Beeston
About Beeston
Beeston Castle is a former Royal castle in Beeston, Cheshire, England, perched on a rocky sandstone crag 350 feet (107 m) above the Cheshire Plain. It was built in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester (1170–1232), on his return from the Crusades. In 1237, Henry III took over the ownership of Beeston, and it was kept in good repair until the 16th century, when it was considered to be of no further military use, although it was pressed into service again in 1643, during the English Civil War. The castle was slighted in 1646, in accordance with Cromwell's destruction order, to prevent its further use as a bastion. During the 18th century, parts of the site were used as a quarry.
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2000 bees were stolen in Beeston this year. That's a little British town, isn't it? Yes, it is. It's a little tiny town in England called Beeston, where they have lots of bees.
from 196: No Such Thing As Faking The Magic Dream, 2017-12-15 at 00:00:40 · read transcript
Other times Beeston came up
Tattoo spotting is a big way of busting criminals. Did you say your one, Andy, happened in Beeston? Yeah. That was, when we did our first book of the year, there was a crime there committed, which was thousands of bees were stolen from Beeston. I wonder if she can solve that crime now using this new technology. Wow. I just, I'd sort of forgotten that, but as soon as you said, we'd had it in our book, I thought, it'll have been a story about bees, won't it?
No Such Thing As A Dirty Bar Of Soap, 2024-01-04 · listen
Tattoo spotting is a big way of busting criminals. Yeah. Did you say your one and you happened in Beeston? Yeah. That was when we did our first book of the year, there was a crime there committed, which was thousands of bees were stolen from Beeston. I wonder if she can solve that crime now using this new technology, maybe. Wow. I just, I'd sort of forgotten that.
512: No Such Thing As A Dirty Bar Of Soap, 2024-01-04 · listen
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Coordinates: 53.1167, -2.6833