Alkborough
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Alkborough is a parish of 471 people in 192 households in North Lincolnshire, England, located near the northern end of The Cliff range of hills overlooking Trent Falls, the confluence of the River Tr
The Alkborough village sign on Walcot Road
The remains of the northern bombing range observation post
Alkborough Flats and the confluence of the Rivers Trent, Ouse and Humber
Julian's Bower turf maze overlooks Alkborough Flats and the confluence of the Rivers Trent, Ouse and Humber
Hugh de Morville was an Anglo-Norman knight who served King Henry II of England in the late 12th century. He is chiefly famous as one of the assassins of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury in 117
Alkborough
…lofty temple, a worthy glory to God", suggesting that three of the four knights who murdered Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170, (namely Sir Hugh de Morville, Lord of Westmorland, Sir William de Tracy and Sir Richard le Breton), took refuge in Alkborough and helped with restoration of the church. If any such stone ever existed…
13th-century depiction of Thomas Becket's murder; Hugh de Morville was among the assassins.