Tag: England
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Ring the changes: where England’s bells hang
Dove’s Guide lists 7,262 rings of church bells hung for change ringing, 93% of them in England. I mapped them all, and found Victoria’s jubilees, two world wars and seven centuries of bell founding in the dates on the bells.
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The Roman Commuter Belt?
Roman villas and today’s richest neighbourhoods both crowd into the lowland south-east. I set 617 villas against household income across England and Wales: the villa premium is real at first sight, and almost all geography.
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Fire on the Hills: how fast could the Armada beacons carry the news?
I traced the lines of sight between 193 hills named for a beacon and lit a fire at the Lizard. On the names alone it never leaves Cornwall; fill the gaps and it reaches London in 9 hops.
