Viewpoints – Placecloud

Gloucester, United Kingdom. In 909 the bones of Oswald of Northumbria were brought to Gloucester from Bardney in Lincolnshire by Æthelred and Æthelflæd, rulers of Mercia. In time the minster they had founded in Gloucester came to be named after this northern king. Find out why a northern king was an attractive patron to Merican rulers and how the northern connection was later reactivated by the Archbishops of York.

Tiptree, United Kingdom. The St Giles ruins are Maldon's only ancient scheduled monument. While in popular imagination medieval leper hospitals are thought of as places of exclusion, the truth is more complex and the community at St Giles was embedded in networks that stretched from the town centre out into the surrounding countryside.

Peterborough, United Kingdom. One of the most precious possessions of the monks of Peterborough was the incorrupt right arm of King Oswald. What was this relic? And how did it come to be installed in a chapel in Peterborough Abbey?

London, United Kingdom. Recounts the story of Dr Alexander Stewart Brown from Brockley who lost his life following a series of unfortunate events.

London, United Kingdom. Recounts the story of Constable Percy Edwin Cook, who died in 1927 trying to save some workmen from a High Tension Chamber in Kensington.

London, United Kingdom. Recounts the controversy around the death of Fireman Joseph Ford who died in 1871 while helping to rescue people from a burning house on the Grays Inn Road.

Former Medieval Diocese of Elmham (North Elmham), United Kingdom. Norfolk is undoubtedly Boleyn heartland, where the family first established themselves as important members of the county, and Salle village and Church in Norfolk remain a vital part of the Boleyn story.

London, United Kingdom. Brooke House has one of the saddest stories of any of Henry VIII's lost palaces, since it was only demolished in the 1950s. Now nothing remains of the palace in which Henry VIII was reconciled to his eldest daughter, Princess Mary.

London, United Kingdom. Henry VIII's main London residence from 1523 to 1530 served as a backdrop for some of the drama of the King's Great Matter: Henry's attempt to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, so that he could marry Anne Boleyn.

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. This place fulfilled the promise of its name in 634 when Oswald of Northumbria won his famous victory over Cadwallon.