John
King Photographic operates from my home studio in Abbots Leigh, a semi rural
village 3 miles from Bristol City Centre and 3 miles from junction 19 M5.
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The
original Middle English name was 'Lega' and the village became Abbots
Leigh in the mid 1100s when Robert Fitzharding (first Earl of Berkeley),
who acquired the village as Lord of the Manor, gave the income to the
Abbey of St Augustine, Bristol which he founded. The manor house here,
also named Abbot's Leigh or Leigh Court, was a resting place of Charles
II during his escape to France in 1651. He arrived on the evening of 12
September, staying at the home of Mr and Mrs George Norton, who were friends
of the Kings's travelling companion, Jane Lane. The Nortons were unaware
of the King's identity during his three-day stay. A description of the
house appears in the book "The Escape of Charles II, After the Battle
of Worcester" by Richard Ollard: "Abbots Leigh was the most magnificent
of all the houses in which Charles was sheltered during his escape. A
drawing made in 1788, only twenty years before it was pulled down, shows
a main front of twelve gables, surmounting three storeys of cowled windows;
a comfortable, solid west country Elizabethan house." While staying at
Abbots Leigh, Charles deflected suspicion by asking a trooper, who had
been in the King's personal guard, to describe the King's appearance and
clothing at the Battle of Worcester. The man looked at Charles and said,
"The King was at least three inches taller than you." The King's escape
route is commemorated in the Monarch's Way long distance footpath which
passes through the village.
Please
feel free to contact me by phone or email with any questions you may have
regarding your photography requirements.
Telephone:
01275 373060
A
little piece of Abbots Leigh History
Source
'Wikipedia'
Mobile:
077225 44830
John
King Photographic Abbots Leigh Bristol
Mobile:
077225 44830
Telephone:
01275 373060
Email:
studio@johnking.co.uk
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