Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Saturday, 14 March 2026

A Roman cemetery at Brougham


At the beginning of this year Archaeology News reported on the excavation of a sizeable Roman cemetery at Brougham. Situated some miles south of Carlisle in the historic county of Westmoreland Brougham has both the site of a Roman camp, and a splendid, if ruined, medieval castle. It is well worth a visit.  
 
There is a detailed account of the history of the site from Roman times onwards on Wikipedia at Brougham_Castle


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