{"id":192,"date":"2025-11-23T21:36:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evtraof.cluster121.hosting.ovh.net\/?page_id=192"},"modified":"2025-12-27T17:41:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T17:41:25","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-author wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/scold-984x1024-1-288x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/scold-984x1024-1-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/scold-984x1024-1-768x799.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/scold-984x1024-1.jpg 984w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/1066-and-all-that\/\">1066 and All That<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Ed Lee<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">William the Conqueror, 1066 Said to his captains \u201cI mean to affix England to Normandy. Go out and borrow Some bows and some arrows, we\u2019re starting tomorrow\u201d. So William went conquering hither and thither Till\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/1066-and-all-that\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: 1066 and All That<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"188\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/viking-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/horny-invaders-in-elm-village\/\">Horny Invaders in Elm Village<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Ed Lee<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">\u201cAngelsakser!&nbsp;Giv mig din kvinde og dit penge. &nbsp;Du jan faa kvinden igen naar jeg er fertig med hende.\u201d&nbsp;[\u201cSaxon man, give me your woman and your money, or I will kill you. You can have the\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/horny-invaders-in-elm-village\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Horny Invaders in Elm Village<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/images-saxon-hut.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/ic-eom-wunderlicu-wiht-wifum-i-am-a-wonderful-creature-for-women-anglo-saxon-hanky-panky-on-elm-village-allotments\/\">Ic eom wunderlicu wiht wifum (I am a wonderful creature for women\u2026) Anglo-Saxon Hanky Panky on Elm Village allotments?<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Ed Lee<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Very little is known about the Elm Village area in the Anglo-Saxon period (traditionally dated from the departure of the Romans in 410 to the arrival of William the Conqueror in 1066. But we do\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/ic-eom-wunderlicu-wiht-wifum-i-am-a-wonderful-creature-for-women-anglo-saxon-hanky-panky-on-elm-village-allotments\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Ic eom wunderlicu wiht wifum (I am a wonderful creature for women\u2026) Anglo-Saxon Hanky Panky on Elm Village allotments?<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/woad.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/latin-spoken-at-elm-village-salvete-pagani-ulmici-greetings-residents-of-elm-village\/\">Latin Spoken at Elm Village: \u201cSalvete Pagani Ulmici!\u201d (Greetings, residents of Elm Village)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Ed Lee<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Many people have heard the stories of Julius Caesar crossing the Channel in 55 BC. Most of us particularly like the account which describes our ancestors, painted with woad,&nbsp;striking fear into the hearts of the\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/latin-spoken-at-elm-village-salvete-pagani-ulmici-greetings-residents-of-elm-village\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Latin Spoken at Elm Village: \u201cSalvete Pagani Ulmici!\u201d (Greetings, residents of Elm Village)<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"211\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/elm-village-history-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/mammoths-in-elm-village\/\">Mammoths in Elm Village<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Ed Lee<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Our estate and the surrounding area has a rich and fascinating history. For thousands of years its most important feature was that it lies in the valley of the River Fleet.&nbsp;The last stretches of the\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/mammoths-in-elm-village\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Mammoths in Elm Village<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"131\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/images-st-p-131x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/images-st-p-131x300.jpg 131w, https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/images-st-p.jpg 148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/st-pancras\/\">St. Pancras<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Ed Lee<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">St Pancras. One day lad, this church and train station will all be yours. If you are looking for pure historical fact, read no further ! \u2013 many of the events described below have been\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/st-pancras\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: St. Pancras<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":456,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-192","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":498,"href":"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/192\/revisions\/498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evtra.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}