West, nearly 18 years ago, to be with the lass I fell in love with (we married on the 3rd of November 2024, 18 years to the days after we got together). Her parents live in Bradford on Avon, so we have been over there quite a few times, however, I've never been to look round the town centre. I have driven through (or at least crawled) for work. Traffic is constantly busy, and come rush hour is at a virtual stand still.
Another thing that seems to regularly happen whenever the rain is prolonged and heavy is that the town floods quite badly. They have appealed to central government for funding to put better flood defences in place.
The main church has recently been restored, they discovered a very valuable painting which was subsequently sent for auction and the proceeds were then used to renovate the church
It’s my home town I grew up there and went to school there . I had to move away for work but still visited friends snd family regularly . It’s a very magical place and the people are very welcoming .ps Another use for the Barn when I was a young lad was of course Courting! Ps if you ever go into one of the canal side pubs just be careful when you come out after having a couple of beers you don’t turn the wrong way and end up in the canal !
Really well made video and even better reaction ❤
Bradford on Avon is like a mini bath if you have seen Bath before. I drive through Bradford on Avon all the time and traffic is an absolute nightmare - not once but every trip…. But it’s a beautiful little place
Hi Ladies, just a quick note to say that I loved this vlog , I even learned something about Bradford on Avon, ( although I have lived here for 9 years ), me and my partner live in the BoA Marina ( which is on the outskirts of the town, but wasn’t mentioned in the video)on a narrow boat, absolutely love living on the boat & we both agree that we would never live in a house again! , great to see your videos,( watched every one) , keep up the entertaining content, love Sean & Lorraine.❤.
The Co-op supermarket is also a Fair trade shop too. It's all responsible sourced from sustainable farmers
A tithe (/taɪð/; from Old English: teogoþa "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory tax to government.[1] Modern tithes are normally voluntary and paid in cash, cheques or via online giving, whereas historically tithes were required and paid in kind, such as agricultural produce. Church tax linked to the tax system are used in many countries to support their national church. Donations to the church beyond what is owed in the tithe, or by those attending a congregation who are not members or adherents, are known as offerings, and often are designated for specific purposes such as a building program, debt retirement, or mission work.
I have fond memories of going to boarding school in Bradford from 1958 to 1963 from age 8 to 13 - it was in a converted mansion called Kingwell Court above the town on the Bath Road side. We had to walk in crocodile (two by two) every Sunday to another church above the town for the weekly service. We also had to take a rickety old bus into town to go to the municipal swiming baths to learn to swim across that old bridge. Sadly the school closed a few decades ago and I believe was turned back to residential use
Bradford on Avon is 14miles from longleat safari park so if you do visit the uk you can do both
There are hundreds of Swan hotels throughout the U.K.
Not to mention all the "White Swan"s, "Black Swan"s, "Swan & Cygnet"s & "Swan & Castle"s! (There are even a scattering of "Flying Swan"s, "Swan & Goose"s, "Swan & Dog"s, "Swan & Bottle"s - and I recall there are others like "The Swan & Hedgehog" and even "The Swan & Cemetery"!)
Avon is a very old word that means 'river' . In Welsh it is Afon. It looks beautiful , I will have to visit , thankyou , ladies.
What a beautiful place, definitely now on my to visit list. Do enjoy all of the videos Dara does.
I moored my narrowboat there for 2 weeks in the summer of 2022. It is gorgeous
We had lots of Saxon churches until Victorian times, some dateing to the 6th century, when there was a fashion for demolishing them and building ugly New ones on the site, The author Thomas Hardy was one of the main culprits with his motto "just because it's old doesn't mean it's good".
I agree. Although the Victorians gave the world so, sooo much, they also destroyed a great deal of our heritage, including our castles, in their misunderstanding of how to preserve them and in their general lack of appreciation for them. I have realised over the years that the Victorian age is my least favourite for architecture. Although the engineering is undoubtedly spectacular (the water towers, incredible bridges and viaducts, mills and even sewage works!), the amusement arcades, the hotels, houses and churches, especially of the Gothic Revival era, have a dark (not just physically but in the sense of foreboding), depressing and distasteful quality. In spite of ushering in the modern era, I feel like it was the start of some of the worst elements of society, being followed closely by art deco and then the brutalist style, which have both for the most part aged horribly. There is something incredibly eerie about the shells of seaside towns that were once thriving in the Victorian days of beach holidays and which are now rife with poverty - and, as a byproduct, drug use, with their boarded up buildings and tacky, faded shop fronts.
I went to my nephew's wedding there and liked it so much that I made a second visit (When I had tea in the teahouse in the video - and yes, I recommend it).
Bradford on Avon is a beautiful place, but the traffic over the bridge is a negative. Also, you need to enjoy walking up hills. There are far too many, and too steep for me!
There was an eccentric English architectural historian called Alec Clifton-Taylor who made 2 series for the BBC, 6 English towns & then 6 more English towns, available on Amazon (UK). They were brilliant. Bradford on Avon was in the 2nd series; & I seem to remember Clifton-Taylor being particularly enamoured of the place.
It is also only 30 mins from Bristol which you also loved, so you need to pop over to this part of England!
Glad ur feeling a bit better Natasha. Love chatting to u both in the lives n getting instant answers. Yesterday's mini models episode was extremely interesting was wondering what ur favourite part was?
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Bradford on Avon is on the very edge of the Cotswolds and was significant in the industrial age, being just up river from Bath and Bristol. It also has an extremely rare Saxon church - the Normans either destroyed most of them or built and extended over the top of them. The chapel of St Peter on the Wall in Essex is another even older example that dates back to around the year 660!
The Anglo-Saxon church is of interest, and particularly to me and I started studying medieval churches at the age of 8. I measured up this pre-conquest church some 15 years ago and it features on my website devoted to Anglo-Saxon era churches. The history of the church is well known/documented; the original building was built as a chapel dedicated by St Aldhelm to St Laurence in the early 700s, so is 1,300 years old (but not the oldest in England however). Thanks to both of you for reacting to Dara's video, I have "chatted" to Dara quite a few times, her videos are so interesting, and I've said we must meet up. Seems she might have been to more places in England than I have but I just might hold the record for visiting 40 Country Houses and other buildings/churches all in a fortnights holiday!
What a beautiful video, I love places like that so another one on my list to visit, hope I live long enough 😂. Theres a church near me that has a room with many skulls in and it's very interesting to see and hear about, sadly during Lock down someone broke in and stole two or three. Great video girlies well done again. ❤❤
Avon is the eng version of …afon . Which is Welsh for river .
People in BOA commute to work in Bath and Bristol. They are all close together so living in one allows you to enjoy all of them, as well as the Cotswolds.
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i just looked😳 The average house price in Bradford-on-Avon is £470,227 ( $586,796.27 US Dollars) using HM Land Registry data. The average property price increased by £82,073 (20.99%) over the last 5 years and increased by £16,445 (3.6%) over the last 12 months.
Pronunciation is the same ,Bradford on the river .( Avon )
Reminds me of the village locations used in Midsummer Murders, very scenic. Good afternoon watching from very humid Perth Western Australia.
Thanks. We are freezing
Midsomer Murders is filmed not far away, (about 70 miles) near Henley in Oxfordshire and yes, it is quite similar but actually quite modern by comparison!
We used to live in a village in Buckinghamshire where MSM was sometimes filmed. I remember being in the pub when they were filming upstairs and when ever they were shooting a scene a member of the film crew would come down and ask for quiet. The whole pub would then go silent until they said that they had finished.
There’s a pub called the hatchet I’m Bristol 400 years old that’s doors are made of human skin. Ther are red posts through out the country that were used for the quarters of peoples remains from being hung drawn and quartered were hung to deter others. There’s dual trees throughout where people used to be hung,there’s alot of haunted places where very bad stuff happened throughout history. Don’t know if you’re into spooky but I believe energies linger and you can feel the energy shift s at these places. Love your videos
Tithe barn is where the church stored their tithes .A tithe being a tenth of a farms production given to the church for distribution to the poor.
The clergy rather than the poor. Some things haven't changed!
Recently discovered this channel and have watched a few videos now..I'm from Bristol and it's so funny to me how much you guys seem to love /mention it in just the few videos I've watched 🤣🫶
it is a cool place, i'm sure you'd both like it if were to visit
a friend of mine lives near Bradford on Avon and can confirm . very pretty place /nice day out to visit
Westbury is were I live right NR the white horse on the hillside x
Was the home of Avon Rubber. Moulton Bicycles and Marcos cars. Tithe Barn was the main setting for the BBC? Robin Hood series in the in the mid-80's. Very strong Dutch influence and the church commemorates with a plaque commemorating Colonel Shrapnel whose Manor is a few miles away.
A tithe barn was a type of barn used in much of northern Europe in the Middle Ages for storing rents and tithes. Farmers were required to give one-tenth of their produce to the established church. Tithe barns were usually associated with the village church or rectory, and independent farmers took their tithes there. The village priests did not have to pay tithes-the purpose of the tithe being their support. Some operated their own farms anyway. The former church property has sometimes been converted to village greens.
Many were monastic barns, originally used by the monastery itself or by a monastic grange. The word 'grange' is (indirectly) derived from Latin granarium ('granary'). Identical barns were found on royal domains and country estates.
The medieval aisled barn was developed in the 12th and 13th centuries, following the examples of royal halls, hospitals and market halls. Its predecessors included Roman horrea and Neolithic long houses.
According to English Heritage, "exactly how barns in general were used in the Middle Ages is less well understood than might be expected, and the subject abounds with myths (for example, not one of England's surviving architecturally impressive barns was a tithe barn, although such barns existed)".[1]
A tithe or tythe barn was a village barn where villagers would collectively store their harvested crops to feed the whole ( much, much smaller) village. most villages , hamlets had a tithe barn, filled first and equally by all , their deposits noted similar to banks, the villagers would live off excess stocks then come winter they would have the back up. also in winter if need be village live stock would be sheltered in there. they were used less and less as time went on, their biggest flaw being a fire or lazy raiders could decimate a whole communities winter food in one foul swoop.
Morning girls Richard the london cabbie here your both looking aş beautiful as usual x
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