Historic market town Malmesbury and its beautiful Abbey
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- This video was filmed on 29th August 2021, my kit list is after the description below.
My iPhone has recently been damaged so please excuse any glitches in the video.
Thank you for watching. Take care and be kind to others. Adam
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Hello and welcome. I hope you enjoy this video. It is 7:00 in the morning, today we are walking around Malmesbury. Malmesbury is a town in the north of Wiltshire, in south-west of England.
It is quiet now. The High Street will be busy soon as the food market is about to be set-up.
Malmesbury is a 100 mile drive from central London. The nearest train station to Malmesbury is Chippenham. The town with it’s Abbey sits proud at the top of a flat hill. The River Avon splits south just before Malmesbury with the River Avon flowing west and the Tetbury Avon heading north. Malmesbury is believed to be the oldest continually inhabited town in England. During an archeological dig remains of an Iron Age Fort were found indicating people living here as far back as 500 BC. Many of the buildings in the town date back to the 17th and 18th century. The Old Bell Hotel next to the Abbey is the oldest hotel in England, it has been offering food and a restful night to visitors since 1220. The main feature in Malmesbury is the beautiful Abbey. The Abbey was founded in the year 675, by an Irish monk - Saint Máel Dub. The first church organ in England was built here by a Saint called Aldhelm. By 1066 Malmesbury was a well established town of great importance being particularly well known as an encouraging place for learning. In the 11th century a monk named Elmer flew nearly 200 metres from the Abbey tower with self made wings, before crashing to the ground and breaking his legs. The current Abbey was built in the 12th century and originally had a 130 metre tall spire, sadly the spire collapsed during the 15th or 16th century. In 1651, during the English Civil War, Malmesbury was fought over at great length you can still find cannon and gun shot scars on the external stone walls of the Abbey. In the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries the town flourished producing fine silk and lace. Today the main employer in Malmesbury is the Dyson company, with their headquarters on the edge of town. I feel truly fortunate to have been walking around these streets this morning. Thank you for joining me on this early morning walk and finding out a little bit more about the town. Please do leave a comment, or like the video, it is lovely to hear from people all over the world. If you have never been to Malmesbury I hope this video helps you feel a little closer to it. If you have been before I hope you enjoyed casting your mind back as we walked around. It gives me great pleasure to make places like this accessible to people.
I used an iPhone 12 to film this video:
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Mounted on DJi Osmo gimbal:
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There has been minimal editing of the video using LumaFusion:
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From Pennsylvania in the US...thank you so much for this gorgeous walk through Malmesbury! I am in awe over the architecture and the grounds around the Abbey, the hotel, all of the surrounding cottages and shops, the stones, the trees, the morning sunrise - I've been to England several times but never had the good fortune to visit Malmesbury, so again, thank you for the opportunity to just inhale it all visually on my computer!! It means so much to me.
A delightful walk! I've picked out a place or two where I would live - on a narrow street, perhaps with a bit of garden, and just steps away from all the shops and pubs! Ah, I can dream...
Thank you for watching Bob! I like the house hunting... and dreaming
So lovely no littered streets so clean and peaceful just so and calm loved it no music is great you get the feeling you are walk around which is so mice now we are too old to walk these great places than you so much I loved it love Christine
Glad you enjoy the simplicity of the walk, I hope these walks are relaxing for people. Thank you for watching and also leaving a lovely comment, Adam
Stunningly beautiful. I think it is one of the prettiest places in Britain. I just love your videos no chat just boots on the ground and amazing picturess buildings and quaint little houses quiet streets and water and wildlife. Next please. 🙋😺😺😺😺😺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
Thank you, what a lovely comment, greatly appreciated. I’ll keep them coming and keeping looking for lovely places to share with nice people 😊
Hello from the easternmost part of Brazil. Your walking videos are so relaxing. I feel like I'm walkig in this city.
Glad to hear that it Diego. Thank you for joining in on the walk
This place…the architecture…the scenery…picturesque, simply beautiful.
It was a lovely morning. I'm glad you enjoyed the walk 😊
This morning walk is lovely! The old Abbey, its ruins, once bustling with human life now stand in silence, with their previous residents from long ago rest peacefully in their graves, as birds sing their morning songs. Thank you for sharing ☺️
Thank you for coming along on another morning walk and taking time to appreciate the ambience and history. It really is greatly appreciated 🙏 😊
@@everywhereisimagined thank you once again 🌷
Спасибо большое за интересное видео, очень люблю Англию! Старинную... Живу в Москве.
Thank you ever so much for the lovely videos. Me and my boyfriend watch them in the evening to relax. He's a History major and pretty much enjoys your information on each place. Love from Manchester, UK 🥰
How lovely, it is my pleasure. I triple check my facts, so hopefully they are all good 🤞. Thank you for watching and the nice comment 😊... from a couple of our down the road 👋
Really Amazing, the morning walk and Abbey and town gardens and history was all amazing ...and i didn't know there is the same Grey squirrels in GB, are the same one's we have in North America!..I enjoyed seeing these interesting sights ..I hope to visit GB some day! cheers friend.
Glad you enjoyed it. Yes the grey squirrel is not native to England and was introduced in 1880, taking a lot of our native red squirrels habitats. I hope you do get to visit one, there are so many nice places over here.
My home. England's oldest borough (with a charter granted by Athelstan, first king of all the English, grandson of Alfred the Great) and home to Elmer, the flying Monk. What many don't know is that the spire on the Abbey was actually taller than that of Salisbury Cathedral (before it was ruined by the dissolution of the monasteries) A lovely walk :-)
Thank you for the great comment and history, so much to learn about this lovely town.
I felt like I was transported back in time! Thank you for this lovely video ☺️
You are welcome 😊. Who doesn't love a bit of time travel!
Another wonderful walk around a beautiful and charming English town. I'm always impressed that you know all the best views and most interesting sights in all these places.
Thank you. It makes it easier when the spaces are so lovely and the morning sun helps.
Thank you. I particularly enjoyed the lingering views of the Abbey.
You’re more than welcome. It’s always my pleasure
It amazes me how deserted the town looks,almost as if you are the only person there.Malmesbury looks like an amazing place to live,so beautiful!
I always look forward to your videos and I was not disappointed with this one. It’s not just the beauty of Malmesbury, but the beautifully crafted way it has been captured in the early hours of the morning. It affords you the time to observe and think. This knocks spots off anything you would find on the usual television channels. Thank you very much.
Thank you Anthony, you are too kind with your comments. It is greatly appreciated. I just feel so lucky to have the opportunity to walk and share the experience.
So beautiful old town!
It really is! Thank you
I NEEDED THIS VERY BADLY. PEACE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH 🇺🇲
Your videos make me happy! I adore England!
Thank you for joining in on another morning walk 😊
Very good location in town - great way to see the town.
Many thanks. Great channel, I've just subscribed. Lovely to see other parts of the world.
Thank you so much for these videos, I wished for something like this to pop up on the internet but I never actually looked for it, I assumed it doesn't exist.
I was planning to go around places like these in the UK before Covid started, just to walk around, eat and sleep. I'm from Serbia and I hope this 'plan' will come true soon. I will watch every single of your videos to figure out my route.
That is very nice. I hope we all get back to having some adventures. Thanks you for the lovely comment.
Great capture and place, been waiting for a new video and this one is once again lovely.
Great job and you're doing good. Greetings from Finland
Many thanks Sevy! That comment is greatly appreciated. I just subscribed, you have a great channel, and hi from 🇬🇧👋
@@everywhereisimagined You have inspired me to try and get out in the early mornings, it truly is the best time of day. Cheers!
Wonderful and soothing, interesting and captivating. thank you.
I always enjoy your videos.So many informations.Thank you!!Greetings from Greece!
Glad you like joining in with the walks and the facts too! Hello from 🇬🇧👋
Thank you for a wonderful walk today 🏴💕
You’re always welcome Abigail, thanks for joining in 😊
I have walked these lovely streets hundreds f times as live l mile away.
I just love this beautiful town. Thankyou very much X
You are more than welcome. I'm pleased you enjoyed the virtual walk as much as when you do it in person. Thank you and good wishes 😊
This is beautiful. I looked it up, it is in Wiltshire, northeast of Bristol. ;) The population is 5,380. You could do tours of England. Thanks for doing this video.
Wikipedia: Malmesbury is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. As a market town it became prominent in the Middle Ages as a centre for learning focused on and around Malmesbury Abbey, the bulk of which forms a rare survival of the dissolution of the monasteries
Thank you Brigette, great researching! It is a lovely part of England and I feel very lucky to live there
Thankyou, your videos are so vibrant and captivating
As always LLBD thank you for watching and the nice comment
thanks so much for this beautiful walk really very nice all is lovely from mexico city greeting!!!
Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked the walk, it is my pleasure, and good morning from a sunny Wiltshire 😊
Such a lovely street with all this old buildings👍👍
Thank you. So many lovely old buildings, it was a lovely morning.
Thanks Dear Adam for all your efforts to make this accessible to the world.
Thank you it really is my pleasure, the kind comments are always appreciated
You have stolen my heart with this wonderful and delightful video!!.. thank you for taking us on a walk, albeit virtual, and thethe video was extremely immersive, beautiful and so vivid!!!… and the historical information too was very helpful about this being continually inhabited since ages and the wars fought…
The stillness and the peace is something that can’t be worded and only be experienced!!.. THAT such a place exists just 160 kms off London (100 miles) is something truly unbelievable!!!.. am thrilled with this video!!.. am humbled, elated and yet feel wonderful watching this video..
Glad you could join in with the walk and had such a great experience, it really was a lovely morning and a special location. Good wishes for the rest of your week.
Outside of the huge conurbations of London, Birmingham and Manchester, it is astonishing how there are so many villages and small towns that still exist within another time frame. Adam (EII) does great work in so often revealing them to us. Robert, UK.
Thank you for this wonderful video. 💕 this place is so peaceful and relaxed, even the squirrels stay put…it made me laugh, did it really not hear you coming? Maybe it was simply not scared of humans 🐿 gorgeous.
Glad you enjoyed the walk and the squirrel. I have perfected my stealth squirrel stalk walk over the years 🤫🐿
Malmesburi precioso,maravilloso, me encanta INGLATERRA adoro vuestro pais una fan Catalana,desde Barcelona muchas Gracias.
Country side small towns and villages are nice but a lot of cities and big towns are grey and sad and the south of England is over populated
Gracias, es una ciudad preciosa 🇬🇧👋
I live here, how lucky am I.
Very! All the fascinating history I learned too while doing this video really made me appreciate it all the more.
Excellent work, very interesting. It can be improved by stopping more on the facades, gardens, walkways, shop fronts, etc.
Thank you very much for offering such a good product.
Thanks for the tips!
@@everywhereisimagined Thank you for getting close to such excellent landscapes that we would never appreciate otherwise.
Carlos Mazzi - Santa Fe - Argentina
Hola ...preciosa Abadia fue de los monjes Benedictinos ,alli hasta el 1500 existía la biblioteca mas grande del reino. El primer obispo y santo esta' enterrado alli. . Gracias por revivir la historia en imágenes. Saludos desde...🇦🇷
Hello from Dallas. Can’t wait to visit the UK this year.
Idyllic, beautiful,lovely...... 10 stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you Lynette 😊😊
Благодарю, Адам. Никогда не думала, что совершать виртуальные пешие прогулки не менее увлекательно, чем реальные. Особенно прекрасно, что мы слышим звуки города, звук ваших шагов и даже вашего дыхания на крутом подъеме. Это создает эффект присутствия рядом с вами. Мне даже кажется, что я дышу воздухом Англии. Прекрасный старинный город , аббатство. Особенно трогают корзины ярких цветов на каменных стенах, оградах. Обожаю цветы, они всегда к месту, всегда радуют глаза и сердце. Мира вашей стране, как и моей любимой Украине. Благослови, Господи, нас.
Спасибо. Это прекрасный комментарий. Так приятно знать, что вам нравятся все места, звуки и дикая природа во время прогулок. Я с удовольствием продолжаю делиться этими прогулками с такими милыми людьми.
Cidade maravilhosa! Excelente canal
Obrigado! 😊
Very beautiful and classic building. 👍😊
Many thanks, it is a lovely place, glad you liked it 😊
Мило, на встречу к Солнцу🙏.
Солнце было прекрасным 😊
@@everywhereisimagined приятно.
Beautiful town, thank you for showing us around .
Thank you Maria, for watching and joining in
It is really a nice place,I’d say
It is! Thanks for commenting and watching ☺️
Hello from Malaysia. Love your video. Well done!!!
Hello 🇬🇧👋! Thank you fo joining in the walk 😊
Thank you. Really enjoyed. Very beautiful.
Thank you, really it is my pleasure 😊
I have been enjoying your videos. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you like them, thank you 😊
So beautiful!❤❤
Thank you! 😊 I've just subscribed, keep doing the videos!
Absolutely lovely ❤️❤️
Thank you Ken, glad you enjoyed walking along 😊
appreciate your work man❤️
Beautiful 💕💕
Thank you! 😊
Thanks!
Thank you, that is very kind.
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First comment from my side and wait for kind response
Nice to know you are watching. Thank you.
Вы столько радости принесли в наши сердца!!! Дай вам Бог всякого счастья во всём!
Спасибо за просмотр. Заботиться
Amazing
Thank you!
Maravilhoso!
Do que você!
@@everywhereisimagined I didn't understand
@@silviocorreard8849 sorry I thought I said thank you 🤣
@@everywhereisimagined rsss
Thanks for the wonderful journey! Any videos about Aberystwyth or Colchester?
Thank you! I'll add them to my list but they are quite far away from me.
Thanks for sharing this village. Lovely place. Curious, do you usually record on early Sunday mornings? I notice that there is often very few people out and about even at 7-7:30. That was not my experience when I have been in the UK, though it has been a while, and I know this might have been during the Covid lockdown allowing only one outing.
Early mornings Saturday or Sunday are the quietest, Sunday usually the most quiet. Some of my earlier videos where done when there were still some Covid-19 restrictions in place. Thanks for watching :)
Kemble station closer than Chippernham
Ooo okay thank you! I’ll update that during the week 👍
UK... ❤️❤️
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Is this Wiltshire ? Or Norfolk please?
It is Wiltshire in the south west of England
أنا قادمة الى بريطانيا لتعلم اللغة الإنجليزية وأنا من أشد المتابعين اعجابا بتصويرك .. هل لي أن أراك وأتحدث معك حول بعض المواضيع ؟ أحب أن يكون لي صديق في كل دولة لتبادل المعرفة والخبرات
شكرا لك على مشاهدة أتمنى لك صحة جيدة
I’m living in the wrong country!!!!
Ha! I'm sure there are some lovely places were you are also.
Oh there is, just not as rich in history as those towns
@@andrewgeorge5039 in the UK we are lucky to have so much history and green and pleasant land surrounding it