•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S12E04: The Glitch)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • The Midsomer Cycling Club from Aspern Tallow – adults and young people – often go cycling, today along the old pilgrim route to an old church ruin. On the top of a hill they take a short rest. Down…
Category: Epochs
Debt of Lies & Painted in Blood – Midsomer’s Bank Heists
Two episodes of Midsomer Murders focus on fictional robberies in Midsomer County. Rugged Edge in ‘Painted in Blood’ (S06E03) and the Goldman Forbes heist in ‘Debt of Lies’ (S23E02). Both took place in the 1990s, in 1993 and 1998 respectively. – Caution: Contains spoilers for these episodes.) Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch.
William Tyndale
•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes: S11E05: The Magician’s Nephew)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch.• Tom Barnaby, wearing a black coat and a burgundy shawl, enters a church in search of Aloysius Wilmington, and discovers him kneeling in front of the communion pew in the nave, sorting. Aloysius Wilmington is also wearing a burgundy…
‘Involved in the Gunpowder Plot.”‘
• (Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes: S08E04: Bantling Boy, and S15E02: Murder of Innocence) Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • Welcome to Bantling Hall, located in the picturesque Buckinghamshire… no, sorry: Dorney Court. A stunning Tudor manor that has been listed on the National Heritage List since 23 September 1955. With a rich…
At the Beginning of the Year in Englefield
Much like Englefield House and its 16th-century owners, not much is known about the history of the parish of Englefield, much of which lies within the Benyon family estate. Yes, two battles took place here – firstly a bloody battle in September 1643 during the Civil War, the site of which is now known as…
Jane Austen & Baroness Orczy in Midsomer County
•(Caution: Contains spoilers for episodes: S10E07: They Seek Him Here, & S19E05: Death by Persuasion)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch.• The idyllic landscape of Midsomer County is well known. No wonder Jane Austen and Baroness Emma Orczy, two famous writers, are said to have stayed here. Or is that just a story?
The Civil War, pt. 1
•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes: S03E04: Beyond the Grave, S06E04: A Tale of two Hamlets, S08E04: Bantling Boy, and S11E02: Blood Wedding)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • After the Gunpowder Plot, religious tensions in England continued to escalate against the Catholics. Among them were the Fitzroys of Bledlow Village, who took over…
The Civil War, pt. 2
•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episodes: S11E02: Blood Wedding, and S15E01: The Dark Rider.)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch. • Continued from Civil War, pt. 1 But when the Parliamentarians failed to capitalise on the successful battles of Marston Moor and Aspern Tallow, Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax formed the New Model Army –…
Albert Plummer in India
•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S08E07: Sauce for the Goose)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch.• Sam Hardwick leads a small group through the Plummer’s Relish factory where he worked until he retired – past the desks and conveyor belts where the work is done. He tells us that Albert Plummer was a young…
Sports History in Midsomer, pt. 1: Boxing
•(Caution: Contains spoilers for Episode: S13E06: The Noble Art)Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch auf Deutsch.• Cricket is played in many episodes – even actively by Sergeants Gavin Troy and Ben Jones – but unfortunately the history of cricket is never discussed, and football is completely absent. However, there are mentions of historical events in…