The official name of the cemetery on the stone pillars flanking the entry is National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Pool is holding at a distance and has not seen POTUS. We do not expect to either. The cemetery is quiet and empty. ...
FROM horses and coaching inns to hotels and McDonald's, and now lying hard along the northern edge of Heathrow Airport, the Bath Road has been on a journey of its own. ... Out there on its own, it is neither in Sipson nor the airport, perched a stone's throw from the tunnel overpass and right on the corner of one of the airport's main access roads, all that remains of Heath Row Road which linked the hamlet to the Bath Road. It has survived by offering the unique ...
In the surrounding villages there can be found some of the most interesting of churches, splendid examples of old manor houses and any amount of those delightfully picturesque old stone cottages, especially in the many secluded hamlets which dot the county. .... Here a tract of five hundred acres, known as Kings Heath, is said to have been originally granted by Athelstan to the town for its contribution in the battle against the Danes. ...