Pseudo-Medieval?

I was very impressed by these half-timbered edifices present throughout this quaint town. But it wasn't until now that I noticed the tiny date on the building. 1888? Obviously this was more of that Victorian Age romanticism yearning for the "good old days of yore". Perhaps this part of what is called "The Rows" was simply a 19th Century restoration of what once existed in the town's Medieval past.

Day Six (From Wales to the Lake District to Carlisle)

July 18th 2006
One of the few drawbacks of travelling through an English-speaking country is that the TV news is in English. So first thing in the morning I learned that England was in the midst of an all-time heat wave. Temperatures this coming afternoon were expected to be in the mid 90's. And now we were headed deeper into the world that had no clue what "air conditioning" meant. The Welsh don't seem to ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more

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