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2 days ago · Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal lintel stones.
2 days ago · THE PRIORY OF ANGLESEY. Henry Knighton, an Augustinian Canon writing in the 14th century, states that Henry I founded certain Augustinian houses, among them Creake in Norfolk and Anglesey in Cambridgeshire. (fn. 1) The statement appears questionable in both cases. Both were Augustinian priories in Knighton's time, and that of Creake had ...
2 days ago · The Birkenhead Priory. The Birkenhead Priory, founded in the 12th century, is one of the town’s oldest buildings and offers a glimpse into its medieval past. Tranquil Walking Trails. Birkenhead is surrounded by beautiful walking trails, such as the Wirral Circular Trail, which provides breathtaking views of the countryside.
5 days ago · The priory of St. John of Pontefract was founded in 1090 by Robert de Lacy. The house was dedicated to the honour of St. John (fn. 2) the Evangelist, and subjected to the Cluniac monks of La Charité-sur-Loire, (fn. 3) the order being then popular and in 'good odour and honest fame.
49. THE PRIORY OF GUISBOROUGH. The Augustinian priory of Guisborough (or Gisburne, as the place was usually called in the Middle Ages) was founded by Robert de Brus, who endowed it on a magnificent scale. The Foundation Charter records that he had founded the house by the counsel and advice of Pope Calixtus and Archbishop Thurstan.
2 days ago · The former almshouses in West Street are noted historic buildings of Kent; they were founded in 1610 by John Southland, an important local magnate, and rebuilt in 1734. Just off the high street are the ruins of St John's Priory , a mediaeval Cistercian Priory founded in the 13th Century.
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1 day ago · SpaceX, American aerospace company founded in 2002 that helped usher in the era of commercial spaceflight. It was the first private company to successfully launch and return a spacecraft from Earth orbit and the first to launch a crewed spacecraft and dock it with the International Space Station (ISS). Headquarters are in Hawthorne, California.
