#the midlands

[painterlad71]

me when friends tell me they're leaving the shire to go to the midlands

[caedmonofwhitby]

Enclosure

…in the 1770s most of the land consisted of the remains of the three big fields, the common haymeadows and a series of closes, paddocks, orchards and gardens dotted around the village which had come down over time for common use; and also the common waste, the pasture and rough lands on the very edge of the parish. In 1779 this patchwork system, with its scores of field names going back to their medieval and Viking ancestors, was still part of the common mental world picture of the villagers. But with the sanction of the state, by parliamentary Act, these common lands were now to be fenced off and divided, with deeds and titles awarded to private owners, ending the centuries-old traditional common rights…

…The subsequent erection of fences and cultivation of hedges to demarcate individual plots would change the appearance of the surrounding country for ever, shaping today’s patchwork field system which we now think of as archetypal English countryside.

from The Story of England by Michael Wood

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)

Cornard Wood, near Sudbury, Suffolk, 1748

Cornard Wood is near the artist's birthplace of Sudbury, in Suffolk. The scene is of common land where villagers are gathering wood and grazing animals, according to ancient rights.

[vox-anglosphere]

A historic residential street in the market town of Alcester, England

[gaykarstaagforever]

The story of the ruined church of Clophill, and its many creepy goings-on.

In which we learn:

Kids in the UK play in old ruins like American kids play in...abandoned malls

For as liberal as it is officially, the Anglican church is still absolutely medieval about the sanctity of consecrated churchyards

Once the media starts reporting on possible devil-worship committed by "foreigners" at a place, every teenager and college student in the country is going to get the same brilliant idea to head up there and fake some witch shit

"It might not have been devil worship; it may have just been a necromantic rite." I think you're in trouble either way when you reach that point

All of this is happening because the local council is responsible for paying to do something with the ruined church, but in like 50 years they haven't had the money, but also aren't allowed to just knock it down. So it keeps sitting there and people keep going up there and digging up human bones from the churchyard to play with

Hire a guy to go up there and scare people away 3 times a night, England. Pay my rent and pub tab and I'll do it, sans wage. Geez

[trannysaurus-regina]

I'm trying to resist stealing from the crosscountry snack trolly so fucking hard you guys

[asagi-asagiri]

If someone, anyone has heliothaumic saved do me a solid and zip it up then upload to mediafire or mega, please.

[thenebulanebula]

Brummies backed after 'vomit-inducing accent' note

This is why I don't find mocking peoples accents funny. Jesus Christ.

[sirensongsea]

ishgard_jobs.mp4

[travelling-hydaelyn]

rest well

waking up version here

[vox-anglosphere]

Wisteria bedecks a picture-perfect thatched cottage in Warwickshire

Beautiful wisteria in Kingsbury

[koyoriin]

another FFXIV commission, thanks ennuipoet!

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[colonellickburger]

Tom Hicks. Do Not Rush. West Midlands, England

[ageha-sds]

Meteor Survivor - Shadowbringers

[seventh-dawn]

A conflicted woman with a troubled past. Coerthan born, Ishgardian raised. Sin weigher and debt payer. She regrets no choices made in her life; Ophelia has only ever done what she believed was right, man's law be damned.

FEBHYURARY '25. ↳ DAY 01. Hello, World.

[ahollowgrave]

Febhyurary 2025 | Day 1: Hello, World!

Odette Hollows [ @ahollowgrave ]: Goody-two-shoes with sticky fingers and a heart built to yearn. An earnest nun and comfort to the dead. Prudence Dubois [ @prudentfolly ]: An over-worked retainer who always has a lighter when you need it. She'd prefer you not, though. Viatrix Volkova [ @lonewildling ]: A once-wildling with a lingering connection to those who still wander. The dampest stray dog you ever saw.

[lisawn]

handsome stranger