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This King Alfred Day, October 26th, we'll be visiting the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, home of the Alfred Jewel. Meet in the cafe at noon, and let us know if you're coming, so that we know to look out for you.

Wessex Society @theonlywayiswessex.net · Jan 25

Details of this year's Wessex Week in Malmesbury.

Wessex Society @theonlywayiswessex.net · Jan 25

Please note our new web address, http://society.theonlywayiswessex.net, and update your bookmarks accordingly. From next Thursday, 22nd August, the old URL will no longer work. The new site is still a work in progress, so some functionality will be lost temporarily.

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Wessex Society @theonlywayiswessex.net · Jan 25

Congratulations to Wessex hero @Olliewatkin_11 (born in Torquay, previously played for Exeter and Weston-super-Mare). #NEDENG #EURO2024

Wessex Society @theonlywayiswessex.net · Jan 25

Happy #WessexDay, everyone.

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Wessex Society @theonlywayiswessex.net · Jan 25

OK, it's back up now, thanks to our wonderful web host, https://ethicalinternet.co.uk/

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Wessex Society @theonlywayiswessex.net · Jan 25

Apologies, but our website appears to be down at the moment. Please bear with us, as we try to find out what happened. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.

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Wessex Society @theonlywayiswessex.net · Jan 25

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Wessex Society @theonlywayiswessex.net · Jan 25

Some of the best new music from Wessex and Cornwall, courtesy of the good folks at @bbcintroducing. Who are your favourites? Be sure to tag them in your reply, so that they know you appreciate their work....

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Wessex Society @theonlywayiswessex.net · Jan 25

If anyone is wondering why we haven't tweeted out links to our last couple of blog posts, it's because we now apparently have to write an essay describing exactly what we want to use X for, and submit it to the Boy King's courtiers for approval. Free speech!

Wessex Society @theonlywayiswessex.net · Jan 25

Cadbury Camp (not to be confused with Cadbury Castle or Cadbury-Congresbury) is an Iron Age hillfort located near Tickenham in north Somerset. #CadburyCamp #NationalTrust #wessexattractions

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Wessex Society @theonlywayiswessex.net · Jan 25

The Industrial Revolution was a turning point in human history, transforming societies through technological advancements. At the forefront of this revolution stood inventors like #ThomasNewcomen #WessexWorthies

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Wessex Society @theonlywayiswessex.net · Jan 25

Silbury Hill is a neolithic chalk mound near Avebury in Wiltshire, the largest artificial mound in Europe. #EnglishHeritage #SilburyHill #wessexattractions

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Wessex Society @theonlywayiswessex.net · Jan 25

William Friese-Greene (1855-1921) was known as the "father of cinematography" Born in Bristol, he was a successful photographer, with studios in Bristol, Bath and Plymouth. #WessexWorthies

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Wessex Society @theonlywayiswessex.net · Jan 25

The bishops of Winchester in the middle ages enjoyed enormous wealth and political power. One symbol of this prestige was the magnificent palace at Bishop's Waltham, now a ruin maintained by #EnglishHeritage
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Wessex Society @theonlywayiswessex.net · Jan 25

A Horseman Riding By is a trilogy of novels by RF Delderfield set in Devon in the period between the end of the Boer War in 1902 and the funeral of WInston Churchill in 1965. #AHorsemanRidingBy #WessexinFiction

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Wessex Society @theonlywayiswessex.net · Jan 25

The 19th and early 20th centuries saw a vogue for nationalism in music. England was no exception. and three of its most important exponents came from Wessex. #EssentialWessex

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Wessex Society @theonlywayiswessex.net · Jan 25

We have already covered the Dominican Blackfriars monastery in Gloucester on this blog. Now it is the turn of its Franciscan counterpart, located two minutes' walk away. #EnglishHeritage #wessexattractions

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Wessex Society @theonlywayiswessex.net · Jan 25

Formed at the end of the last ice age from the floodplains of eight rivers, the Somerset Levels are the largest remaining area of lowland wet grassland and floodplain in England #CharacterofWessex

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