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Chelsea Football Club have a blue lion -
is there a link to the Percy or Robert the Bruce
blue lion?
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Chelsea F.C.
Their traditional crest is a ceremonial blue lion holding a staff;
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Chelsea F.C.
Their traditional crest is a ceremonial blue lion holding a staff;
a modified version of this was adopted in 2005.[4]
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In 1953, Chelsea's crest was changed to an upright blue lion looking backwards and holding a staff, which was to endure for the next three decades.
This crest was based on elements in the coat of arms of the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea [26]
with the "lion rampant regardant" taken from the arms of then club president Viscount Chelsea
and the staff from the Abbots of Westminster, former Lords of the Manor of Chelsea. It also featured three red roses, to represent England, and two footballs. This was the first club badge to appear on shirts, since the policy of putting the crest on the shirts was only adopted in the early 1960s.[25]
In 1986, with new owners now at the club, Chelsea's crest was changed again as part of another attempt to modernise.[25] The new badge featured a more naturalistic non-heraldic lion, yellow and not blue. It lasted for the next 19 years, with some modifications such as the use of different colours.
With new ownership, and the club's centenary approaching, combined with demands from fans for the club's traditional badge to be restored, it was decided that the crest should be changed again in 2004. The new crest was officially adopted for the start of the 2005-06 season and marks
a return to the older design of the blue heraldic lion holding a staff.[4] As with previous crests, this one has appeared in various colours, including white and gold.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_F.C.
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1953 image not copyrighted to club
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chelsea%27s_old_badge.jpg
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"Why Hotspur .....?"
The real name of Harry Hotspur (best known from Shakespeare's "Henry IV") was Sir Henry Percy. Sir Harry, as he was better known, gained the nickname Hotspur because he fearlessly led his troops as they rode into battle.
He was the teenage son of the Earl of Northumberland. The Northumberland (or Percy) family was the most powerful in England. They came to own land in north London, including what was to become Northumberland Park.
Originally a cricket club organized by a church minister to keep local schoolboys occupied, one of their earliest HQs was the YMCA at the park's Percy House, with the Northumberland Arms pub being utilized for changing rooms as football became the group's main pursuit.
Their first treasurer L R Casey had an older brother who, well versed in Tottenham area history, suggested "Hotspur" as the name of the club. It was subsequently discovered that there was a London Hotspur also in existence, so Tottenham was added as a prefix.
By the way, Harry Hotspur died leading rebel forces against Henry IV at the Battle of Shrewsbury (1403).
-- Thanks to Steve Marson for the original background for this historical segment.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit; and, upon this charge
Cry "God for Harry! England and Saint George!"
http://www.thequake.com/caats.html
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The River Crane flows into the Thames to the south of Isleworth Ait. The Crane's distributary, the Duke of Northumberland's River, also flows into the Thames to the west of Isleworth Ait.
History
A riverside settlement on the Middlesex bank of the River Thames, Isleworth was well established by the time of the Norman Conquest in the 11th century. Excavations around the eastern end of Syon Park Estate unearthed evidence of Romano-British settlement.
The earliest form of the name is Gislhaesuuyrth, meaning Gilhere's settlement. Isleworth's southern part is known as 'Old Isleworth', while its northern part, bordering on Osterley, is known as 'Spring Grove'.
From the Norman Conquest until 1227 the Norman family of St Valeri held the manor of Isleworth. The family gave the manor to the Abbey of St Valeri which stood at the mouth of the Somme, Picardy. Henry III seized the Isleworth and other property of the St Valeri family and gave the manor to his brother, the Earl of Cornwall, who built a new manor house.
In 1431 a monastery was built on the site of the present Syon Park, and Henry V granted the nuns from the Bridgettine order land on the banks of the Thames where they built their first house in 1415.
(quotes, from)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isleworth
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The magnificent Carew Castle has a history spanning 2000 years. Set in a stunning location, overlooking a 23 acre millpond, the castle displays the development from a Norman fortification to an Elizabethan country house. The site incorporates an impressive 11th century Celtic Cross, the only restored Tidal Mill in Wales, a medieval bridge and a picnic area all linked by a delightful mile roundwalk.
http://www.carewcastle.com/
Carew Castle is justly celebrated as one of the most magnificent castles of south Wales. Its position is low-lying, but still prominent in the flat land around the tidal reaches of the Carew river. The castle stands at the end of a ridge at a strategically excellent site commanding a crossing point of the then-still navigable river.
King and Perks 1962; Official Guidebook
http://www.castlewales.com/carew.html
Carew Castle is an interesting blend of the strong defences of a medieva
l fortress and the grandeur of a Tudor mansion house, attractively located next to the Carew River, dammed in the 16th century to form a mill pond.
Gerald de Windsor, sheriff of Pembroke Castle during royal ownership in the early 1100's, gained the land at Carew as part of a dowry on his marriage to Helen Nest, the daughter of the late Welsh king, Rhys ap Tewdwr. All that remains from the castle that he built at Carew is a wall from a tower that is now incorporated into part of the East Range. Gerald's descendants adopted 'de Carew' as their family name.
http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/wales/carew/carew.php
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picture by sarahfelicity at flickr
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Warcop is on the east side of the River Eden, where two rivulets meet. There is a 16th century bridge over the river.
"Coppe" means "the top of a hill".
The Warcop family held the manor, with a manor house, Warcop Tower, from the time of King John.
Over the centuries it belonged to a number of other families.
The 12th century Norman church is of red sandstone, added to and restored over the centuries.
It is a cruciform church with a south aisle and transept.
Inside are 15th century roof beams, a 13th century piscina and a 17th century porch.
Once a tower housed bells. At one time the church belonged to Shap Abbey.
Around Warcop the hills are scattered with prehistoric cairns, stones and Roman remains.
Castle Hill, a large fortress, once covered an acre.
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Percy family, Dukes of Northumberland
List of seats and/or estates:
Launceston, Cornwall
Newport, Cornwall
Allerdale, Cumberland
Cockermouth, Cumberland
Egremont, Cumberland
Bere Alston, Devon
Slapton, Devon
Werrington, Devon
Haselbury Bryan, Dorset
Darlington, Durham
Somerhill Park, Kent
Burwell, Lincolnshire
Claxby, Lincolnshire
Garthorpe, Lincolnshire
Northumberland House, London
East Bedfont, Middlesex
Hatton, Middlesex
Isleworth, Middlesex
Syon House, Middlesex
Tottenham, Middlesex
Westminster, Middlesex
Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire
Alnmouth, Northumberland
Alnwick, Northumberland
Prudhoe, Northumberland
Rothbury, Northumberland
Tynemouth, Northumberland
Warkworth, Northumberland
Cary Fitzpaine, Somerset
Isle Abbots, Somerset
Stogursey, Somerset
Albury, Surrey
Haldersh, Surrey
Weston Gumshalve, Surrey
Petworth, Sussex
Heversham, Westmorland
Warcop, Westmorland
Marlborough, Wiltshire
Pewsey, Wiltshire
Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Airmyn, Yorkshire
Catton, Yorkshire
Leconfield, Yorkshire
Pocklington, Yorkshire
Snape, Yorkshire
Spofforth, Yorkshire
Stanwick, Yorkshire
Tadcaster, Yorkshire
Topcliffe, Yorkshire
Wressell, Yorkshire
Laugharne, Carmarthenshire
Striguil, Monmouthshire
Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/feseats.asp?FER=F10786
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/fedocs.asp?FER=F10786
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History
There has been a settlement at Tottenham, for over a thousand years.
It grew up along the old Roman Road, Ermine Street,
and between High Cross and Tottenham Hale, today's Monument Way.
Toteham as it was then known was mentioned in the Domesday Book[1].
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From the Tudor period onwards Tottenham became a popular recreation
and leisure destination for wealthy Londoners.
Henry VIII is known to have visited Bruce Castle and also hunted in Tottenham Wood.
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Bruce Castle, Lordship Lane - Now a Local History Museum, and Grade 1 listed,
it was Tottenham's Manor House, and dates from the 16th century,
with alterations by subsequent occupants.
It was given the name 'Bruce Castle' during the 17th century by the 2nd Lord Coleraine, who was Lord of the manor at the time.
He named it after 'Robert the Bruce', whose family had been Lord of the Manor during the medieval period.
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High Cross - Erected sometime between 1600-1609 on the site of an earlier Christian cross, although there is some speculation that the first structure on the site was a Roman Beacon or Marker, situated on a low summit on Ermine Street. Tottenham High Cross is often mistakenly thought to be an Eleanor cross.
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Tottenham Wood - was an ancient woodland area that covered most of the present Wood Green.
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(quotes, from)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottenham
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picture is "the arms of Tottenham"
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