RICHARD ALLEN SCOTT - Through the Years

RICHARD ALLEN SCOTT
THROUGH THE YEARS
Charles I was imprisoned here for fourteen months before his execution in 1649. Afterwards his
two youngest children were confined in the castle, and Princess Elizabeth died there. From
1896–1944, it was the home of Princess Beatrice, daughter of Queen Victoria, as Governor of
the Isle of Wight.
With Mum, Christine and
Grandma
Carisbrooke Castle - 1953
Feeling sorry for the
‘labourers’ at the well-house
Near the domestic buildings is
the well-house with its working
donkey wheel.
Also in 1953 we visited Danbury, Essex,
The village was built on the site of a Neolithic or early Iron
Age hill fort. Iron Age settlers, then the Romans and
finally the Dæningas tribe of Saxons occupied the
Danbury area.
The place-name 'Danbury' is first attested as
Danengeberia in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name
means 'the burgh or fort of Dene's people'.
Me and Christine
Danbury - 1953
After the Norman Conquest, King William took the lands
and settlement and granted it to Geoffrey de Mandeville,
who was made Earl of Essex.
Queen Elizabeth II was
crowned this year at
Westminster Abbey. Each
school child received a silver
spoon in commemoration of
the event. Still have it.
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