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The Royal Standard of England is a pub in Forty Green. It is reputedly the Oldest Freehouse in England, dating as far back as 1100. [1] Known as The Ship from 1213 to 1663, it adopted its current name when the restored monarch Charles II allowed the name change as a reward for offering the supporters of his father, Charles I, a safe haven during the English Civil War; hence the name of one of ...
Disasters and accidents The number of people confirmed killed in central and eastern Japan by Typhoon Hagibis rises to 66, with 15 people still missing and more than 200 injured. (Reuters) A chemical plant used to manufacture Bakelite explodes in Guangxi, China ; at least four are killed and six more are injured. (The News and Observer) A seven-storey apartment block collapses in Fortaleza ...
The Royal Standard of England – thought to be the oldest freehouse in England, the pub is located in the neighbouring hamlet of Forty Green. Known as The Ship from 1213 to 1663, it adopted its current name when the restored monarch Charles II allowed the name change as a reward for offering the supporters of his father, ( Charles I ), a safe ...
This is a list of online newspaper archives and some magazines and journals, including both free and pay wall blocked digital archives. Most are scanned from microfilm into pdf, gif or similar graphic formats and many of the graphic archives have been indexed into searchable text databases utilizing optical character recognition (OCR) technology.
Business and economy Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff owner Dolphin Drilling announces it has found a buyer for the shipyard, infrastructure-based InfraStrata, saving it from closure. (Reuters) United Parcel Service announces that it has been designated as the first official, commercial, drone airline service by the Federal Aviation Administration. (Wired) In leaked audio from a meeting with ...
Penn is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, about 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of Beaconsfield and 4 miles (6.4 km) east of High Wycombe. The parish's 3,991 acres (1,615 ha) cover Penn village and the hamlets of Penn Street, Knotty Green, Forty Green and Winchmore Hill. [2] The population was estimated at 4,168 in 2019. [3]
Vol. 24 Buckinghamshire Probate Inventories, 1661-1714; Vol. 25 A Calendar of the Feet of Fines for Buckinghamshire, 1259-1307, with an appendix, 1179-1259; Vol. 26 Descriptions of Lord Cobham's Gardens at Stowe, 1700-1750; Vol. 27 Buckinghamshire Returns of the Census of Religious Worship, 1851; Vol. 28 Buckinghamshire Dissent and Parish Life ...
Royal Standard for Scotland flying above the Palace of Holyroodhouse. In Scotland a separate version of the Royal Standard of the United Kingdom is used, whereby the red Lion Rampant of the Kingdom of Scotland appears in the first and fourth quadrants, displacing the three gold lions passant guardant of England, which occur only in the second quadrant.