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Pendle throughout the year

The name Pendle Hill derives from the Ancient British word ‘pen’ meaning ‘hill’, which predates the First Century Roman Invasion. By about the 7th Century, when it was largely forgotten what ‘pen’ meant, the Old English word ‘hyll’ was added and by 1305 the name was recorded as ‘Penhul’ in the Charters of the ManorsContinue reading “Pendle throughout the year”

Daubenton’s Bat Myotis daubentonii

As the nights draw in and the trees begin to lose their leaves some of our countryside’s lesser-seen creatures become more apparent, nocturnal or crepuscular animals like bats for example, which can be seen more readily against the dusk sky as they flit about hunting for moths and midges. On a country lane the smallContinue reading “Daubenton’s Bat Myotis daubentonii“

Seeing Double – Henry Raeburn and Robert Shuttleworth, by Rachel Pollitt De Duran

Image 1: Robert Shuttleworth by Henry Raeburn, circa 1816. Courtesy of NT Images/Robert Thrift Museum Manager, Rachel Pollitt De Duran, talks about … Seeing Double – Henry Raeburn and Robert Shuttleworth