Narrowboat 'Celia Fiennes' in Rugeley, Staffordshire
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Narrowboat 'Celia Fiennes' in Rugeley, Staffordshire
Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 22 Jul 2016
Looking north. There are extensive and excellent visitor mooring places on the Trent and Mersey Canal in Rugeley. This is about two hundred metres north of Bridge No 67. Celia Fiennes shines out among more soberly painted craft. Celia Fiennes was one of England's earliest female travellers, (pre-dating the country's canal development). She was born on 7 June 1662 in Salisbury, the daughter of Nathaniel Fiennes, a colonel in Cromwell's army, and his second wife Frances, who were front rank enthusistic parliamentarians. The family invaded England with William the Conqueror, a "colourful" lot over the centuries, and Sir Ranulph has plenty to say: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1220968/My-family-misfits--Britains-intrepid-explorer-Ranulph-Fiennes-tells-stories-ancestors.html
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Image Location
Latitude
52.76678
Longitude
-1.935191