81-411: The ' Campden Wonder ' is the name given to events surrounding the return of a man thought to have been murdered in the town of Chipping Campden , Gloucestershire , England, in the 17th century. A family servant and the servant's mother and brother were hanged for killing their master, but following the man's return it became clear that no murder had taken place, despite the testimony of one of
162-405: A non-League football club Deal Town , which plays at The Charles Sports Ground. The rugby club, Deal & Betteshanger Lions plays at the old RM Drill Field off Canada Road. Deal Rowing Club is located on the seafront north of the pier. There is a farmer's market on Wednesday which sells local produce, as well as a long-running market on Saturday. The town has an independent retail sector in
243-517: A rose floor plan. Deal is first mentioned as a village in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Addelam . It is referred to as Dela in 1158, and Dale in 1275. The name is the Old English dael meaning 'valley', cognate with the modern English 'dale'. Deal developed into a port by the end of the 13th century. In 1495, the town was the site of an attempted landing by the pretender to
324-403: A 70-year-old man, his pockets being stuffed with money and his selling into slavery for a few pounds; his being taken on horseback from Chipping Campden to Deal unnoticed; and his claims that his attackers wounded him in the thigh and side with a sword, then nursed him back to health. It has been suggested that the actual reason for Harrison's disappearance was that he had felt it expedient to leave
405-460: A beam of 12 ft 3 in (3.73 m), carrying 6 tons of ballast in a hull that weighed 3 and a half tons. They were clinker built and had an enclosed forepeak in which the crew could shelter or sleep – but otherwise these were undecked, open boats. It was these larger luggers that would carry a replacement anchor out to a ship in the Downs. The smaller luggers were called "cats", able to do most of
486-705: A communication link to the Admiralty in London but converted to a timeball tower , in 1855 which remains today as a museum. The Deal Maritime and Local History Museum is housed in an historic complex of light-industrial buildings in St George's Road, dating from 1803. It contains a series of displays and artefacts, narrating the town's maritime, industrial, domestic and leisure history. The Deal boatmen were internationally famous for their skilled seamanship and bravery in operating their locally-built craft, launching and recovering from
567-581: A deputy appointed by the mayor of that town; William III by his charter incorporated the town under the title of mayor, jurats and commonalty of Deal. Deal Town Hall , the former meeting place of Deal Borough Council, was completed in 1803. In 1861, the Royal Marine Depot was established in the town. In 1989, it was bombed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army , killing 11 bandsmen . The proximity of Deal's shoreline to
648-407: A dipping lug on a single mast. They were used for taking passengers out to ships in the Downs and for boarding and landing pilots. Luggers were launched bows first down the beach by slipping the chain that ran through the "ruffles" (a hole in the back of the keel) and travelled at gathering speed down greased wooden skids laid on the shingle. The intent was to gather enough momentum to get through
729-582: A gatehouse and two Jacobean banqueting houses; the latter were restored by the Landmark Trust . Lady Juliana Noel, Sir Baptist's daughter, and her family lived at the converted stables near the site in Calf Lane, now called The Court House . Her descendant still lives in that Grade II listed building. In 1970, the High Street and much of the town centre was designated a conservation area to preserve
810-492: A journey back to the dangerous coastal town of Deal, fleshing out the back story of main characters from the first novel whilst also raising some interesting new questions. In Jane Austen 's Persuasion , the town is mentioned as the only place where Admiral Croft's wife Sophia Croft was ever ill, as it was the only place she was ever separated from him, whilst he was patrolling the North Sea . Deal has one paid-for newspaper,
891-514: A plaque to William Grevel, described as "the flower of the wool merchants of all England". His home, the Grade I listed Grevel's House, was built c. 1380; it is not open to visitors. The Grade I listed almshouses on Church Street were built in 1612, provided by Sir Baptist Hicks as homes for 12 pensioners and still remains in use for that purpose. The Grade II listed Old Silk Mill in Sheep Street
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#1732872507305972-410: A port and stowed away on a Portuguese ship, finally returning to Dover by way of Lisbon. The case led to the popular belief that England had a rule in criminal law of ' no body, no murder '. Morton states that this is a misconception and that no such rule existed. Linda Stratmann , in her book Gloucestershire Murders , states that Harrison's story is questionable on several points: the abduction of
1053-403: A ship in the Downs to lose her anchor – either slipping the cable in an emergency or if a cable or anchor chain parted. This provided two sources of work for the boatmen. First, the Downs had to be kept as clear as possible of the obstruction that lost gear presented, otherwise the anchors of other ships could become entangled in them and prevent weighing. In 1607, two boatmen were awarded £30
1134-579: A small cinema re-appeared in the former Cannon Classic Cinema building, that too closed in 2007. Deal's former bingo hall the Regent , another art deco cinema building, closed in 2008. Deal is twinned with Saint-Omer , France. The nearest UK Met Office weather station is in Langdon Bay. Deal has a temperate maritime climate, with comfortable summers and cold winters. The temperature is usually between 3 °C (37 °F) and 21.1 °C (70.0 °F), but
1215-487: A term of infamy; And till that’s done, the town will stand A just reproach to all the land William Cobbett passing through in September 1823 noted in his book Rural Rides : Deal is a most villainous place. It is full of filthy-looking people. Great desolation of abomination has been going on here; tremendous barracks, partly pulled down and partly tumbling down, and partly occupied by soldiers. Everything seems upon
1296-477: A year for sweeping for and recovering lost anchors, with substantial numbers being salvaged. In the 3 years from 1866, over 600 anchors were swept up from the Downs – at that time the Board of Trade paid for this to be done. Secondly, a ship that had lost her anchor would need to replace it. A large store of ground tackle of every size was kept by the boatmen, from which a suitable example could be loaded into one of
1377-523: Is a musical telling of the tale. Chipping Campden Chipping Campden is a market town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire , England. It is notable for its terraced High Street, dating from the 14th to the 17th centuries. A wool trading centre in the Middle Ages , Chipping Campden enjoyed the patronage of wealthy wool merchants, most notably William Greville (d.1401). The High Street
1458-519: Is a three-storey building, originally used as a mill for spinning of silk thread; it closed in 1860 and became a silk throwing mill. In 1902, the building was converted into the headquarters for the Guild of Handicraft. The Court Barn near the church is now a museum celebrating the Arts and Crafts tradition of the area. Hicks was also the owner of Campden House, on land he purchased some time after 1608; he added
1539-566: Is also mentioned (as the "Camden Mystery") in John Rhode 's detective novel In Face of the Verdict (in the U.S., In the Face of the Verdict ; 1936). Another novel by Victoria Bennett called The Poorest He (2005) gives a fictional account of the case. There is also a radio play of the story dating from 1994, Roger Hume's The Campden Wonder . The final track on Inkubus Sukkubus ' 2016 album Barrow Wake
1620-551: Is lined with buildings built from locally quarried oolitic limestone , known as Cotswold stone , and boasts a wealth of vernacular architecture . Much of the town centre is a conservation area which has helped to preserve the original buildings. The town is an end point of the Cotswold Way , a 102-mile long-distance footpath . Chipping Campden has hosted its own Coldwold Games since 1612. The name Chipping derives from Old English cēping , meaning 'market' or 'market-place';
1701-644: Is now widely recognised as one of the UK's leading music festivals. The 2020 Festival had been scheduled to run from 9 to 23 May, but was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic . In the early 20th century, the town became known as a centre for the Cotswold Arts and Crafts Movement , following the move of Charles Robert Ashbee and the members of his Guild and School of Handicraft from the East End of London in 1902. According to
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#17328725073051782-506: Is set in the late 18th century when the town was a haven for criminal gangs smuggling contraband across the English Channel. In Chittenden's debut The Boy Who Led Them a child rises through the ranks to control the biggest smuggling gang on the Kent coast, fighting wars with rival gangs and revenue men at every turn. In Chittenden's next book The Boy Who Felt No Pain he takes the reader on
1863-416: Is still used today by international and regional shipping , though on a scale far smaller than in former times (some historical accounts report hundreds of ships being visible from the beach). In 1672, a small Naval Yard was established at Deal, providing stores and minor repair facilities. Just outside the gates of the yard there is now a building originally used as a semaphore tower planned to be used as
1944-585: The East Kent Mercury , published by the KM Group . Deal is served by the award winning internet radio station DR (Deal Radio), The UK's leading StreetSide radio station with 24/7 content - news, music, interviews. Broadcasting from studios at HQ 69A High Street. You can visit the studio and contribute live to the regular community shows - Midday Meet Up and the Saturday Drop In Deal is also served by
2025-526: The 2011 census , was 5,888. Local government consists of a town council of 11 councillors; one councillor is selected to serve as mayor for a term of 12 months. Chipping Campden Council meets on the second Tuesday of every month in Chipping Campden Town Hall . Council meetings are open to the public, with time set aside for public questions. There are two primary schools: St James’ & Ebrington Church of England and St Catharine's Catholic;
2106-561: The English Channel meet, 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Dover and 8 miles (13 km) south of Ramsgate . It is a former fishing, mining and garrison town whose history is closely linked to the anchorage in the Downs . Close to Deal is Walmer , a possible location for Julius Caesar 's first arrival in Britain . Deal became a 'limb port' of the Cinque Ports in 1278 and grew into
2187-605: The Sutton Coldfield or Lark Stoke TV transmitters. The town is served by both BBC CWR and BBC Radio Gloucestershire . Other radio stations are Heart West , Greatest Hits Radio South West , Capital Mid-Counties , and North Cotswold Community Radio , a community-based station which broadcasts from the town. The town's local newspapers are the Chipping Campden Bulletin , Evesham Observer and Cotswold Journal . Since 2002, Chipping Campden has hosted what
2268-597: The Army and Navy. In due course the hospitals were also turned into barracks (known as North Barracks and East Barracks respectively). From 1861 the complex served as a sizeable Depot for the Royal Marines; latterly it was known in particular for the Royal Marines School of Music, which had moved there in 1930. The seafront at Deal has been adorned with three separate piers in the town's history. The first, built in 1838,
2349-746: The Coneygree field (where rabbits had been raised generations earlier) for the National Trust to ensure its protection. Many of Griggs' etchings are preserved at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford . H. J. Massingham , the rural writer who celebrated the traditions of the English countryside, also settled near the town, as did Arthur Gaskin . Ananda Coomaraswamy , the Sri Lankan philosopher and art critic and his wife
2430-437: The Downs was the quality of the holding ground of the anchorage. It consists of chalk, which is not the best material. Hence it was common for ships in the roadstead to drag their anchors in strong winds, especially those from north round to east northeast or from the southeast, as these directions were less sheltered. This provided salvage work as an additional source of income for the town, with many ships being saved by help from
2511-402: The Downs, 17 of them in one day. The lugger Albion earnt the most from this: £2,022 8s 6d, with other boats earning several hundred pounds each. Other salvage work was also done by the boatmen - anything from supplying fresh men to man the pumps of a leaking vessel, to taking cargo off the wrecks of vessels that could not be saved - though with some instances when abandoned vessels aground on
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2592-515: The English throne Perkin Warbeck . His supporters were driven off by locals loyal to Henry VII at the Battle of Deal , fought on the beach. Sandown , Deal and Walmer castles were constructed around the town by Henry VIII to protect against foreign naval attack. In 1699 the inhabitants petitioned for incorporation, since previously the town had been under the jurisdiction of Sandwich and governed by
2673-613: The Goodwins were saved, yielding significant awards by the Admiralty court. An extensive smuggling trade existed from Deal, with a peak of activity in 1737. Special fast galleys (boats primarily propelled by oars) were built and used in calm misty weather, when the Revenue vessels had little chance of catching them. In response to this, in 1784 the government sent a punitive expedition of soldiers to Deal, supported by naval cutters stationed offshore. The boats were all smashed or burnt - so depriving
2754-519: The Lord Warden's residence. There is also a ruin of the third Tudor castle, Sandown Castle , in North Deal. The Deal Maritime and Local History Museum has exhibits of boats, smuggler galleys and model naval ships . It also contains extensive histories of the lifeboats as well as local parish registers. The Timeball Tower Museum , on the other hand, focuses on the importance of timekeeping for ships, and
2835-648: The North End of Deal High Street, and a number of chains on the High Street, though there are some retail voids. The Lighthouse Music & Arts Venue offers live music and arts events. The Astor Theatre in Deal offers musical performances, live theatre, exhibitions, films, classes and clubs. Deal had two cinemas up until 1981, but these finally closed in 1984 with the closure of the Cannon Classic in Queen Street and although
2916-542: The accused. The story attracted popular attention in England in the years 1660–1662. The events were documented by local gentleman and justice of the peace Sir Thomas Overbury in a pamphlet titled A true and perfect account of the examination, confession, trial, condemnation and execution of Joan Perry, and her two sons, John and Richard Perry, for the supposed murder of Will. Harrison and an accompanying letter by William Harrison which had details of his whereabouts during
2997-619: The architecture. There are two historic gardens nearby: the Arts and Crafts Hidcote Manor Garden , owned and managed by the National Trust, and another at nearby Mickleton, Kiftsgate ; this site is privately owned, but open to the public. Two miles to the west, in the grounds of Weston Park near Saintbury, are the earthwork remains of a motte-and-bailey castle . The town falls within Campden-Vale electoral ward . This ward stretches north from Chipping Campden to Mickleton . Its population, taken at
3078-453: The beach and then turn it round ready for the next launch. This was a hazardous task in which men could be killed or injured if control was lost of the large weights being moved. A naval storehouse was built in Deal in 1672, providing for ships anchored in the Downs. In time, the establishment grew to cover some five acres of land, to the north of the castle. There was also a Victualling Yard on site. In contrast to other naval yards , there
3159-461: The boatmen of a means to make a living. The resentment at this community punishment was set aside when the Napoleonic wars started, and the many naval vessels anchored in the Downs needed their services. In the 19th century there were several types of boat used by the boatmen. The 2 largest were the Deal luggers . In the early part of the century, these were 3 masted vessels, with a dipping lug on
3240-496: The boatmen. The importance of the Downs started to reduce from the late 1860's, as competition from steamships made speed an important commercial consideration. Sailing ships began to employ tugs to overcome adverse winds. By the 1880s, the only common usage of the anchorage was by small sailing vessels. Deal was, for example, visited by Lord Nelson and was the first English soil on which James Cook set foot in 1771 on returning from his first voyage to Australia . The anchorage
3321-415: The busiest port in England; today it is a seaside resort , its quaint streets and houses a reminder of its history along with many ancient buildings and monuments. In 1968, Middle Street was the first conservation area in Kent. The coast of France is approximately 25 miles (40 km) from the town and is visible on clear days. The Tudor -era Deal Castle , commissioned by then- King , Henry VIII , has
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3402-482: The country due to the volatile situation surrounding the recent Stuart Restoration . John Masefield wrote two plays on the subject: The Campden Wonder and Mrs Harrison . The latter dealt with the popular myth that Harrison's wife committed suicide on learning that her husband was alive. The case is mentioned, along with the Sandyford murder case , in E. C. Bentley 's detective novel Trent's Last Case (1920). It
3483-446: The county-wide stations Heart , Gold , KMFM and BBC Radio Kent . DCR 104.9FM (Dover Community Radio) the community radio station for Deal, Dover and Sandwich started broadcasting on 104.9FM in May 2022. The online station of the same name launched on 30 July 2011 offering local programmes, music and news for Dover and district. Prior to this DCR was a podcasting service founded in 2010. DCR
3564-574: The crime. He then said that his mother Joan and his brother Richard had killed Harrison for his money and hidden the body. Joan and Richard denied that they had had anything to do with Harrison's disappearance, but John continued to say that they were guilty, claiming they had dumped his body in a millpond. The pond was dredged, but no body was found. The first court hearings were held on charges which resulted from an alleged plot to steal money from William Harrison. Joan and Richard Perry pleaded not guilty. The jury found them guilty, based on John's testimony;
3645-408: The difficulty of getting a good launch, as there was less space in which to pick up speed. When the boat's work was complete, beaching was done by sailing on to the beach in front of the capstan, with a man standing in the sea ready to fasten the capstan rope to the chain strop that went through the front of the keel. For a large lugger it would take 20 or 30 men at the capstan to then haul the boat up
3726-559: The etcher, who built Dover's Court (now known as New Dover's House), one of the last significant Arts and Crafts houses. He set up the Campden Trust in 1929 with Norman Jewson and others, initially to protect Dover's Hill from development. According to a 2018 report, Griggs "sympathetically restored houses on the High Street, battled against a tide of ugliness that engulfed other towns and villages and used money he could ill afford to safeguard its surroundings." In 1934, he raised funds to buy
3807-729: The fairground in Leysbourne and the Alms Houses brings that stage of the celebration to a close whilst the fair continues until midnight and, like a ghost, is gone by the morning. The 2019 Games agenda included events such as a children's half-mile Junior Circuit, a Championship of the Hill race for adults and a Tug O’War competition. The organisers also planned fireworks, a torchlit procession, marching bands and cannons firing. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central . Television signals are received from either
3888-409: The first waves encountered as the foresail was hoisted. A haul-off rope, led to an anchor set off-shore, could hold the boat up to the waves as the sail was hoisted and help the boat sheer off on the correct tack. If not enough speed was gained, unless the weather was calm, the boat would probably turn parallel to the beach and be smashed by the waves. At high water, the shorter run to the sea increased
3969-516: The following reasons were cited: Since the defendants were first-time offenders, they were eligible for an automatic pardon under the Indemnity and Oblivion Act 1660 , so they followed the advice of their lawyers and changed their pleas to guilty. Writer Linda Stratmann states that their lawyers had given bad advice to the Perrys, as the potential criminal charge of murder was as yet unresolved. Since there
4050-420: The fore and main masts and a standing lug mizzen. A jib was set on a bowsprit and the mizzen sheeted to a long outrigger. The mainmast could be dispensed with to give more working room in the boat or in the winter, so it was common for just two masts to be used. The mainmast ceased to be used altogether in the 1840s. The "first class" luggers (often called "forepeakers") would be up to 38 feet (12 metres) long, with
4131-402: The foremost Arts and Crafts workshops of its period...formed the focus of the communal life which, as a pioneering social experiment, formed the most bold and important expression of Arts and Crafts principles." The Guild ceased operation in 1907 but the centre for crafts offers a permanent exhibition of their work. A number of artists and writers settled in the area, including F. L. Griggs ,
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#17328725073054212-493: The handloom weaver Ethel Mairet , settled at Broad Campden where Ashbee adapted the Norman chapel for him. In 2005, a group of traditional craftspeople moved into The Old Silk Mill building. As of 2019, there were 28 members of this co-operative. Chipping Campden is twinned with: Deal, Kent Deal is a coastal town in Kent , England, which lies where the North Sea and
4293-458: The journey they heard that some items belonging to William Harrison had been discovered on the main road between Chipping Campden and Ebrington. These included a hat, a shirt and a neckband. The hat had been slashed by a sharp implement, and the shirt and the neckband were covered in blood, there was no sign of the body of William Harrison. Under questioning, John Perry said that he knew Harrison had been murdered, but Perry claimed to be innocent of
4374-530: The jury found all three of the Perrys guilty, and all were sentenced to death . The Perrys were hanged together on Broadway Hill in Gloucestershire. As Joan Perry was suspected of being a witch, she was executed first, in order to break any spell that she might have cast upon her sons to prevent them from confessing their guilt. On the scaffold, Richard and John reiterated that they were entirely innocent of killing William Harrison. Broadway Tower now stands on
4455-617: The larger luggers and taken out and sold to the ship which needed it. In ordinary weather, this charge would be the fair cost of the gear sold. In severe weather, provision of an anchor would be classed as salvage, since it often prevented the loss of the ship. After the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, the salvage claims became more fairly assessed than in prior years and substantial payments could be made to boatmen who launched into strong winds to provide this service. In November 1859, in 12 days 30 anchors and chains were supplied to ships in
4536-408: The late Spring bank holiday (usually late May or early June), on Dover's Hill, near Chipping Campden. Peculiar to the games is the sport of shin-kicking, where hay stuffed down the trousers to ease one's brave passage to later rounds. To mark the end of the games, there is a huge bonfire and firework display. This is followed by a torch-lit procession back into the town and dancing to a local band in
4617-439: The local historical society, the movement "focused on handmade objects, reacting against the rapidly growing dominance of machinery which resulted in the loss of craft skills". The Guild of Handicraft specialised in metalworking, producing jewellery and enamels, as well as hand-wrought copper and wrought ironwork, and furniture-making. According to Historic England , "the Guild of Handicraft, founded by Ashbee in 1888, became one of
4698-540: The manor and gained the title 1st Viscount Campden. The manor was destroyed by Royalists in 1645 during the English Civil War , possibly to prevent it falling into the hands of the Parliamentarians . There is little reliable evidence as to the appearance of the manor and gardens. Any drawings of the house were made long after it had been destroyed. All that now remains of Sir Baptist Hicks' once imposing estate are
4779-453: The narrow streets of Deal, and very gloomy they were upon a raw misty morning. The long flat beach, with its little irregular houses, wooden and brick, and its litter of capstans, and great boats, and sheds, and bare upright poles with tackle and blocks, and loose gravelly waste places overgrown with grass and weeds, wore as dull an appearance as any place I ever saw. Deal is the setting for local novelist George Chittenden's smuggling saga, which
4860-518: The notorious Goodwin Sands has made its coastal waters a source of both shelter and danger through the history of sea travel in British waters. The Downs , the water between the town and the sands, provides a naturally sheltered anchorage . Positioned at the eastern end of the English Channel , this is where sailing vessels would wait for a favourable wind, either to proceed into the North Sea , or, heading to
4941-453: The only way to provide ships in the Downs with fresh provisions, stores and equipment was in boats launched directly from the beach. This was an extensive trade for Deal, and lasted until steam ships took over from sail. Deal also provided a convenient landing place for passengers for London, potentially saving a long wait for a fair wind to finish a voyage; it also allowed outward bound ships to be caught up with and joined. One problem with
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#17328725073055022-463: The open beach. Only the severest weather prevented the larger of the working boats from being able to launch. A range of work was done. Provisions and supplies were taken out to ships anchored in the Downs, and the Post Office paid for mail to be taken out or landed. Ballast (in the form of shingle loaded from the beach) would be sold. Passengers were taken to and from moored ships. It was not unusual for
5103-472: The pair. On his way to Charingworth he met John Perry. The servant said that he had not been able to find his master. Perry and Edward continued to Ebrington , where they questioned one of the tenants whom Harrison had been going to see. The tenant said that Harrison had been there the previous night. Edward Harrison and John Perry then went to the village of Paxford , but their search proved fruitless. Edward and John then headed back to Chipping Campden. During
5184-524: The perish. I was glad to hurry along through it, and to leave its inns and public-houses to be occupied by the tarred, and trowsered, and blue and buff crew whose very vicinage I always detest. Dickens, who had visited the town, had Richard Carstone garrisoned here in Bleak House , so that Woodcourt and Esther's paths can cross when Woodcourt's ship happens to anchor in the Downs at the same time as Esther and Charley are visiting Richard: At last we came into
5265-526: The role the building it occupies played. Kent Museum of the Moving Image (Kent MOMI) explores the deep history of the moving image — from the days of candle-lit magic lantern performances and hand-painted slides, through Victorian visual experimentation, to the advent and heyday of the cinema. Diarist Samuel Pepys recorded several visits to the town, being moved on 30 April 1660 to describe it as "pitiful". The author Daniel Defoe controversially wrote of
5346-423: The same element is found in other towns such as Chipping Norton , Chipping Sodbury and Chipping (now High) Wycombe . One of the oldest buildings in the town is the Grade I listed Market Hall, built by Sir Baptist Hicks in 1627 and is still in use. The building was intended as a shelter for merchants and farmers selling their wares, with the arched side walls open to allow light and customers to enter. There
5427-481: The site of the hanging. In 1662, Harrison returned to England aboard a ship from Lisbon . He claimed that he had been abducted, wounded, had his pockets stuffed with money and been spirited away on horses from England via Deal port in Kent, transferred to a Turkish ship and sold into slavery in the Ottoman Empire . Harrison said that after about a year and three quarters his master had died and that he then went to
5508-512: The square. The Scuttlebrook Wake takes place the following day. The locals don fancy dress costumes and follow the Scuttlebrook Queen, with her four attendants and Page Boy, in a procession to the centre of town pulled on a decorated dray by the town's own Morris Men. This is then followed by the presentation of prizes and displays of Maypole and Country dancing by the two primary schools and Morris dancing . Another procession from there past
5589-626: The town also has a secondary school, Chipping Campden School . Chipping Campden railway station was a stop on the Cotswold Line , but was closed in 1966. Since 2014, there have been proposals to reopen it. The nearest National Rail station is at Moreton-in-Marsh , eight miles away. Great Western Railway operates generally hourly services between London Paddington and Worcestershire Parkway , via Reading , Oxford and Evesham . Local bus routes are operated by Stagecoach Midlands , Pulham Coaches and Hedgehog Community Buses; these connect
5670-413: The town in his 1704 book The Storm . The town accused him of libel and refuted the allegations he made. Defoe wrote: If I had any satire left to write, Could I with suited spleen indite, My verse should blast that fatal town, And drown’d sailors' widows pull it down; No footsteps of it should appear, And ships no more cast anchor there. The barbarous hated name of Deal shou’d die, Or be
5751-462: The town with Cheltenham , Evesham , Mickleton , Moreton-in-Marsh and Stratford-upon-Avon . Since the early seventeenth century, the town has been home to a championship of rural games, which later turned into Robert Dover 's Cotswold Olimpick Games. The games were discontinued in 1852, but were revived in 1963 and still continue. The Olimpicks are held every summer on the Friday evening following
5832-569: The west, down the Channel. Ships going from London (the largest port in the world for much of the age of sail) to the Channel would leave under a fair wind (largely westerly), would turn south past the North Foreland and then find the same wind to be against them to go any further. (The reverse is true for ships heading for London from the Channel: a westerly wind prevents the last part of their journey.) It
5913-413: The work of the larger boats, but instead of the enclosed forepeak they had a removable cabin that could be set up between the thwarts. There were 21 first class luggers boat operating from Deal in 1833 and 15 cats. In the same year, 54 four or six oared galleys worked from Deal. These were lighter boats of between 21 and 30 ft (6.4 and 9.1 m) in length. They could be sailed as well as rowed, setting
5994-509: The years that he had gone missing. On 16 August 1660, in Chipping Campden , at the home of William Harrison, the 70-year-old man stated his intention to walk the two miles to the village of Charingworth, and left. When he did not return home at the expected time, his wife sent his manservant John Perry to look for him. Neither Harrison nor Perry had returned by the next morning. William Harrison's son Edward Harrison then set out to look for
6075-483: Was a plan to sell the hall in the 1940s, but locals raised funds to purchase the property and donated it to the National Trust . The grand early perpendicular Cotswold wool church , Church of St James , with its medieval altar frontals (c. 1500), cope (c. 1400) and 17th century monuments , includes a monument to silk merchant Sir Baptist Hicks and his family. The Grade I listed church also includes
6156-549: Was awarded a community radio licence by OFCOM on 12 May 2020. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC South East and ITV Meridian from the Dover transmitting station The town is served by Deal railway station on the Kent Coast Line , run by Southeastern , with services running to and from London St Pancras International and Ramsgate . With peak services to London Charing Cross via Tonbridge . Deal has
6237-411: Was common to find four or five hundred ships waiting for a slight change in wind direction that would allow them to proceed. When a useful wind shift occurred, those in the anchorage would be hastily weighing anchor and setting sail, whilst some ships heading in the opposite direction might now be entering the Downs to anchor, as the wind had turned against them. When the port of Sandwich silted up,
6318-644: Was designed by Sir John Rennie . After its wooden structure was destroyed in an 1857 gale, it was replaced by an iron pier in 1864. A popular pleasure pier, it survived until the Second World War , when it was struck and severely damaged by a mined Dutch ship, the Nora , in January 1940. This was not the first time the pier had been hit by shipping, with previous impacts in 1873 and 1884 necessitating extensive repairs. The present pier, designed by Sir W. Halcrow & Partners,
6399-510: Was no body of the alleged victim, the judge refused to prosecute the Perrys for murder. In spring 1661, the court reconvened to hear the charge of murder. Because the Perrys had previously pleaded guilty to the charge of robbery, the defendants were now considered to be convicted criminals. This time John Perry joined his mother and brother in pleading not guilty in the killing of William Harrison. The servant claimed that his original testimony had been false due to reason of insanity . Nevertheless,
6480-570: Was no place for ships to dock alongside at Deal, so instead a number of small supply boats were maintained at the yard; these would be launched from the shingle beach, carrying supplies, provisions, personnel or equipment as required. The Yard closed in 1864. The Royal Marines Depot was constructed shortly after the outbreak of the French Revolution . The layout originally consisted of adjacent cavalry and infantry barracks (later known as South Barracks), alongside which were separate hospitals for
6561-611: Was opened on 19 November 1957 by the Duke of Edinburgh . Deal's current pier is the last remaining fully intact leisure pier in Kent and is a Grade II listed building. Deal has several museums; most are related to Deal's maritime history. Both Deal Castle and Walmer Castle are operated by English Heritage – Deal has a display on the events in the reign of Henry VIII that led to the invasion threat which caused its construction, along with some material on its subsequent history, whereas displays at Walmer concentrate on Walmer's post-Tudor role as
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