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The Four Horseshoes Inn, Thornham Magna, Suffolk, UK

We have friends who live near the lovely village of Stanton, in Suffolk, UK, and every time we travel to England we try to fit in a visit with them.  And when we do, we four make a point of dining at the Four Horseshoes Inn, located in Thornham Magna.  The food is fantastic, the atmosphere is positively pure English and we have never been disappointed.

The Four Horseshoes is a lovely Suffolk-pink building with …

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Romans, and Vikings, and Normans, Oh, My! (Part 3)

York is the city in the middle of Yorkshire and, in fact, that’s how the Shire got its name. Like other Shires (Buckinghamshire, Worcestershire, Nottinghamshire, etc.) Yorkshire is the Shire in which York is found but Yorkshire is a very large shire and York is only part of it. It’s worth the time to visit some other areas in Yorkshire, not just York.

Yorkshire is divided into ridings—“Riding” is a word taken from Viking term …

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