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Jethro Tull: Not a rock band, but part of a quiet countryside revolution.

On March 24th 1741, the Kentish Weekly Post printed the following: “A few Days since died at his Seat at Prosperous near Hungerford in Berkshire, Jethro Tull, Esq; Author of an useful and ingenious Book, entitled, The Horse-Hoing (sic) Husbandry, and has been very well received by the Curious in that Art.” There is no…

A letter to Kintbury

Saturday, 29th February, 1772: the Rev Nowes Lloyd, vicar of Enborne, has travelled the 65 miles from his home in West Berkshire to Vine Street, in London. His journey is an important one as he has come to discuss a commission for a new monument from the celebrated sculptor, Thomas Scheemakers. Scheemakers is the youngest…

“Rough Music” comes to Kintbury

Throughout the nineteenth century, “rough music” was a popular form of protest amongst some sections of society. In parts of the north, these protests were known as “stang riding” and in the midlands, “Lewbelling”. In Dorset the term “skimmington” or “skimmity ride” was used. Thomas Hardy describes one such in his novel of 1886, The…