Adnan Rashid – Medieval English Village Lavenham
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The speaker shows historic vines, buildings, and sites in London, including a crooked house and depiction of a tree. They also discuss cultural and historical context, including overlapping Islam and Islamic, and show historical houses and houses. They also show examples of houses and houses like this in London. The speaker describes walking around a town with buildings and people living in them, including vines, cars, and buses, and experiences walking around a church and market square. They encourage viewers to share their experiences and learn more about the places.
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Assalamu
alaikum, everyone.
I am here
in
a medieval
village,
English medieval village, and I wanted to share
this with you.
This place is called Levenham Village,
and it's about 2 hours' drive from London.
You can see how beautiful this place is,
how historically rich this place is. I just
want to give you a quick tour of
this village
as
I talk along,
randomly.
Okay? Because I do like to share random
things when I find something interesting.
It's always a pleasure sharing my experience with
you.
And this is you can see
a medieval house behind me now. It's a
hotel called Swan,
and it's well kept. The structure, as you
can see, is,
very uneven.
Looks very unstable, but it's well kept. It's
preserved.
There are renovations taking place from every,
now and then. And,
you can see the wooden beams, they are
very medieval.
This village
basically was built in the 14th century. All
the structures you see around me were built
in the 14th century. The village may have
been very old, but the structures that we
can still
find in this village or this town
are from the 14th century. I'm gonna give
you a quick quick tour, and this is
very, very rich English history. There are absolutely
amazing places
to visit
in Britain, in particular, England,
and this is 1 of those villages, and
there are so many historic places
in this village as you will be able
to see, Inshallah. So I'm gonna give you
a very quick tour as I talk along
and we'll see what we have. Okay? So
bear with me. Peace, everyone.
Okay. Look at this. This is an absolutely
amazing
building
from the 14th century.
So the outside structure
is pretty
original.
Inside, there there have been renovations. You can
see it's uneven.
Looks like it's gonna fall, but it's not
gonna fall. Okay. So I'm gonna give you
a quick tour
of
this
very beautiful historic
spot.
This is now a hotel.
It's called Swan.
People come here and they stay here. It's
about 2 hours drive from London. I recommend
every single person watching this
vlog
to visit this village, especially in the summer
because the weather is beautiful
and it's not very hot.
And you can look at these places
and go back in time.
And seriously, you know, if you are a
reader, if you're someone who loves history,
this is the best place to come
and do your reading. You can come for
a couple of days
and chill, as they say. Relax.
Okay. This is now the main street of
the town. It's very quiet.
It's not the weekend. I
came deliberately on a weekday
so that I can actually
enjoy
this place when it's not too busy.
Okay?
So
stay with me. Keep watching.
You'll be blown away. You'll be fascinated.
So there are people who
know about
English history.
People in Australia, Canada, US,
they always,
you know, when you watch these old old
cartoons
like Robin Hood
and,
the sword in the
stone and,
other stories like that. People have grown up
watching these Disney cartoons,
where English history is depicted somewhat.
So these are the kind of places
those
productions
represent,
historically speaking.
I wanna share a very
I wanna share a very quick,
interesting place with you as well.
Okay.
There is
a house here which is very old. It's
called the crooked house.
Okay. We're gonna look at the crooked house
right now.
So here, there we have it.
This house is called
the crooked house and you will see why.
Because the house is actually crooked.
It's bent.
It looks like it's gonna fall.
Okay?
You can see this building is very
medieval,
very old.
And the house in the middle,
it looks bent.
It looks bent as if it's gonna fall.
Right?
But interestingly,
it's still standing.
Been standing for centuries.
Okay. The structures are from 14th century.
Very, very old house.
I really envy the people who live inside.
I would love to have a library in
there to spend my time reading books.
Look at this.
The crooked house.
It says the crooked house.
Okay?
The crooked house.
There's a depiction of a
little monster eating
a human being alive.
There's a cat running after a mouse.
We're catching a mouse. Look at the beams.
Just want to zoom in quickly so that
you can appreciate what we're The
windows.
Amazing. Absolutely amazing.
So, guys,
stay with me, and you will see a
lot of lovely places. I'm gonna start sharing
my stuff,
my explorations,
my history adventures with you guys, and
there's a lot more coming.
So
right now, I'm in Levenham. Remember the name.
Levenham
Village.
Right?
And this is where you're gonna find these
historic places. There's a lot I can share
with you, but I'm gonna still walk.
And,
we're gonna see some more interesting buildings down
that street I just came from. Okay. So
bear with me, everyone.
So English history is absolutely amazing.
Yeah. I find it very interesting. And there's
a very strong link between
English history and Islamic history.
The history of Islam and the history of
Britain in particular,
there is a lot of overlapping.
There's a lot of
there are a lot of commonalities.
In many respects,
culturally,
linguistically,
militarily.
Okay. Historically,
there are so many
overlaps
between the history of Islam and the history
of Britain.
Okay?
So This is a very interesting you can
see the the hotel is called Swan.
Okay?
This is a medieval building.
The hotel
is inside
this building. I'm gonna go inside the hotel.
Just gonna have a quick look
at the alleyways.
Okay. You can see it's beautiful.
Yeah. Look at these beams.
It's a very old building,
and these are some of the old pictures
of this town,
people from the town.
Okay.
This is the reception.
So you will see some historic objects in
here
like paintings and clocks.
So let's go out.
I'm gonna go out very quickly
and continue looking at the town. But some
of the beams, if you look at them,
they look rotten, but they are very well
kept.
There there are renovations taking place.
Look at this beam.
Looks very old.
I'm sorry for the bad light
because
I didn't plan this particular vlog, but I'm
gonna continue with the tour.
You can see that building in distance there.
Okay.
Let me zoom in that 1 over there.
If you look at that building, it also
looks very crooked. It looks unstable. It looks
like it's gonna fall, but it's not gonna
fall fall because it is well kept. Okay?
And it is on the main street. You
can see it. But we're gonna skip that
1 for now, and we're gonna go left
from here because some because there are some
absolutely amazing interesting
houses
on this side.
So the history of Islam in Britain, I
was saying, is very much intertwined.
There are a lot of cultural
and,
historic,
commonalities
between the 2 histories.
Okay. And,
also,
linguistically, even in the English language,
there is a lot that came from the
Arabic language.
There are so many words like
earth
is an Arabic word,
earth. Cat is pit. Camel is jammal. Sugar
is sukhar.
Okay?
And, the list goes on. Mirror is.
Look at this. This building is basically bent.
Right? There are many houses in this town
that are bent.
People are lovely, very friendly people, very nice
people.
Okay?
And
you'll enjoy your time here.
Those people who haven't yet seen
historic places in Britain,
I'm gonna try my, try my best to
share as much as I can when I
go out looking at some of these places.
Okay.
So we keep looking.
Okay.
This house looks very crooked as well. It
looks like it's gonna fall, but it's not
gonna fall.
Okay. It's very well kept. Look at that.
So beautiful.
Okay. So
we're gonna continue inshallah.
So this is
about 2 hours drive from London.
It's a beautiful town.
And by the way,
something very interesting.
You all know Harry Potter,
the movie and the novel
by JK Rowling.
She wrote the novel and became very popular.
Although I'm not a big fan of it,
it shows magic and all that.
I don't believe in that stuff.
Okay.
That trickery and all that. Okay.
Magic, of course, is real. Magic does happen,
but
okay.
Some episodes, I think, were filmed,
if I'm not mistaken, in this house.
This is 1 of the houses,
and it's very medieval. You can see it's
very old.
They were actually filmed in this house.
Okay? I'm pretty sure it was this house.
Yes.
You can see these images outside carved
during the middle ages in the 14th century.
It's a very old door.
Okay?
And you may be surprised that,
wow, we have places like this in the
UK, in Britain. Yes.
There are more places in the in the
UK, in Britain,
in particular, England,
and there are many places in Wales and
Scotland.
Okay?
So there is a lot of history here.
There is rich history in Britain
that you must look into and study, and
it's fascinating. It's it's just mind blowing.
Okay?
I've done lectures and talks, and I can
I will continue to do so? Right?
But this is something when I'm looking at
history
in person on the ground. There's nothing like
it.
So
if you look at the beams,
they're very old.
These are very old beams.
Okay. This is very old carving.
Look at that.
Okay. I'm gonna I've zoomed in so that
you can actually appreciate what we're dealing with.
It's very, very old stuff.
Okay. Let me go back slightly.
I'm trying to keep this
vlog as natural, as organic as possible
so that you can actually appreciate
what I am trying to appreciate.
Okay. Beautiful. Absolutely amazing.
We're gonna keep walking down and look at
some more houses Inshallah.
So I'm sorry about traffic.
Obviously, I cannot control traffic.
Sometimes
you may start what I'm trying to say,
but no problem. Look at this. Absolutely amazing.
Some of these houses are crooked. Crooked in
the sense that they they look like they're
gonna fall. They are leaning forward or they're
leaning
sideward,
and they look
like they're gonna fall. It's a beautiful place.
It's it's a breathtaking
town,
full of medieval houses.
When I say medieval, medieval actually means,
the middle ages from the year 500 to
1500.
This period generally is referred to by historians
as the medieval period or the middle ages.
Okay? So they use both terms interchangeably,
medieval
and the middle ages.
Right? So, basically, anything between 500 the year
500 CE to 1500 CE is called from
the Middle Ages or medieval.
Okay? So because this town was pretty much
built in in its current form or these
houses or these homes you're looking at,
they were built in the 14th century,
1300.
Okay?
So this is why
it's a medieval town.
Beautiful houses,
beautiful history, old doors,
old doors,
old gates.
Seriously,
I cannot have enough of this.
This is so amazing,
guys.
I hope you're enjoying the vlog.
If you did,
please continue to share it
so other people can also enjoy English heritage,
English history.
Look at this house. It looks like look.
If you look at if you look at
it from here, it looks like it's gonna
fall. It's leaning forward. Actually,
it's leaning forward,
and, it looks like it's gonna fall, but
it's well kept.
It's preserved.
There's a lot of care.
These these these these houses are these buildings
are
registered buildings.
Okay? So
the government takes good care of these places.
And this is why they're still standing.
We can come and have an idea of
how people may have lived 6, 700 years
ago in English towns.
Okay. Of course, the roads are not the
same.
Roads are quite different now.
The roads would have been mud roads or
stone roads,
but the houses are still very much
in the same spots they were built
they were built in. Right?
Okay. I'm gonna
change sides.
Right. So it's a very long road. You
keep walking down this road and you will
see
medieval houses
centuries old. And you know what? People are
still living in them. Can you believe it?
People are still living in
them. Even though the houses are
bent,
they are they look unstable,
but
it's amazing. What an amazing place.
Okay?
And you know what? I don't mind
walking around
for a long time.
I don't mind walking here for hours and
hours, looking at beams, touching them,
feeling the history,
trying to internalize it.
Okay?
Like, look at this beam. Someone's hands
carved these beams
centuries ago. Look at this.
Someone was carving it about 6 to 700
years ago,
and now you have it still standing
centuries later. So we must appreciate
those people
who have made these
and those who are taking care of this
stuff
for posterity
for the future generations so that we can
come and appreciate this stuff. You know, there
is so much to see here. It's unbelievable.
Keep walking on the streets.
You keep walking around this town. You will
see something.
Right? So I'm gonna now go up this
road. I came down that road, okay, from
Swan Hotel. I'm gonna go up this street
and see what we find there.
So this is just a random walk. Okay?
I I just couldn't resist.
I wanted to share this with you.
So we're gonna go up this road now,
this street, and see what we have there.
And look,
I don't think video,
this vlog is actually going to do justice
to
the the the the the real thing. You
have to come and see it yourself. Okay?
When you're walking around in these streets,
you will see how beautiful these places are.
These houses
is so amazing.
And imagine living in 1 of those. I
really envy these people.
If I could,
I would
buy a house here and build a library
in there and just sit there and study
history and
and share
my
history stuff with you guys.
Okay. So
look at this house on the corner.
Amazing.
Still very much old
because there are many places like this in
Europe,
in France, in Germany, but English history is
very special
because, as you know,
there is so much
to relate to within English history.
The kings and their wars and their battles
and their challenges
to start I mean, crusades happen from here.
Many crusader kings were
from England, in particular,
Richard the Lionheart.
He was an English king
for some time.
And then we had Edward the Longshank or
Edward
the first
who went on a crusade
in the,
in 1200,
12 seventies to be precise.
And he came back and built his Welsh
castles.
Okay.
So English history is very interesting.
There were many Muslim scholars walking
around
the streets of England later on, of course,
later on. But at this period, in 12th
century, 13th century, and 14th century,
many English scholars
actually studied
Arabic works
produced in Spain
in particular, and then possibly in Sicily and
other places.
Many English scholars. Actually, 1 of them
who was from this very period when the
town was built or when these houses were
built was Geoffrey Chaucer,
who's alive in the 15th century.
Jeffrey Chaucer,
the famous author of Canterbury Canterbury Tales,
he also wrote a piece on astrolabe,
an Arabic instrument
to measure heights
and distances.
Okay.
So
Geoffrey Chaucer
was an English poet who wrote poetry in
the old English language.
He's buried in,
Westminster Abbey.
I don't want to make this vlog painfully
long.
I don't know if you
like me talking
while you're looking at these places,
but I'm trying my best. I'm not a
professional vlogger.
I don't know how to do this, but
I'm just sharing what
my eyes are,
you know,
beholding.
Look at this. Beautiful. Look. I don't know
where to stop and where to start. This
whole town
is absolutely fascinating.
Levenham. Remember, Levenham
village
in England.
It's not very far from Cambridge. I think
it's about 2 hours drive
from London.
About 70 miles, 70 to 80 miles from
London,
Depending on traffic
or what time you're driving,
you can get here within 2 hours.
Not very far. Bring your families out here.
Show them English history.
Some of the Muslims have been living in
Britain. Sorry, guys. I just stopped the video
by mistake. I'm gonna continue. This is the
street. I came up, and I wanna share
a very special place with you. It's a
square where you have a lot of medieval
buildings. You can see that field behind me
there. Amazing.
Okay. So it's still very much,
it it
it maintains
its,
geographical location quite well.
Okay? The village is still very much a
village, okay, in in a modern sense, but
still, the buildings are quite
they are still around. So I just wanted
to share with you very quickly.
So,
brothers and sisters,
dear friends, ladies and gentlemen,
those of you who live in Britain or
you ever visit if you ever visit Britain,
you must come to Levenham
Village.
It's a medieval town. There's a lot of
history here. I simply cannot explain everything in
the short vlog or video. This is just
a glimpse into the beautiful
historic
heritage,
of Britain,
which I want to share. This is a
very special place.
Lo and behold, you're gonna see some amazing
place places amazing houses in that square. It's
an old square. This was a market. Back
in the day in the medieval period, this
was a market where people would buy and
sell. And quickly before I could go there,
I want to share this house with you
as well.
Okay. So if you look at this house,
it's beautiful.
It's absolutely amazing. Right?
What a
place.
So if you keep looking,
stay with me
and you will see
an absolutely fascinating place.
11 ham.
Okay.
Look at this house.
Absolutely amazing.
It's a very nice house.
This was apparently
a market square,
And we will go around here.
What a place. Absolutely amazing.
It's now a town. There are people who
still live here.
Okay.
There are hotels.
There are restaurants.
It's a square with old buildings.
You can see this very building here.
There is this thing, this
pillar in the middle. I don't know what
this pillar represents, but it looks very old.
Look at this house. Tall cottage.
It's called Tall
Cottage.
So this rich history. Look at that street.
Down that street, I can see medieval homes
from here.
So finally, brothers and sisters, ladies and gentlemen,
my words and this vlog may not may
not do justice
to the beauty
and
the historic richness of this town. You will
have to come here, visit in person.
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Assalamu alaikum, everyone.