This was when Washington Irving , along with a couple of other writers, published an issue of Salmagundi. Salmagundi was a satirical periodical magazine of sorts that was written by Washington Irving, William Irving, Jr. In total, twenty issues of Salmagundi were published at random intervals, but the one issue of note here is the one published on November 11, Back in the day, wherever the king of England traveled had to be made into a public highway.
The ruse worked, and Gotham, Nottinghamshire became known as a town full of fools. Washington Irving, in his November publication of Salmagundi, referenced New York City as Gotham to likely symbolize the sometimes wise and sometimes foolish nature of the city. Ever since then, the nickname has stuck around and even to this day is used. For those unfamiliar with the popular comic book and movie character, Batman is a vigilante type character who fights crime and works to protect his home, Gotham City.
However, it was later changed to a fictional city so that people from all over the world could connect with the character more easily. The fictional Gotham City, where Batman resides, now takes many architectural and cultural hints from NYC, but it also incorporates parts of other cities such as Chicago. Batman in Bradford. Batman 'boost' for Wollaton Hall. Behind the scenes at Batman Live. Gotham and District Local History Society.
Published 25 September Published 4 March Published 16 June Published 19 July DC Comics. The River Soar does not actually run through the village, but we often start our walks near the river where it passes through Kegworth, the Soar is where the border of Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire is found. The Kingston on Soar brook runs through the village and is a beautiful relaxing location in summer.
Kingston Hall is the largest dwelling in the area and is a grade II listed country house, it was built for Mr Edward Strutt, who would later become the 1st Lord Belper.
There are 18 listed buildings and structures in this area, which include the village pump and a telephone kiosk. A grade l listed church in the parish of Kingston on Soar and under the jurisdiction of Southwell and Nottingham diocese. The other churches in the group are: St. The church has a two manual pipe organ by Wilkinsons of Kendal. It was originally installed in Holy Trinity Church, Mardale Green and that church was demolished as part of the Haweswater Reservoir construction scheme.
A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. Maybe in the summer I will have a little look around the church yard, where the tomb of the 1st Baron Belper is located. Edward had also worked on Windsor Castle and took over the completion of Buckingham Palace.
The hall was constructed in 16 acres of parkland using Derbyshire Ashlar stone that would have been brought to the site along the local canals, the river Soar and the newly-opened railway in the day. In Ronald Strutt, the 4th Lord Belper, sold the hall in Irving is best-known for these two fairy tales.
Why did Irving invent the story then? Charles Dickens often gets the credit for inventing the modern Christmas, with goodwill to everyone, the resurrection of old and formerly outdated customs, and the big Christmas feast.
Dickens himself was greatly influenced by Irving. Like Dickens, he wrote five Christmas stories, and, like Dickens also, he championed traditional festive customs which had fallen out of favour and which he had experienced while staying in England shortly before this. If you enjoyed this feast of facts, check out our interesting facts about Margaret Atwood.
The author of this article, Dr Oliver Tearle, is a literary critic and lecturer in English at Loughborough University. Thanks for this post! Glad I stumbled on this informative post. As a Hudson River Valley resident and champion, I love to learn about the local history and historic figures. Nicely done! Great facts! Reblogged this on A Wilderness of Words and commented: Because Washington Irving was one of my favorite authors when I was a kid the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow fame scared the bejeezus out of me, which was thrilling, the notion of sleeping 20 years like Rip Van Winkle was kind of awesome , I wanted to share this fun post via the folks at Interesting Literature.
I walked the path he walked and read about the Abbey from his point of view. It was a very special moment in my life. Love his work. A lot of people saw old maps and thought people in the past believed in the flat earth, and celebrating christmas has a lot of origins at different times and different places. Thanks once again for the enlightenment! Here I thought the earth really was flat. Keep up the great posts!
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