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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
South Bailey, Durham is in Durham, County Durham [Map].
The Water Pump in the South Bailey, Durham. A Grade II Listed Building. Late C18/early C19. Stone base; wood boarded column enclosing pump with iron handle and bucket stand. Tall square column; long curved handle on north side; C19 square gas lamp on wrought iron bracket attached to east side over water pipe and bucket stand. Moulded square stone base.
Tower on the riverside of the South Bailey, Durham with covered alley into the College.
South Bailey, Durham.
1500. The College Gateway, or Priory Gateway from the South Bailey, Durham was commissioned in 1500, by Prior Castell replacing an earlier gatehouse. A chapel dedicated to St Helen, is to be found in the upper storey of the gatehouse. North of the College Gate was a room for the Children of Almonry – poor children that were fed, clothed and schooled by the Abbey.
In 1736 Elizabeth Blakiston (age 85) died. She was buried at St James the Less Church, South Bailey, Durham.
Around 1750. Arcaded 18th century building opposite the Priory/College Gateway that defines the boundary between the North and South Baileys.
On 27th January 1918 Reverend William Greenwell (age 97) died unmarried at his home 27 South Bailey, Durham.
On 15th February 2018 HRH The Prince of Wales (age 69) unveiled a plaque at Bowes House, St Johns College, South Bailey, Durham to Dame Elizabeth Bowes 1651-1736 nee Blakiston, ancestor of his mother Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 91).
Elizabeth Blakiston: In 1651 she was born to Francis Blakiston 3rd Baronet. In 1693 William Bowes of Streatlam and she were married. In 1736 she died. She was buried at St James the Less Church, South Bailey, Durham.
Memorial to George Body on nineteen South Bailey, Durham.
