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The Honours of Scotland

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:09:25 -0800

The Honours of Scotland are the Crown Jewels of the Kingdom of Scots. They are the oldest Royal Regalia in the whole of the British Isles and Channel Islands. The gold of the Crown is derived from the Crown made for the coronation of Robert I (Robert the Bruce) as King of Scots in 1306. The Sword of State was a gift from the Pope to King James IV King of Scots 1488-1312. The Crown was remodelled for James V, King of Scots 1513-1542. The last King of Scots to be crowned properly with the Regalia was KIng Charles II in 1651.

During the Civil War the Honours were hidden from Cromwell's Army. The English Crown Jewels were broken up at this time. When the Monarchy was restored in 1660 the Honours returned to Edinburgh and were used at meetings of the old Scottish Parliament ~ The Three Estates. The Sceptre was used to signify the Royal Assent to Acts of the Three Estates.

The last use of the Sceptre to enact legislation was the Act of Union 1707 which created Great Britain by uniting the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scots. It is recorded that Lord Seafield said "There's an end of an old song." as the Sceptre touched the Act of Union thus abolishing The Three Estates and the independent Kingdom of Scots.

The Honours were wrapped up and placed inside an enormous oak chest. The entry to the Crown Room was then bricked over and forgotten about. Rumours circulated that the Honours had been taken to England in secret. Sir Walter Scott decided to try and pinpoint what exactly had happened to the Honours. It was as a result of his endeavours that the Crown Room was rediscovered in the 1820's/1830's. The Honours were discovered intact inside the chest that they had been left in when the Three Estates were disbanded in 1707.

The Honours of Scotland were wrapped up and hidden for the duration of the Great War (1914-1918) and the Second World War (1939-1945). On both of these occasions they were bricked up somewhere within Edinburgh Castle Rock.

In 1953 the present Queen attended St Giles Cathedral for a National Service of Thanksgiving after her Coronation in Westminster Abbey in London. The highpoint of the Ceremony involved the presentation of the Crown to the Queen. The Queen momentarily took its weight. The Crown is apparently too fragile to be worn. The Queen was dressed considerably more informally than was expected. (The Scottish Nobility were wearing their Ermine Robes.) The Queen wore a blue velvet suit with matching hat, black shoes with a black leather handbag. The official painting of the occasion accurately depicts the Queen's outfit but omits the handbag.

Kirk of the Crown of Scotland, Crown Court, Westminster

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:06:40 -0800

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This is the oldest Church of Scotland Parish in England.

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:27:38 -0800

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I must find out what the latest excitement is at the Combined Court Centre. I wonder if this is BBC South / ITV Meridian News or whether the trial is sufficiently noteable to get onto the National News.

William Morris, Viscount Nuffield

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:31:14 -0700

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A memorial to William Morris founder of Morris Motors. The factory that transformed Cowley into a suburb of Oxford. The Memorial can be found on the side of the Combined Court Centre on St Aldate's.

Crown Court, Aylesbury (2012 Week 48 of 52 Weeks)

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:53:01 -0800

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Crown Court, Aylesbury

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:53:02 -0800

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Church of Scotland, Crown Court, Russell Street, Covent Garden

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:23:24 -0700

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Crown Court is the oldest Church of Scotland Parish in England. The Parish has existed since 1718 and was founded to provide a place of worship for Scots moving down to London. The Union of Scotland and England to form Great Britain occurred on 1st May 1707.

When James VI (King of Scots 1567-1625) became James I (King of England 1603-1625) a Church of Scotland Kirk opened to accommodate the King and other retainers.

The Parish also uses the title Kirk of the Crown of Scotland. The Crown depicted on the doors is the Scottish Crown. The Crown, Sword and Sceptre are together known as the Honours of Scotland ~ the oldest Crown Jewels in the British Isles.

Oliver Cromwell ordered most of the English Crown Jewels to be broken up or melted down. When his troops arrived in Scotland to do likewise with the Honours ~ they could not be found. The Honours were hidden at Dunnottar Castle. They were eventually hidden by the Minister's Wife underneath Kinneff Parish Kirk in Aberdeenshire. They were uncovered in 1660.

Bristol Crown Court, Small Street

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:20:25 -0700

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Aylesbury Crown Court

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:35:25 -0700

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Aylesbury Crown Court, Buckinghamshire (2011 Week 35 of 52)

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:37:19 -0700

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Aylesbury Crown Court

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:23:29 -0700

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Originally constructed as the Courts for the Buckinghamshire Quarter Sessions and the Buckinghamshire Assize Court. In 1972 these Courts were combined when the Crown Court was launched across England and Wales.

German Underground Hospital, La Vassalerie, Guernsey

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:59:24 -0700

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St Mary's Priory, Lihou, Guernsey

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:29:40 -0700

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Crown Colonial Outfitters

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 07:22:39 -0700

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A sign in Walters on Turl Street, Oxford advertising some of the former African and Asian British Empire Colonies and Territories that the store at one time could provide equipment and outfits for. I assume that the sign might be of 1950's vintage as India, Palestine and South Africa are not listed.

Royal Coat of Arms (day 355 of 365)

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:20:30 -0800

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The Royal Coat of Arms above the main entrance to the Oxford Combined Court Centre on St Aldate's. In this building sits the County Court, the Crown Court and the Oxford District Registry of the Family Division and Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice together with the District Probate Registry at Oxford.

The Crown Inn, Cornmarket Street, Oxford

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:39:21 -0800

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The Crown Inn, Cornmarket Street, Oxford (day 311 of 365)

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:39:21 -0800

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The Crown Court, The Forbury, Reading

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:57:45 -0800

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Reading Crown Court is next door to the former Berkshire County Hall on The Forbury.

Oxford Combined Court Centre, St Aldate's

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:25:25 -0800

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This building was built in 1932 as a Morris Motors Showroom. I have marked out where the large display windows used to be on the ground floor before they were filled in when the building was converted into the Combined Court Centre in the mid-1980's. Prior to the 1980's the courts in Oxford used to sit in a variety of buildings and for large trials they only had use of two Court Rooms in the old County Hall on New Road.

The Combined Court is home to the Oxford County Court, The Oxford District Registries of the Queen's Bench Division and Family Division of the High Court of Justice, Oxford Crown Court and finally the District Probate Registry at Oxford.

The snow storm halted the sewer repair works undertaken in January and February 2009.

German fortification, L'Ancresse Bay, Guernsey

nobody@flickr.com (Brownie Bear) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:18:33 -0700

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This is the black and white duplicate copy of the previous photograph.

Guernsey is not part of the United Kingdom. It is an independent Dependency of the British Crown. In summer 1939 the UK removed its military presence on Guernsey. In 1940 days after the fall of France the Germans occupied neighbouring Jersey followed by Guernsey. Liberation did not occur until May 1945.

This is the remnant of a German coastal defence.