Christopher LONG
@calong.bsky.social
Journalist, Editor & Foreign Correspondent | Lives in Normandy | Vernacular, church and hall-house architecture | Volunteer archaeologist | Timber & clay hall builder | Historian of C19th Chiot & Phanariot diaspora | Farmer. <ChristopherLong.co.uk> 🦋2023
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Three’s a crowd at St John, Stowe-by-Chartley (Staffs.)
Monument to Walter Devereux (d. 1537) and his two wives. Reason I went out that way today really
some superb costume details preserved
Monument to Walter Devereux (d. 1537) and his two wives. Reason I went out that way today really
some superb costume details preserved
February 7, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Three’s a crowd at St John, Stowe-by-Chartley (Staffs.)
Monument to Walter Devereux (d. 1537) and his two wives. Reason I went out that way today really
some superb costume details preserved
Monument to Walter Devereux (d. 1537) and his two wives. Reason I went out that way today really
some superb costume details preserved
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And more on the collaboration with the Glasgow School of Art research and digital reconstruction here. #Skystorians
February 7, 2026 at 8:58 AM
And more on the collaboration with the Glasgow School of Art research and digital reconstruction here. #Skystorians
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The late 15th Century retrochoir at Peterborough Cathedral must be of the best examples of fan vaulting in England. More intimate than its contemporary up the road at Kings College Chapel, Cambridge, but with the same sense of being closer to a medieval Heaven than to a secular 21st Century Earth.
February 7, 2026 at 7:29 AM
The late 15th Century retrochoir at Peterborough Cathedral must be of the best examples of fan vaulting in England. More intimate than its contemporary up the road at Kings College Chapel, Cambridge, but with the same sense of being closer to a medieval Heaven than to a secular 21st Century Earth.
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features, such as the canopy, are conjectural, aimed at recreating the 15th-century atmosphere of owner William Snawsell rather than strictly restoring it to a specific original state. In a connection to my home city of Wakefield it was once in the possession of Nostell Priory.
February 7, 2026 at 7:30 AM
features, such as the canopy, are conjectural, aimed at recreating the 15th-century atmosphere of owner William Snawsell rather than strictly restoring it to a specific original state. In a connection to my home city of Wakefield it was once in the possession of Nostell Priory.
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Barley Hall in York is a hybrid of major reconstruction and restoration, where over 75% of the original timber frame was replaced during a 1980s-90s project by the York Archaeological Trust. While it utilises surviving medieval structures (dating back to the 1360s), many
February 7, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Barley Hall in York is a hybrid of major reconstruction and restoration, where over 75% of the original timber frame was replaced during a 1980s-90s project by the York Archaeological Trust. While it utilises surviving medieval structures (dating back to the 1360s), many
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February 6, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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its #RuinedPrioryFriday & there's this curious quartet of monastic sites in a crescent around Shrewsbury which deserves a bit of a thread
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February 6, 2026 at 10:29 AM
its #RuinedPrioryFriday & there's this curious quartet of monastic sites in a crescent around Shrewsbury which deserves a bit of a thread
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A stunning early medieval square-headed brooch, found at Linton Heath in Cambridgeshire, now on display at the wonderful Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. @camunivmuseums.bsky.social #FindsFriday
February 6, 2026 at 11:24 AM
A stunning early medieval square-headed brooch, found at Linton Heath in Cambridgeshire, now on display at the wonderful Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. @camunivmuseums.bsky.social #FindsFriday
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#dailywonder 😃🥰
A little bear figurine carved out of amber some 6,000 years ago 🐻❤️
A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm.
Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887.
📷 National Museum in Szczecin
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm.
Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887.
📷 National Museum in Szczecin
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
February 6, 2026 at 9:04 AM
#dailywonder 😃🥰
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One of the Lewis Chessmen - currently on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Found in 1831 on a beach at Uig on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, the Chessmen dates to the late 12th or early 13th century. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #LewisChessmen #NMS
February 6, 2026 at 7:25 AM
One of the Lewis Chessmen - currently on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Found in 1831 on a beach at Uig on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, the Chessmen dates to the late 12th or early 13th century. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #LewisChessmen #NMS
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February 5, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I wonder what ‘removed’ and ‘disposed of’ mean? Who decided this or agreed to it and why? If legit, what stops the same thing in every other English church?
On to St Mary Magdalen, Sheet. Still in Hampshire but only just
Keen to see the remaining Comper work there. Alas it has been removed. disposed of around 10 years ago apparently- only this lonely pulpit by him remains
Keen to see the remaining Comper work there. Alas it has been removed. disposed of around 10 years ago apparently- only this lonely pulpit by him remains
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
I wonder what ‘removed’ and ‘disposed of’ mean? Who decided this or agreed to it and why? If legit, what stops the same thing in every other English church?
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insulated with materials like straw, sawdust, or ash to keep ice frozen through the summer. Images: The Ice House at Harewood Park, Simon Cobb, Public Domain and Bewerley Ice House (restored), David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0
February 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
insulated with materials like straw, sawdust, or ash to keep ice frozen through the summer. Images: The Ice House at Harewood Park, Simon Cobb, Public Domain and Bewerley Ice House (restored), David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0
This is an excellent explanation and a fascinating ‘bridge’ between two worlds. If Harold’s Bosham hall in the Bayeux Tapestry illustrates a timber Saxon hall, as many of us believe, we can see that timber structures and decoration reflected stone constructions and polychrome, so why not vice versa?
In Anglo-Saxon architecture, Roman stone meets a timber way of thinking: stone becomes articulated into the Saxon timber-centric world view. I suppose, in this way, it is also a memory as well as a material. Here at All Saints', Earls Barton. 📸 my own.
February 3, 2026 at 9:10 PM
This is an excellent explanation and a fascinating ‘bridge’ between two worlds. If Harold’s Bosham hall in the Bayeux Tapestry illustrates a timber Saxon hall, as many of us believe, we can see that timber structures and decoration reflected stone constructions and polychrome, so why not vice versa?
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Good evening. This week's theme is Covent Garden 🎭🥂🌹
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'Broad Court, Covent Garden' (2024) by Melissa Scott-Miller
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'Broad Court, Covent Garden' (2024) by Melissa Scott-Miller
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February 2, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Good evening. This week's theme is Covent Garden 🎭🥂🌹
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'Broad Court, Covent Garden' (2024) by Melissa Scott-Miller
chrisbeetles.com
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'Broad Court, Covent Garden' (2024) by Melissa Scott-Miller
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Part 234 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
A 19th century CE snake bridge on the Macclesfield Canal, in England, which allowed the towpath to cross the canal without the horse being unhitched from the narrowboat it was pulling
A 19th century CE snake bridge on the Macclesfield Canal, in England, which allowed the towpath to cross the canal without the horse being unhitched from the narrowboat it was pulling
February 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Part 234 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
A 19th century CE snake bridge on the Macclesfield Canal, in England, which allowed the towpath to cross the canal without the horse being unhitched from the narrowboat it was pulling
A 19th century CE snake bridge on the Macclesfield Canal, in England, which allowed the towpath to cross the canal without the horse being unhitched from the narrowboat it was pulling
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#SaxonSunday with St Peters, Stanton Lacy
mid c11 with pilaster strips & early doorway surviving
See more historic churches, medieval & ancient bits from Shropshire in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjB...
mid c11 with pilaster strips & early doorway surviving
See more historic churches, medieval & ancient bits from Shropshire in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjB...
February 1, 2026 at 9:36 PM
#SaxonSunday with St Peters, Stanton Lacy
mid c11 with pilaster strips & early doorway surviving
See more historic churches, medieval & ancient bits from Shropshire in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjB...
mid c11 with pilaster strips & early doorway surviving
See more historic churches, medieval & ancient bits from Shropshire in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjB...
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Roman tiles peeping through Chickney’s Saxon parish church. An Essex stop, well worth a look.
January 31, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Roman tiles peeping through Chickney’s Saxon parish church. An Essex stop, well worth a look.
I have a George V standard issue GPO wall box along with the large enamel plate and several small enamel plates with ‘next collection’ times on them. It was offered in settlement of a bad debt! I needed paying and he had a box! He had earlier offered me a phone box for use as a shower cubicle!
January 31, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I have a George V standard issue GPO wall box along with the large enamel plate and several small enamel plates with ‘next collection’ times on them. It was offered in settlement of a bad debt! I needed paying and he had a box! He had earlier offered me a phone box for use as a shower cubicle!
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One of my favourite buildings in Huddersfield today was Byram Arcade, a galleried shopping arcade of c1880 by WH Crossland. It's easy to imagine the posh shops that would fill it if it was in Leeds or Harrogate!
January 29, 2026 at 9:18 PM
One of my favourite buildings in Huddersfield today was Byram Arcade, a galleried shopping arcade of c1880 by WH Crossland. It's easy to imagine the posh shops that would fill it if it was in Leeds or Harrogate!
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#RomanFortThursday
#Roman legionary fortress has been detected near the renowned auxiliary fort at Valkenburg. Uncovering the remains of the fortress gateway was a key factor in proving the existence of a previously unsuspected #military site.
#Archaeology #History (1/4)
#Roman legionary fortress has been detected near the renowned auxiliary fort at Valkenburg. Uncovering the remains of the fortress gateway was a key factor in proving the existence of a previously unsuspected #military site.
#Archaeology #History (1/4)
January 29, 2026 at 2:10 PM
#RomanFortThursday
#Roman legionary fortress has been detected near the renowned auxiliary fort at Valkenburg. Uncovering the remains of the fortress gateway was a key factor in proving the existence of a previously unsuspected #military site.
#Archaeology #History (1/4)
#Roman legionary fortress has been detected near the renowned auxiliary fort at Valkenburg. Uncovering the remains of the fortress gateway was a key factor in proving the existence of a previously unsuspected #military site.
#Archaeology #History (1/4)
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#AdoorableThursday
V impressive/formidable sheet iron-covered door c.1400.
Decorated w 3 coats of arms representing Kings of Bohemia + Germany/Holy Roman Empire, + City of Nuremburg, so likely made for major public building in the city.
In London's V&A.
Click for full arched door. More detail in ALT
V impressive/formidable sheet iron-covered door c.1400.
Decorated w 3 coats of arms representing Kings of Bohemia + Germany/Holy Roman Empire, + City of Nuremburg, so likely made for major public building in the city.
In London's V&A.
Click for full arched door. More detail in ALT
January 29, 2026 at 4:18 PM
#AdoorableThursday
V impressive/formidable sheet iron-covered door c.1400.
Decorated w 3 coats of arms representing Kings of Bohemia + Germany/Holy Roman Empire, + City of Nuremburg, so likely made for major public building in the city.
In London's V&A.
Click for full arched door. More detail in ALT
V impressive/formidable sheet iron-covered door c.1400.
Decorated w 3 coats of arms representing Kings of Bohemia + Germany/Holy Roman Empire, + City of Nuremburg, so likely made for major public building in the city.
In London's V&A.
Click for full arched door. More detail in ALT
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Although this c18 one at Wanstead takes some beating - carefully balanced atop two palm trees. most exotic
January 27, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Although this c18 one at Wanstead takes some beating - carefully balanced atop two palm trees. most exotic
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St Martin on the Wall - Wareham - without doubt my favourite Dorset church.
Dating from 1020AD, it’s a wonderful little church with its “Saxon”-style nave & chancel, a lovely Norman chancel arch, 12th Century frescos in the chancel and later wall paintings throughout.
#Dorset
Dating from 1020AD, it’s a wonderful little church with its “Saxon”-style nave & chancel, a lovely Norman chancel arch, 12th Century frescos in the chancel and later wall paintings throughout.
#Dorset
January 28, 2026 at 7:16 PM
St Martin on the Wall - Wareham - without doubt my favourite Dorset church.
Dating from 1020AD, it’s a wonderful little church with its “Saxon”-style nave & chancel, a lovely Norman chancel arch, 12th Century frescos in the chancel and later wall paintings throughout.
#Dorset
Dating from 1020AD, it’s a wonderful little church with its “Saxon”-style nave & chancel, a lovely Norman chancel arch, 12th Century frescos in the chancel and later wall paintings throughout.
#Dorset
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Some more possible standing stones, hidden in plain sight in full camo, that I wonder about…and I have photos of more (not obsessed at all)
January 27, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Some more possible standing stones, hidden in plain sight in full camo, that I wonder about…and I have photos of more (not obsessed at all)