#Hants County

[theauthorpaula]

Vintage Dolls at Milestones Museum by Paula Puddephatt Via Flickr: Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK

#dolls #vintage dolls #Milestones Museum #museum #Basingstoke #Hampshire #Hants #England #UK #local history #history #historic #retro #nostalgia #vintage #the past #living history #hants county #flickr

[avardwoolaver]

Entering Brooklyn, Nova Scotia - 2022_09_12

Entering Brooklyn, Nova Scotia – 2022_09_12

Entering Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, 2022 – © Avard Woolaver This is the place I call home, one of three Brooklyns in Nova Scotia, It was founded in 1761 and called Nelegakumik by the Mi’kmaq Nation (meaning “broken snowshoes”). I stopped the car on Route 14 and let the high beams illuminate the speed sign. It’s a technique I use on quiet nights when there is little traffic.

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#Brooklyn #Hants County #iphone photography #night photography #Nova Scotia #Route 14

[kerovous]

Fungi and lichens...Two Toned Pholiota by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: Magical and mistrusted. Toadstools and mushrooms are associated with ancient taboos, dung, death and decomposition. But trees rely on fungi and we're just starting to understand how close this relationship is: great networks that link and support trees and woodland life. They come in dazzling shapes, colours and sizes; even working with other species to produce different organisms.

#fungi #Adam Swaine #mushrooms #leaves #woodland #woodland floor #moss #nature lovers #nature #National Trust #england #english #britain #british #uk #uk counties #counties #countryside #hants #canon #macro #beautiful #seasons #2019 #county #tree logs #bark #two toned pholiota #Kuehneromyces mutabilis #flickr

[aisphotostuff]

Church Lane, Lymington, SO41 3RA by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: Lymington, the Coastal Capital of the New Forest in England. Found on the southern edge of the New Forest, Lymington is a pretty Georgian town overlooking the south coast of Hampshire, and one of the largest in the region

#lymington #streets #church street #new forest #hants #hampshire #towns #market towns #english #england #britain #fuji #2023 #Adam Swaine #counties #county #uk counties #uk #South East #beautiful #buildings #walks #british #georgian #historical buildings #flickr

[wishesofeternity]

Edward Despenser was fortunate in making a prosperous marriage to a tenacious businesswoman. Elizabeth (de Burghersh) was skilled at upholding her rights on the estates and worked hard to protect the lands of her two-year old son after Edward's premature death in 1375. There is abundant evidence of her willingness to maintain, even augment, the enormous Despenser inheritance and she combined shrewd business acumen with a clear awareness of the problems that a long minority could bring. This was a time when widows, as well as wives left at home during military campaigns, needed to be able to manage property. The French noblewoman Christine de PiZan wrote in The Treasure of the City of Ladies of the need for preparation for this task- 'they should have the responsibility of the administration and know how to make use of their revenues and possessions ... [and] they will be good managers of their estates'. It was a call for female entrepreneurs, and Elizabeth Despenser was a woman after Christine de Pizan's heart. The trust that her husband placed in her is made apparent by his choice to remain in Italy when Bartholomew Burghersh died, trusting his wife to look after the enlarged patrimony. Ten Suffolk manors fell to the Despensers - Carlton, Middleton, Clopton, Little WeInetham, Blaxhall, Swilland, Witnesham, Cock-field, FenhaH and Chesilford - together with Ewyas (Heref.) and Bosworth (Leics. ), and the patrimony was greater than it had ever been.

After Edward's death Elizabeth vigorously pursued lands farmed out by the crown and within five years recovered control of Shipton, Burford, Sherston, Kimberworth, Caversham and Great Marlow, collectively worth over £100 per year. She also obtained seisin of lands of her Despenser relatives, Gilbert (d. 1382), and Thomas, her brother-in-law (d. 1381). From Gilbert came the keeping of Broadtown (Wilts.); from Thomas various Lincolnshire lands and two-thirds of the manor of Mapledurwell (Hants.), which she later demised to her esquire Henry Yakesley. Via her daughter Anne, married to Hugh Hastings, came the Norfolk manors of Gressenhall and East Lexham. In 1392 Elizabeth obtained the wardship of Peter Veel after the death of his mother Eleanor, a tenant of the Despensers in Glamorgan. She held onto this as long as she was able, and it was fully ten years later when Henry IV ordered her to release the lands to the heir. In the meantime, Elizabeth had convinced Richard II to re-grant the Irish manor of Killoran, county Waterford, that had originally been held by her husband. At the same time, she had to contend with paying out two major annual sums. The first came in 1378 when £200 from the farm of Glamorgan was ordered to be paid to Sir Degary Says. Says had sustained losses in Aquitaine and also made forced loans of gold to the crown for the upkeep of the English armies, and King Richard's regency council decided that recompense should be made from the Despenser estates. The second came two years later, when Edmund earl of Cambridge, son of King Edward III, was awarded Thomas Despenser's wardship and 500 marks per annum. from Elizabeth's dower lands. Shortly before his death Edward Despenser spent his final military campaign in Brittany with the earl and it is possible that an arrangement was made at this time about Thomas's guardian. In 1384 Richard II gave permission for Thomas and the earl's daughter Constance to be married, and Elizabeth was then required to pay for her daughter-in-law's upkeep. Some idea of the considerable annual turnover of the Despenser estates may be found from documents dated between April and October 1391, where expenditure on annuities alone totalled 1016 marks (£677 6s 8d).

Elizabeth was vital to the continuing presence of the family in the last quarter of the century. Had she remarried after 1375, her dower lands would have been demised to her new husband and the Despenser inheritance impoverished. As it turned out, the ease with which Thomas took over the estates owed everything to her tireless efforts. She continued to pay annuities owed to members of Edward Despenser's retinue, and the fact that a number of these men served the family throughout this period tells us much about the advantages of continuity in estate management. We know that she held court in Glamorgan in 1393, and doubtless did so on other occasions. Her name also appears on two charters of 1397 confirming the privileges of the burgesses of Cardiff and Neath. However, Elizabeth's longevity was eventually to cause problems for Thomas who never enjoyed full possession of his inheritance. When he died at Bristol in 1400 she was still in possession of her dower as well as her own Burghersh inheritance. Other properties, such as Mapledurwell, had been safeguarded through grants to retainers or were held by cadet branches of the family. Only after Richard Despenser's early death in 1414 was the entire inheritance reunited under his sister Isabel and her first husband Richard earl of Worcester. The survival of the patrimony was due in no small part to Elizabeth Despenser, whose efforts, in the context of incessant Marcher power struggles and the Glyn Dwr revolt of 1400-8, should not be underestimated. It is a testament to her ability in the eyes of successive kings that in 1375 and 1400, unlike in 1349, no royal justices were appointed in Glamorgan to hear pleas of the crown. Everything was left to the Despenser women. Like her earlier kinswoman Elizabeth de Burgh, Elizabeth Despenser proved the value of a dowager administrator.

- Martyn John Lawrence, “Power, Ambition and Political Rehabilitation - the Despensers”

#historicwomendaily #history #despensers #elizabeth le despenser #Elizabeth de Burghersh #edward le despenser #english history #queue

[allthecanadianpolitics]

One week ago the Mass Casualty Commission released its final report on the Nova Scotia mass shooting with a warning about mental health. The commissioners cautioned that communities impacted by the tragedy have not received the help they need to heal.  They found the mental health needs of impacted communities were never met including Colchester, Cumberland, and Hants counties.

The final report says a public health emergency remains.

With a commission-imposed deadline for support quickly approaching, the province says it’s still not ready to commit.

“Trauma and mental health don’t wait,” says registered counseling therapist Margaret Mauger. “These are now. These are happening right now.” [...]

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

#cdnpoli #Nova Scotia #mass shooting #violence tw #death tw #mental healthcare

[atlanticcanada]

'Where's the accountability?' Deadline looms for mass shooting inquiry recommendation

In the coming days, the federal and Nova Scotia governments will face the first deadline for action recommended by the inquiry that investigated the worst mass shooting in Canadian history.

The Mass Casualty Commission, which tabled its final report last month, has called on the two levels of government to deal with the "unmet need for mental health, grief and bereavement supports" in northern and central Nova Scotia, where 22 people were shot dead on April 18-19, 2020.

It remains unclear what, if anything, will happen when the deadline arrives on Monday, but one thing is certain: Serena Lewis will be watching.

The registered social worker was the province's grief and bereavement coordinator in northern Nova Scotia three years ago when a gunman disguised as a Mountie went on a 13-hour rampage through the largely rural area.

"I've dedicated my career to (dealing with) grief, but it's very difficult with something of this magnitude," Lewis said in a recent interview, recalling the countless hours she spent trying to help people devastated by the tragedy, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was taking hold.

"I was committing to people that they were going to get the help that was needed."

But that never happened. Even though she drafted a provincial grief strategy and submitted it to the Nova Scotia government in December 2020, the plan was shelved.

"As my term was coming to an end, I asked if we were going to mobilize the strategy, and I got no word on anything," said Lewis, who left the role in 2021. "I can't answer why things are not moving."

The commission of inquiry concluded that the government's inaction led to a prolonged "public health emergency" in the counties where the killings occurred -- Colchester, Cumberland and Hants.

"Many people continue to be affected by this incident," the commission's report says. "While most of them describe its impact as a decline in mental health and/or well-being, others say it has affected the way they live their lives."

Among other things, the commission found the province gave very little support to the most affected residents, and there were delays in providing what was available. For example, people were simply given a list of counsellors rather than help in connecting with one. And some residents had to recount their traumatic experiences repeatedly as they navigated the support system.

Darcy Dobson, the daughter of victim Heather O'Brien, told the inquiry she did not get the help she needed.

"There is definitely a mental-health resource problem in this country, and in this province," she said. "And something needs to be done about it. You never expect a mass casualty to happen, but it does. We're living proof that there was nobody who knew how to handle the mass of mental health issues that came with it."

The commission found that "governmental support has been inadequate, leading to a healing deficit and ... broken trust." The report goes on to say the long-term implications include "the potential to lead to further cycles of violence and trauma."

That's why the commission recommended that the federal and Nova Scotia governments start by funding a multidisciplinary team of health professionals who can provide urgent support, and then transition to a long-term strategy.

Lewis said the commission's proposal is exactly what she has been pushing for.

"That's what we've needed since Day 1," she said.

A spokesperson for Carolyn Bennett, the federal minister of mental health and addictions, issued a statement saying Ottawa is reviewing the recommendations and "will work closely with Nova Scotia and with the people and the communities affected."

The statement pointed to Ottawa's new Wellness Together Canada portal and the PocketWell app, which provides free, round-the-clock access to support.

"We know the pain, trauma, and heartbreaking loss will never truly go away, but we stand with you," the statement said. There is no reference to the commission's recommendations or the May 1 deadline.

As for the provincial government, the minister responsible for addictions and mental health, Brian Comer, declined a request for an interview. He issued a statement saying a team of deputy ministers is reviewing the recommendations.

"This includes meeting the May 1 deadline for the recommendation noted," Comer's statement said, offering no details. The province's justice minister offered a similar statement Tuesday.

Alec Stratford, executive director of the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers, said the province has moved too slowly.

"This is work that should have started long ago," he said. "It takes time to build these systems ... And all of this is not going to come into play by May 1."

Stratford said it's important to recognize that the sense of grief many Nova Scotians are still feeling has been complicated by the traumatic nature of what happened and the social isolation caused by the pandemic.

"The ceremonies that we have in our society to bring closure never happened," he said. "Those communities suffered this egregious loss, (and) all of this trauma was followed by a lack of coherent care."

He fears the province's poor response could result in more cases of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal thoughts.

Lewis said that's why the commission's work is so important.

"If we don't mobilize those recommendations, then what good was it?" she asked. "Where is the accountability?"

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 26, 2023.

from CTV News - Atlantic https://ift.tt/dwXbski

#new brunswick #prince edward island #nova scotia #news #politics #canada #CTVAtlantic

[cavenewstimes]

Arrest made after police issue emergency alert about ‘dangerous man’ in Bible Hill, N.S.

Police in Nova Scotia say a man is in custody after the force issued an emergency alert warning people in the Colchester County community of Bible Hill to shelter in place as a “dangerous man with a firearm” was allegedly seen on foot in the area. People living in the areas of Colchester, Cumberland, East Hants, and Pictou County were told by RCMP to seek immediate shelter and lock their doors…

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[college-girl199328]

As parts of eastern Nova Scotia and eastern Prince Edward Island report snow amounts of 30 to 60 cm already down, there is more to come over the next few days. Cancellations and impacts to travel services continue to add up in the region storm bringing snow to the region continues to be stalled off the Atlantic coastline of Nova Scotia. It will remain that way through Sunday before finally moving further away towards the northeast late on Monday.

On Sunday, the steadiest and heaviest snow will fall over the central and eastern areas of both Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. Central areas of Nova Scotia may have a break, or lull, in the snow Sunday morning into the afternoon before it picks back up again for a while Sunday evening.

By Monday morning, the remaining snow in the Maritimes will have become more intermittent and lighter. Bands of snow are expected to continue around Prince Edward Island and eastern areas of Nova Scotia, with periods of flurries for much of the remainder of the Maritimes.

Through the course of this multi-day snowstorm, there will be some astoundingly high overall totals. By the end of Monday, parts of Cape Breton may have totals in the range of 80 to 100 cm. Queens Kings County and Prince Edward Island could have totals of 30 to 60 cm. Overall totals in central areas of Nova Scotia, including Halifax, are likely to also be 30 to 60 cm. To give some context, the climate average February snow for Halifax is 45 cm, for Sydney it is 65 cm, and for Charlottetown, it is 58 cm.

A gusty north and northeast wind continues Saturday night through Monday. The northerly wind has kept colder air in place, keeping the precipitation mostly in the form of snow. Gusts of 30 to 60 km/h are creating areas of drifting and blowing snow for parts of Prince Edward Island and central and eastern Nova Scotia. Further periods of visibility of less than one kilometer are a risk Saturday night through Sunday. The wind, while remaining northerly, is expected to diminish by Tuesday morning.

Winter Storm Warnings continue for Cape Breton as well as Pictou, Antigonish, and Guysborough Counties, Nova Scotia. A snowfall warning for southern Colchester, Hants, and Halifax Counties. Special Weather Statements extend across Kings and Queens Counties, Prince Edward Island, and into the Annapolis Valley and South Shore. They were also put into effect for parts of Nova Scotia by Environment Canada on Saturday afternoon.

[mmagpye]

from the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, a c.1800 Summer & Winter Coverlet, perhaps made in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Tabby with linen warp, cotton main weft and indigo blue supplementary pattern weft.

The early date of this is significant. Also notice the seam directly down the middle. It was woven in two large pieces and seamed together.

#weaving #coverlet

[avardwoolaver]

Rambling Around Hants County With My Camera

Rambling Around Hants County With My Camera

Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, 2022 – © Avard Woolaver Photos taken recently rambling around Hants County, Nova Scotia, with my camera. I’m usually on my way to somewhere and stop to take a few photos. It works better when I’m alone, as I get complaints from family members.”You’ve taken this photo a hundred a hundred times. Let’s get going!” (Perhaps they’re right.) According to Wikipedia, the name Hants…

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#Hants County #new topographics #Nova Scotia #photography #social landscape

[snellblogs]

The Thousand Guinea Oak

THE THOUSAND GUINEA OAK

Blog by Lynne Pearl

www.lynnepearl.com

July 23

We went to the Vyne and the house and gardens were lovely, but there was also the Thousand Guinea Oak, which is still there, in good dark green leaf, six hundred and fifty years old.  It was safe, given special food and tested for atypical winds.  Through time it has hollowed out and is now home for many creatures.

 It is very tall with plenty of dark green leaf, an indication of health.  At 650 years it was tiny sprout in 1373, so most of our history it  has been there, watching us grow up. It has been our friend. (Remember the Ents in ‘Lord of the Rings?’) https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Ents

 The very old trees survive in the Home Counties of the UK as the climate is kinder than in other parts of the UK.  This one is on a National Trust estate in Hants called ‘The Vyne.’ https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/hampshire/the-vyne

 https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7796332.Lynne_Pearl

 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thiel-One-Foot-Front-Other-ebook/dp/B00GLNTCR2

 https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=lynne+pearl+road+tripriver+voices&i=digital-text&crid=2MG1UTW6MAFTT&sprefix=lynne+pearl+road+tripriver+voices%2Cdigital-text%2C82&ref=nb_sb_noss

#Ents #Thousand Guinea Oak #The Vyne #National Trust

[izamariroisin]

Cotton Candy Skies in Pisiquid (Hants County NS)

#my photo #sunset #cotton candy skies

[hillhouse94]

Hants County Realty

From hobby farms to village condos, Hants County, Nova Scotia has something to offer the most discriminating home hunter.

Spanning communities from Enfield to Windsor, this drive will charm you! There are areas, such as East Hants, that are experiencing a huge burst of development, thanks to it's proximity to the Halifax/Dartmouth area and International Airport. But at the same time, you can still find those secret spots, yet to be touched by the hand of the steely developer.

For the adventurer, Highway 215 from Shubenacadie through to Walton offers a host of activities for you to enjoy. Start your day at the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park, where the otters and bears will be more than happy you stopped by. After lunch, enjoy riding the rapids of the world highest tides as the Bay of Fundy's tidal boar races across the ocean floor.

From craft stores featuring the wares of many fine craftsmen, to art galleries, there is something for everybody in this Central Nova Scotia County. Wind your way along Old Hwy #14 as you venture from Nine Mile River through the picturesque Rawdon Hills into the charming town of Windsor, host of the popular Hants County Exhibition. More here hill house

Housing prices range from the sprawling estate to the cozy, seaside cottage. Family oriented developments abound, and at this point, housing values are still on the rise despite the recent shake ups in our economy. If stability and security are priorities on your home hunting list, this area of Nova Scotia should not be overlooked.

The county has seen a recent rise in new, high tech, public school buildings including new elementary schools in East Hants for Enfield, Elmsdale, Lantz and Milford, as well as a new Middle School. It is a county where people care, about their communities and their neighbors. Numerous recreational activities abound including hockey, curling, swimming, ATV clubs, racing, and more.

For those who are looking for the perfect artist's retreat, there are ample communities along the scenic routes where true inspiration can be found. Enjoy the charm and innovation of the Age of Sail in the registered historic village of Maitland, where W.D. Lawrence built his world famous sailing vessels, or walk on the ocean floor at low tide at Burncoat Head. Enjoy fantastic bass fishing from the shores of your Tennecape cottage, or snuggle in for a hearty winter storm in a classic farm house overlooking the bay.

If you wish to be close to the province's capital city of Halifax, Hants County has you covered. Located within 30minutes of picturesque downtown Halifax, the communities of Enfield, Elmsdale and Lantz have experienced rapid growth due to the urban sprawl as people seek a more peaceful lifestyle that still offers all major amenitities.

[windwatch]

#windpower #windenergy

[paulapuddephatt]

Vintage Dolls at Milestones Museum by Paula Puddephatt Via Flickr: Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK

#dolls #vintage dolls #Milestones Museum #museum #Basingstoke #Hampshire #Hants #England #UK #local history #history #historic #retro #nostalgia #vintage #the past #living history #hants county