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Coordinates: 52°33′29″N 0°07′48″W / 52.558°N 0.130°W / 52.558; -0.130
Whittlesey, historically known as Whittlesea (as the name of the railway station is currently spelt) or Witesie, is an ancient Fenland market town around six miles (10 km) east of Peterborough in the county of Cambridgeshire in England. With the neighbouring parishes of Coates, Eastrea and Pondersbridge, it has an approximate population of 15,000.
Whittlesey is located between the city of Peterborough, 6 miles (10 km) to the west and the town of March, 11 miles (18 km) to the east, and is bordered to the north by the River Nene and to the south by Whittlesey Dyke. Historically it was connected to Peterborough and March by the Roman road Fen Causeway constructed in the first century AD, a route approximately followed by the modern A605. The rail station is on the Ely to Peterborough Line (historically the Great Eastern Line), with direct trains to Cambridge, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leicester, Stansted Airport, Ely, Ipswich and Peterborough.
William Whittlesey (or Whittlesea) (died 5 June 1374) was a Bishop of Rochester, then Bishop of Worcester, then finally Archbishop of Canterbury. He also served as Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Whittlesey was probably born in the Cambridgeshire village of Whittlesey, England.
Whittlesey was educated at Oxford, and owing principally to the fact that he was a nephew of Simon Islip, archbishop of Canterbury, he received numerous ecclesiastical preferments; he held prebends at Lichfield, Chichester and Lincoln, and livings at Ivychurch, Croydon and Cliffe.
Whittlesey was briefly appointed Master of Peterhouse on 10 September 1349 and resigned from that post in 1351. Later he was appointed vicar-general, and then dean of the court of arches by Islip. On 23 October 1360 he became Bishop of Rochester and was consecrated on 6 February 1362. Two years after his consecration he was transferred to the bishopric of Worcester on 6 March 1364. On 11 October 1368 Whittlesey was transferred to the archbishopric of Canterbury in succession to Simon Langham, but his term of office was very uneventful, a circumstance due partly, but not wholly, to his feeble health. He died at Lambeth on the 5th or 6 June 1374.
Yellowstone National Park Historian Lee Whittlesey offers his advice on how park visitors should prioritize their time during a day trip.
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My friend Jim Harris took this video about five years ago when I got a grant to put together a collection of videos about Laos and I was able to pay for Jim and another friend, Sith (Lao) to travel with me to Laos. If anyone wants to gain a better understanding of Laos they need to visit the Pathet Lao Leader Caves in Viengxai and hopefully ready a book about the Secret War first, like Roger Warner's "Shooting Down the Moon." Viengxai is about 45 minutes from Sam Neua and is in a valley filled with these medium-sized limestone karsts that are riddled with caves. The Pathet Lao developed a number of these caves for their leaders to work in safe from American bombing. They worked in these caves from the early 60's to the early 70's. To tour the caves you have to visit a building in the small...
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Yellowstone National Park historian Lee Whittlesey explains why Yellowstone was chosen to be the first National Park.
From the Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma, 1775-1950 Catalog "May the power of the protective chants always safeguard The king and his kingdom, army, and family. May the assembled monks spread loving kindness And recite the protective chants with undistracted minds. May the gods from the universes in all directions come here And Listen to the Good Dharma of the King of Sages Which grants heaven and liberation." The Lao are Theravada Buddhists and I've been reading a great little guide on Theravada Buddhism published by Simple Guides and when I was reading the first part I learned about a possible meaning to why the monks chant and what they are chanting. People have asked me about what the monks are chanting andI think the following paragraph taken from the book adds insi...
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