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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.
Victoria Square, Bolton is in Bolton, Lancashire.
BA Dobson Statue, Victoria Square, Bolton, Lancashire, North-West England, British Isles [Map]
BA Dobson Statue [Map]. Dated 1900. John Cassidy, sculptor. Polished granite and bronze. Standing bronze figure on polished granite plinth carrying inscriptions. Lieut. Colonel Sir BA Dobson (1847-1898) was mayor of Bolton between 1895 and 1898, and the statue was erected by public subscription 'to commemorate a useful life and service to the town of Bolton'. (BOE: Pevsner N: South Lancashire: Harmondsworth: 1969-).
Bolton War Memorial, Victoria Square, Lancashire, North-West England, British Isles [Map]
Bolton War Memorial [Map]. Unveiled 14th July 1928 by Edward George Villiers Stanley 17th Earl of Derby (age 63). Sculpted by Walter Marsden (age 45).
