Shropshire Routes to Roots - Sources and collections

Lydbury North

Contents

1. Lords of Lydbury North
2. Walcot House
3. Estate managers
4. Estate labourers
5. Other buildings
6. Quiz

6. Quiz

Introduction

Some of the questions will require you to read the page about Bury Ditches Hill fort where you will find background information and a suggested walk around it. Go to a walk round Bury Ditches hill fort, then come back here and complete the quiz.

There are two ways of doing the quiz. You can try the online version of the quiz. This will open in a new browser window, and you will need Javascript enabled to play. You may like to read instructions for using a quiz (Opens in a new window) before you begin. Alternatively, use the questions below, which can be printed out. At the bottom of the page is a link to the answers. Warning! Some questions have more than one correct answer.

Questions

1. What caused the initial decline in the traditional way of life at Lydbury North?
   • a) The loss of interest from the Powis estate.
   • b) The outbreak of the First World War.
   • c) The influence of central government.
2. How many years ago was Bury Ditches constructed?
   • a) 500 years
   • b) 1000 years
   • c) Approximately 3000 years ago.
3. What labour force would have been involved in creating a hillfort like Bury Ditches?
   • a) The whole community, including women and children.
   • b) A specialised labour force employed to create just such defended sites.
   • c) The military.
4. How high are the banks at Bury Ditches?
   • a) 10 feet (3 metres)
   • b) 3 feet (1 metre)
   • c) 20 feet (over 6 metres)
5. Name one of the families who went to the Holy Land on Crusades and came back to have chapels named after them in their parish church?
   • a) Plowden
   • b) Clive
   • c) Oakley
   • d) Walcot
6. What contribution did Mr. Douglas make at Walcot?
   • a) He was a celebrated blacksmith.
   • b) He created the arboretum at Walcot.
   • c) He gave seeds from a conifer.
7. What is Lord Clive of India principally famous for?
   • a) For establishing the British imperial presence in India.
   • b) For being responsible for the expression "The Black Hole of Calcutta".
   • c) As a wealthy man and owner of Walcot Hall.
8. What morbid reminder of the Civil War is present at St. Michael's Parish Church?
   • a) The creation of two chapels to mark the safe return of members of the Plowden and Walcot families from the Crusades.
   • b) Traces of bullet holes on the church door.
   • c) The candlesticks on the altar.

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