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5 days ago · Among these extraordinary figures stands Eleanor of Aquitaine, a queen whose life and legacy continue to captivate and inspire. Born in 1122, Eleanor was the daughter of William X, Duke of Aquitaine, and became one of the most powerful and influential women of the Middle Ages.
3 days ago · The single-track line was opened in 1890, running from the Great Western Railway at Woodstock Road (renamed Kidlington) station to Blenheim and Woodstock station, built on the duke's land on the east side of Oxford Street. The branch was sold to the G.W.R. in 1897. By 1910 there were ten trains a day to Oxford but the service was pruned after ...
2 days ago · Eleanor of Provence. Edward I [a] (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 he ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in his capacity as a vassal of the French king.
4 days ago · An August 18th story declared, “Waves of weary youngsters streamed away from the Woodstock Music and Art Fair last night and early today, as security officials reported at least two deaths and 4,000 people treated for injuries, illness, and adverse drug reactions over the concert’s three-day period.”.
1 day ago · Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Occitan: Alienòr d'Aquitània, pronounced [aljeˈnɔɾ dakiˈtanjɔ], Latin: Helienordis, Alienorde or Alianor; c. 1124 – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and ...
Before the original Woodstock Festival burst into the public lexicon, the real and truly original Woodstock boasted an art colony, a playhouse, a golf course, a race track, a village green, mountain hotels, an art school, concert venues, and so much more. And, before all of them, there was leather tanning, fishing, dirt roads, dry goods stores ...
4 days ago · Old Woodstock: Church. A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12, Wootton Hundred (South) Including Woodstock. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1990. This free content was digitised by double rekeying. All rights reserved. Citation: A P Baggs. W J Blair. Eleanor Chance.
