File:Sign for the Royal Oak - geograph.org.uk - 1469582.jpg
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 180 × 240 pixels | 480 × 640 pixels.
Original file (480 × 640 pixels, file size: 157 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Captions
Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Summary
[edit]
| Description |
English: Sign for the Royal Oak in Wootton Rivers in Wiltshire.
The sign is second in popularity to the Red Lion. Charles II, together with his aide Colonel Carless, hid in the Boscobel Oak, near Shifnal, in order to escape from the Roundhead soldiers who were pursuing him. Charles had suffered defeat at the Battle of Worcester, 1651. After the Restoration of Charles II to the throne it was declared that 29th May, the king's birthday should be celebrated as Royal Oak Day as an act of thanksgiving. The popularity of the pub sign may be attributed to genuine rejoicing that the monarchy had been restored, but it also comments on the appeal of particular human incidents, over the great events that shaped our history. |
| Date | |
| Source | From geograph.org.uk |
| Author | Trish Steel |
| Camera location |   | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap |  |
|---|
_heading:0.00&language=en){kind=link}
| Object location | | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | |
|---|
_heading:0.00&language=en){kind=link}
Licensing
[edit]
|
This image was taken from the Geograph project collection. See this photograph's page on the Geograph website for the photographer's contact details. The copyright on this image is owned by Trish Steel and is licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license.
|
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Attribution: Trish Steel
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 09:32, 2 March 2011 | | 480 × 640 (157 KB) | GeographBot (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |description={{en|1=Sign for the Royal Oak The sign is second in popularity to the Red Lion. Charles II, together with his aide Colonel Carless, hid in the Boscobel Oak, near Shifnal, in order to escape from the Roundh |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file:
File usage on other wikis
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on nn.wikipedia.org
