In medieval times, most people couldn’t read or write, so things were communicated in pictures or in speech.
Saint or Sinner?
The village of Fordwich and the building of Canterbury Cathedral
The name Fordwich comes from the Old English ‘ford’ meaning a ‘a place to cross a river’ with ‘wic’ as a ‘dwelling, building or group of buildings for specific purposes or industrial settlement’; therefore, a ‘trading centre at the ford’
Queen Mary and the four Mary’s!
Mary, was 6 days old when her father (King James V of Scotland) died and she acceded to the throne of Scotland.
A family business of tea
John Horniman (1803 – 1893) established ‘Horniman's Tea Company’, a tea trading and blending business using mechanical packaging. He then passed the business onto his son, Frederick John Horniman (1835 – 1906) in 1869 when he retired.
The Palace of Placentia
On the banks of the River Thames at Greenwich from 1443 to 1660 sat a spectacular palace. It was the Palace of Placentia.
