Vicki Explores ... Berkhamsted Castle
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- In this video Vicki takes you on a tour of Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire.
Though not well known, the castle is actually the site of one of the most significant moments in English history. No more than a ruin today, plans are in place to redevelop the site, building a visitor centre to showcase more of the castle's important past.
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This was filmed several weeks ago before the current Government guidelines on social distancing and restrictions on travel. Please stay safe!
Keep up the wonderful work. Your enthusiasm is contagious!
Thank you for the video, i must admit i moved away from the area in 1978 but seem to recall a visit there in the early 60s, Our history is something to be proud of and must never be swept under the carpet.
Loved this. Thank you Vicki. We got married at Berkhamsted Town Hall and had some of our wedding photos taken at the castle. As a local I’d pronounce the “ham” as “um”. Something like bur-come-stead!
Helen Maharaj Have wonder for years on the correct pronunciation - always thought it was as you say the locals pronounce
Yup, there's no 'p' in Berkhamsted. Love, one time pedantic resident
The emphasis is on the 'Ber'.
Interestingly in nearby Chesham you can find a 'Berkhampstead Road'. Not sure who it was spelled like that; maybe an admin error or maybe something more historic. No idea.
Just love the music with these videos. Thanks Vicki.
What a pleasant little virtual outing. Thanks Vicki.
Fascinating. I love the in-depth style of this video. I think it's much more your type of thing.
Fascinating, thanks Vicki!
Fantastic, all the best ingredients: trains, castle, Vicki being brilliant, castle, history, trains, more Vicki, castle, trains. More please!
It’s castle time! The Normans won a battle at Battle, I find that hilarious. The duck is certainly enjoying that moat
Think that's actually why it's called Battle - it came after the battle of Hastings so named for it.
The 'French' Normans were actually Vikings from Denmark, who held the area now known as Normandy. They were granted the land to stop further incursions into an emerging France. It's a fascinating era to study.
@@jagman84 We were taught at school that they brought flatpack wooden forts with them so I think they were actually Swedish. If they were Danish they would have used Lego.
'hello all! Just a note to highlight that this video was filmed several weeks ago before the current Government guidelines on social distancing and restrictions on travel.
Also - spelling error noted and updated. Tick.
And when Vicki has to pause her speech as the trains are whizzing on by 😂
Hence woolly hat and bare trees.
...and daffodils
Hi Vicki. There are signs in neighbouring Chesham that say "Berkhampstead Road", so spelling has always been a bit undecided. Locals just say "Berko"! (I'm from Amersham, and used to visit/work in Berko, only a 20 minute drive over the hills). Thanks for a great video :)
Hope Vicky can go around and about again soon ! Keep up the good work 😉
Vicki, your style of presenting is wonderful and such a pleasure to watch and listen too.
Barry.Devon
I really miss the UK! :( I'm so looking forward to our next year's holiday with a road trip across the English coast! Thanks for the Explores series, it's super interesting and inspiring :) And it always brings me back to my favourite country.. :)
Where you from??
it is great to see vids on places close to London for a nice day out. As a tourist I appreciate these tips
Oh I've missed this piano tune..
You can get it for exempel on UA-cam or on Spotify and other streaming platforms
Me too. I got so used to it during the epic All the Stations thing.
Brilliant video! I love visiting castles and enjoy railways to so perfect day out for me! I used to love visiting as a child when most of the long distance trains were loco hauled!
That was absolutely beautiful! I learn so much from your channel. It makes me want to wander
Hello Vicki, thank you for another interesting video, I may be a railway and aviation nut, but you can't beat a good castle, especially a ruined one, the history is in the scars, you and Geoff stay safe, all the best, Stephen.
Vicki, you are so knowledgeable on history.
Very interesting as I didn't even know that Berkhamsted had a "Castle", so very interesting find out and thank you Vicki for this well shot & edited video.
Thanks for this. Very interesting.
Another lovely summers day!
Great Video and nice to see a mention of Rugeley as well.
I've passed Berkhamsted many times at about 100mph on the train, so it was interesting to learn the history. I'll get round to visiting one day.
YAY! A Vicki Explores! 😊
Obviously a lot of training went into making this short film, which, by the way was very informative. Every time I've been through Berkhamstead, I must have been sitting on the other side of the train because I've never known about the castle. Thanks Vicki.👍
Thank you, Vicki : I have missed seeing your beautiful face and hearing your lovely voice - as well as the castles, natch!
fascinating
These are always interesting and enjoyable.
Thanks for the video. Rugeley Trent Valley is one of my local stations incidentally.
I don't have much affinity for medieval history but who can resist a good castle?
Lovely film. I had no idea Berkhamsted even had a castle and I grew up only eight miles away. How did I miss that? Maybe I just forgot.
Excellent very informative and done with natural enthusiasm
Thank you for this, brilliant vlog
So good
Great castle, been there on many an occasion.
Brilliant👍👍
Why did they build the castle so close to the station? No wonder it fell down.
Station wasn't there at the time
@@lorddarlo6194 Swoosh!!!
Its like Windsor Castle. Why did they build it under the flight path to Heathrow?
@@lorddarlo6194 Don't be silly, if there was no station how would William have got off the train!??
Vicki I miss your videos, will you be doing any more Vicki Explores
she broke up with geoff so not sure
I always hoped to call by Berkhamstead at some time while working WCML freight trains for DBSchenker. I found Vickie's video very interesting.
When restrictions are lifted you should come explore the (freight only) Leicester to Swannington route. Two excellent castles (Ashby de la Zouch and Kirby Muxloe) right next to the railway, plus a few disused collieries/quarries if you have the time!
I'd love to see a Vicki Explores Tattershall & Coningsby
Tattershall has a castle and an old railway station on the old Lincolnshire Loop Line which you could talk about, Coningsby has a large church with a clock with only one hand and an RAF base where many of the WW2 planes are kept (including one of the last 2 remaining Lancasters that can fly)
The two villages are full of history. I think that Vicki would love it!
I in berkhamsted, I’m disappointed in myself. I should of said hi, big fan
Watching a ton of _Time Team_ which I recently discovered made me _cringe in horror_ when you said that the 19th-century railroad actually _cut through_ the castle.
I can just _hear_ archeologists expressing utter disgust at how the hamfisted navvies just plowed through all that archeology without a care in the world, and probably robbed away stones to boot.
Love Berkhamsted Castle because you got the trains going by every 10 minutes(ish)
Did this as a school trip in Year 7 at primary school. Me and a friend walked round twice. Could've done with this video prior as the teacher didn't exactly sell it!
Well you live and learn ,I'm 68 and have lived in the St.Albans area all my life and had no idea there's a castle there.
The only thing I really knew about William the Conqueror was "1066" and "Hastings", I had no idea he just wandered about Southern England kicking ass, lol
Othe conveniently located castles would include Berwick on Tweed (the remaining castle wall is cut through by the ECML, but the Elizabethan star fort is fine), Conwy (railway goes through the castle grounds) and Conisbrough (5 minute walk up hill to the restored keep)
wish these were longer!! just 5 minutes?
Ahh Vicki i always look at the castle when i travel from Bletchley To Euston but never been there one day i may get off that train for a visit.
Marc in Bletchley Towers
How did I miss this?? I apparently forgot to click the bell thing 🙈
what a lovely singing voice
I used the work at Berkhamsted station and I knew about the peace treaty.
I'll look out for it next time I pass through on a train (whenever that will be).
Surely once restrictions are lifted the first has to be Vicki Explores ... Barnard Castle.
These days, the spelling has settled on Berkhamsted, but that was only actually finally decided on in 1937. Prior to that, there are dozens of different spellings - Berkhampstead, Berkhamsteed, Berkampsted, etc, etc - and those do persist in some places, either just through longevity* or copying older sources.
More interestingly, it's a name which has a non-intuitive pronunciation, and which isn't quite in common with the standard "rules" of pronunciation (nor well enough known that people learn it as an exception). The local pronunciation is closer to Berkum-sted. (Or, for people who can read IPA: /ˈbɜːrkəmstɛd/ )
* For example, a surviving** "Town Class" narrowboat, built 1936, has its name spelt "Berkhampstead", which was a valid spelling at the time.
** Although, being pedantic, it's probably the case the original "Berkhampstead" was scrapped by mistake and "Ayr" was renamed to cover up the error.
I live four miles away in Chesham, just off Berkhamsted Road. Or: just off Berkhampstead Road, depending on which end of the road you're at 😅
How come you haven't done crossregaul abbey? It's got a rather gruesome tale worthy of Vickie explores
Hi , could you do a video for Swanage Railway ? As they need all the money and help they can get !
Nice
noice
Can u go to Hemel Hempstead next
Home of Nicholas Breakspear, Pope Adrian IV .
@@FarleyHillBilly Nope. He was from St Albans.
how about an "All The Stations - Parliamentary (Again)" a jigsaw of all the parliamentary statins that you have already visited (them all) with bits of added history or themes to bring things together in a new way?
Berkhamsted, no P. With the emphasis on the last syllable. Not BerkHAMPsted...
Yes, pronounced Berkumsted or just Berko to the locals
Aah Berkhamsted, what ever happened to Coopers?
Interesting. I would have expected it to be pronounced Berk-um-sted. Just goes to show you never know. And nice to know they have such good train service.
". I would have expected it to be pronounced Berk-um-sted. " It is!!
At least the trains interrupting you are high speed and short. In the US you'd be looking at 5-8 minutes for each one to pass.
Why is it that most of the castles in the videos on the WCML?😂
Vicki what much more info then what you just gave us. No way that was cool I now know a lot more about that place. I went site seeing them many many years ago when I was 20 odd. We're do the years go. Not fair.😆.
OK got to sat it "LADDER" he he 😉😉😉😉
Yes rugeley
Under a mile from my house.
Intrigued at how this place is pronounced. Ive never been, but I’ve always called it Ber-cum-stead rather than Berk-hamstead
Vicki you're beautiful!
I saw the thumbnail and my mind read it as "Barnard Castle"
If it was your eyes needing testing go for a drive.
@@DEFarnes looooooooooool
No theme tune 😭
Only in England can we put a trainline through an historic castle site. D'oh. Rebuild the castle and leave the trains in the edit. yay
Wales as well.Conwy Castle the railway cuts through the castle.
Jump on the Cambrian Coast Line if you want to see an impressive castle
If u forgot, they did do that line in 17
There is no "P" in Berkhamsted. It is unknown when the "P" was taken out of the name. The clue is in the opening shot of Berkhamsted station. Otherwise a great video as usual.
If you go to Chesham, you'll still see signs that say "Berkhampstead Road"! (at least in ~1995 - I'm an ex-Amersham resident who used to work and visit Berko :)
The spelling was adopted in 1937 so the road in Chesham is an old and now unused spelling.
"...but not before instructing his brother, Robert of monTrain..."
Chesse and Tomato roll
Just like they busted the railway through the castle at Berwick-upon-Tweed 🙄
You pronounced Berkhamsted wrong :(
It being hamsted instead of hamPsteAd is Danish spelling
one word barnard
That's an awfully long way from Berkhamsted
Your castle would have no defence against me. I would climb up your ladder.
That's BERKHAMSTED ... No "P"
oh cool ham
ok calm down
Westhamsted or Westhamstead
Easthamsted or Easthamstead
Northamsted or Northamstead
Southamsted or Southamstead
@@Andrewjg_89 No, it's West Hampstead. Two words.
Not a bad effort,but we who live here ,don't pronounce it like that...
All the Castles \o/
Could you possibly do a video on Hemel Hempstead (Boxmoor) station Vicky. It is the station just before Berkhamstead heading north.
You will find the remains of the old Nickey Line?
I live there!
#allthecastles please :)
What a great Idea
yup
Oooo another Vicki Explores yes!
You could have visited the old ruin that is Ed Reardon too :)
saint uk and Elgar
@@AndrewMartinIsHere oops, should never forget Elgar. How asinine of me.
The disadvantages of having a castle so close to a busy trainline.
Disadvantage ? Me thinks William put it there on purpose, using the trains to move his troops around in a quick and efficient manner.
Windsor Castle was famously built near to Heathrow Airport for easy access.
I love and watch all things Vicki!
Very interesting! Thank you for visiting and giving the history on this, and other, places not in the usual guidebook. Next trip to England!
TIL I've been mispronouncing Berkhamsted my whole life.
Not sure - I grew up around there and don't pronounce it the way Vicki does. For me the first 2 syllables run into each other more - 'Burkham-sted' rather than 'Burk-ham-sted' if you get what I mean.
watching from Hong Kong 🇭🇰
epic video!
There is no P in Berkhamsted....
Haha, great video. Watching while in the centre of France near Bourges on this lovely Sunday afternoon but I live just half an hour from Berkhampstead castle. Keep up the good work please Vicky!!
There is no P in Berkhamsted
@@johnmasters504 Only one "a" too!
Earllllllllyyyyyyyy!
That’s my town