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	Labyrinth - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth was an elaborate maze constructed for King Minos of Crete and designed by the legendary artificer Daedalus to hold the Minotaur, a creature that was half man and half bull and was eventually killed by the Athenian hero Theseus.
		The term labyrinth is often used interchangeably with maze, but a maze is a puzzle with choices of path and direction, while a single-path ("unicursal") labyrinth has only a single, Eulerian path to the centre.
		It is this version of the design that is thought to be the inspiration for the many secular turf labyrinths in the UK, such as survive at Wing, Rutland, Hilton, Cambridgeshire, the Alkborough Turf Maze, and at Saffron Walden in Essex.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Labyrinth (1315 words)

	Alkborough - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alkborough is an English village of about 450 people in North Lincolnshire, located in an isolated but attractive position near the northern end of the Cliff range of hills overlooking the point called Trent Falls, where the Rivers Trent and Ouse join to form the River Humber.
		In case the maze becomes overgrown or otherwise indistinct, its pattern is recorded, in a 19th century stained glass church window, on the floor of the church porch and also on the gravestone of James Goulton Constable, which is in Alkborough cemetery.
		Alkborough Flats is an area of low-lying arable farmland of nearly 4 km² situated at the "Confluence of the Rivers" where the Rivers Trent and Ouse join to form the Humber estuary.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alkborough (487 words)

	Mazes and Labyrinths: Chapter X. Turf Labyrinths
		There is a turf labyrinth of a design similar to that at Alkborough in a secluded romantic spot on land forming part of the estate of the Hulse family, to the rear of their beautiful country seat, Breamore House, Hants.
		It may be that the frequent association of turf mazes with ancient earthworks of various kinds is something more than accidental, but we do not seem to have sufficient evidence to establish a necessary connection between the two things.
		Turf labyrinths were formerly of general occurrence throughout the country, for, in addition to those we have already described, we find remains of them in counties so widely separated as Kent and Cumberland.
	www.sacred-texts.com /etc/ml/ml13.htm (1637 words)

	Mazes and Labyrinths: Chapter XI. Turf Labyrinths (continued)
		Mazes, or "laborinths," are referred to in the contributions of several of the other poets concerned, of whom we may mention Francis Izod, Nicholas Wallington, William Bellas and William Denny.
		The play-ground of the village school occupies one corner at the cross-roads, and in the south-west angle of this, enclosed by iron railings, lies a turf maze of a pattern similar to that at Alkborough.
		The plan of the maze shows some interesting variations on the older and more conventional designs of Alkborough, Comberton, etc., the most remarkable point being that the path from the exterior to the centre is almost direct, the labyrinth proper being composed of paths which commence and terminate at the central plot.
	www.sacred-texts.com /etc/ml/ml14.htm (2575 words)

	Jo Edkins's Maze Page - Chartres Maze (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Either you were supposed to walk the maze as a substitute for a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, or you had to shuffle along on your knees as a penance.
		The Chartres maze is an improvement on the Cretan and Roman mazes.
		Saffron Walden maze is an English turf maze on Saffron Walden Common, in the centre of the town.
	www.gwydir.demon.co.uk /jo/maze/chartres.htm (2032 words)

	Places of Interest - Alkborough - North Lincolnshire
		The maze is located on the Western side of the village close to the Cliff Edge is one of only three remaining turf mazes left in Britain.
		The maze is a unicursal turf maze, 43 feet (13 m) across, of indeterminate age.
		Alkborough Flats is an area of low-lying arable farmland of nearly 4 km² situated at the "Confluence of the Rivers" where the Rivers Trent and Ouse join to form the Humber estuary.
	www.northlincs.com /alkborough/places.htm (254 words)

	Alkborough (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Alkborough is a remote village in the north of Lincolnshire, overlooking the Humber Estuary at the Trent Falls, the confluence of the Trent and the Ouse.
		Alkborough's main name to fame is that it is the site of a medieval turf maze known as Julian's Bower, one of the few remaining medieval labyrinths in the country.
		The maze is also reproduced in the chancel window (above the altar) in the village church of St John the Baptist, is laid in the stone floor of the oak porch of the church, and can be found on the gravestone of James Goulton Constable in Alkborough Cemetery.
	www.heureka.clara.net /lincolnshire/alkborough.htm (510 words)

	Labyrinths
		In common parlance a labyrinth is maze, a maze is a labyrinth, the two words are interchangeable, synonymous with each other, but strictly speaking they are not the same.
		The turf maze, a labyrinth in turf, is also believed to date from this period, with turf mazes surviving at Wing in Rutland, Hilton in Cambridgeshire, Alkborough in Lincolnshire and at Saffron Walden in Essex.
		The turf maze at Alkborough in Lincolnshire is one of the few surviving medieval labyrinths in England.
	home.clara.net /heureka/religion/labyrinths.htm (1240 words)

	Mazes And How To Thread Them Page 2
		This was 44 feet in diameter, and the resemblance between it and the mazes at Chartres and Lucca (Figs.
		The maze that was on St. Catherine's Hill, Winchester, in the parish of Chilcombe, was a poor specimen (Fig.
		This maze was 86 feet square, cut in the turf, and was locally known as the "Mize-maze." It became very indistinct about 1858, and was then recut by the Warden of Winchester, with the aid of a plan possessed by a lady living in the neighbourhood.
	web-books.com /Classics/Nonfiction/Science/AmuseMath/AmuseMathC15P2.htm (784 words)

	Alkborough Maze « Music Man
		I didn't know much about this maze (or ancient mazes in general) but was interested to see this well-known example and read the plaque about it nearby.
		Alkborough is a small village on the east side of the Trent Falls, where the Ouse and Trent join the Humber, and you get some superb views of the Humber on the cycle ride I took.
		The maze itself is on high ground overlooking the river and made of turf.
	rlawson.wordpress.com /2006/06/04/alkborough-maze (353 words)

	At the Edge archive: turf labyrinths
		It is the smallest turf maze in Europe.
		Known as the 'Mizmaze', this is a square maze 90 by 86 feet, found on St Catherine's Hill, within an iron age hill fort to the south of Winchester.
		The maze is to be found on the very top of the hill, to the right of the large clump of trees.
	www.indigogroup.co.uk /edge/Mazes.htm (1212 words)

	Adrian Fisher Mazes Ltd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The result was a Maze for the Blind at RNIB New College, Worcester, England; maze design by Adrian Fisher.
		Mazes shown include Holywell Bay Maze, Newquay Zoo Maze (both in Cornwall), and the Magical Mirror Maze at Wookey Hole Caves, Somerset.
		The climax involves the hero conquering the beast at the centre of the death maze - both literally and psychologically.
	www.mazemaker.com /media_information.htm (782 words)

	GENUKI: Alkborough, LIN
		Alkborough is a parish in the north of Lincolnshire, located where the Trent River joins the Ouse River and form the River Humber.
		She was a kinswoman of Thorold who built Alkborough church and the Lucy of the Lucy Tower in Lincoln Castle.
		The current Alkborough Primary School is located on Whitton Road and was enlarged in 2001 by the addition of two schoolrooms.
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/LIN/Alkborough (855 words)

	Alkborough (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Alkborough is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		The term labyrinth is often used interchangeably with maze, but a maze is a tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage, with choices...
		Eight supposedly ancient turf mazes survive in England: Alkborough, North Lincolnshire "Julian's Bower", "Gillian's Bore" or "Gilling Bore" (mentioned by Abraham de la Pryme c. 1700) Breamore, Hampshire "Miz-Maze" or "Mizmaze" Dalby, North Yorkshire "Walls of Troy" Hilton, Cambridgeshire (cut in 1660)...
	www.experiencefestival.com /alkborough (1023 words)

	The Maze (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		There are now few turf mazes in England, but several have been recorded - usually near Neolithic or Iron Age earthworks, attesting to their antiquity.
		This maze and others at Saffron Walden in Essex and at Wing in Rutland have been preserved by local villagers for many centuries and can still be seen today.
		Several of these mazes (such as the one once found at Pimperne, Dorset) are called 'Troy Town' - perhaps in memory of the labyrinthine plan of that city's defensive walls.
	www.professorharbottle.co.uk /cycle/maze.html (313 words)

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		Some of the attractions along the way are Normanby hall and country park, Julian's Bower turf maze and the villages on route.
		The turf maze know as Julian's Bower was first mentioned in 1697, is set in stone on the floor of the local parish church of Alkborough.
		Close to the maze are earthworks though to be of Roman origin.
	www.bicyclemania.co.uk /lincstrail5.htm (490 words)

	North Lincolnshire Council - Alkborough Local History Pack
		The maze, which has a diameter of 44 feet, is thought to have been cut around the year 1200 by Benedictine monks who lived locally.
		The tithes of Alkborough were amongst the earliest endowments of the monastery of Spalding when founded by the Sheriff Thorold in 1052, and it was probably at this time that the church was built.
		The Alkborough and Whitton Dividend Society (sick and burial) was formed in 1885, and has now (1900) 132 members; meetings are held at the Reading room on the first Monday in the month at 7.30pm; Mr Charles Bray, secretary.
	www.northlincs.gov.uk /NorthLincs/Leisure/libraries/localandfamilyhistory/localstudies/localhistorypacks/Alkborough.htm (699 words)

	Julian's Bower Maze
		The maze was carved by a small cell of monks who lived in this area until the 13th century.
		Interestingly, the nearby Alkborough church has a copy of the maze inlaid into the porch floor, and this is used as a template for the periodic re-cutting of the turf.
		Whatever the origins of the maze, it has played an important part in the lives of the locals, and games are known to have been played here on May Eve until well into the 19th century.
	www.stone-circles.org.uk /stone/juliansbower.htm (323 words)

	Bibliography - Historical Resources
		Some of these focus on particular subjects, in which discussion of labyrinths in that context are also discussed, some are specialised papers dealing with particular labyrinths or groups of examples, either by geographical or historical distribution.
		"A Scottish Turf Labyrinth" Caerdroia 32 (2001), pp.39-40.
		"From Labyrinths to Mazes" Caerdroia 26 (1993), pp.39-43.
	www.labyrinthos.net /biblio_historical.htm (2088 words)

	PuzzlePLAYGROUND - The Alkborough Maze
		Trace your path through the maze from the entrance at its top to the white spot at its center.
		The real maze is cut in the turf at Alkborough in Lincolnshire, England.
		The maze known as "Julian's Bower" is the unicursal maze, first mentioned in 1697 and believed to date from the medieval period.
	www.puzzles.com /PuzzlePlayground/AlkboroughMaze/AlkboroughMaze.htm (101 words)

	Alkborough Lincolnshire England DN15 UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Alkborough Primary School inspection report, 29 Mar 2006 Institutions in North Lincolnshire.
		Alkborough Primary School, North Lincolnshire, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire and...
		Alkborough or Aukborough, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire, at the mouth
	www.dotukdirectory.co.uk /165396.html (166 words)

	Churchmouse: Alkborough, Lincolnshire. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		This has a Saxo-Norman tower to the west and in 1887 the church was much restored by John Oldrid Scot who built the chancel in the Early English Style but unusually he left the Georgian ceilings intact.
		The shaft of the churchyard cross which is very worn has for years been used as a sharpening stone.
		South west of the church is a turf maze which is very similar to the one in the church porch.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /peter.fairweather/docs/alkborough.htm (132 words)

	Britain - Sundry Mazes
		Alkborough Church Stained Glass Window, Alkborough, South Humberside (O.S. Ref. SE 882219); stained-glass east window; 4 inches wide; nineteenth century.
		Comment: All mazes and labyrinths are by definition man-made; thus it is not possible to design a labyrinth after its construction.
		Winchester - North Walls Recreation Ground, Winchester, Hampshire, England; small and insignificant maze of low concrete walls, with narrow paths, on a grass verge on the side of a minor access road; rectangular.
	www.maze-world.com /BritainSundry.htm (515 words)

	Britain - Ancient & Eccl, Pavement Mazes
		Alkborough Church Porch, Alkborough, South Humberside, England (O.S. Ref. SE 882219); Medieval Christian labyrinth; copy of village's turf maze design; stone pavement maze, circular, 6 x 6 ft; 1887.
		Ely Cathedral - Ely Cathedral Maze, Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England; (O.S. Ref. TL 541803); maze path length is same as height of west tower, beneath which it is situated; fl and white stone pavement maze, square, 20 x 20 ft; designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, 1870
		Alkborough Cemetery, Alkborough, South Humberside, England; eleven-ring Medieval Christian labyrinth, on gravestone of Mr J Goulton-Constable, a keen maintainer of the Alkborough turf maze; 1922.
	www.maze-world.com /BritainAncPavement.htm (323 words)

	North Lincolnshire Council - Alkborough Turf Maze
		Alkborough turf maze is on a mysterious ancient site overlooking the convergence of the Humber and Trent close to interesting rural walks and sleepy villages.
		At the very edge of the ridge, high above the river, is the turf maze known as Julian’s Bower, believed to date from the medieval period.
		An image of the maze, first mentioned in 1697, can be seen in the stone floor of the oak porch of the parish church as well as in a window above the altar.
	www.northlincs.gov.uk /NorthLincs/Leisure/tourism/placestovisit/placesofhistoricalinterest/AlkboroughTurfMaze.htm (127 words)

	The Builder Magazine - October 1927
		One has a large square, one is drawing a circle with a pair of compasses, the third holds a pair of compasses and seems to contemplate a geometrical figure, a triangle, base up, from one end of which three radiating lines have been drawn.
		Mazes of this same type have also been found in Finland or Lapland, where, however, they are called by the name Babylon instead of Troy.
		"Treading the maze" is closely analogous to circumambulation, the checks, turns and returns are open to symbolic interpretation and with it all is the tale of a ritual death in the center - "the King is dead, long live the King," thus with a slight change might the newly-raised Master be hailed.
	www.phoenixmasonry.org /the_builder_1927_october.htm (15063 words)

	Puzzle Playground - Mazes
		Enter a garden maze at one entrance, then pass through the maze's center and after that leave it on the opposite side.
		This unicursal maze known as "Julian's Bower" is believed to date from the medieval period.
		You are an architect and you have to restore the labyrinth after the fragments of an old plan.
	www.puzzles.com /puzzleplayground/Mazes.htm (121 words)

	Labyrinthitis - acute labyrinthitis
		The term labyrinth is often used interchangeably with maze, but a maze is a tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage, with choices of path and direction, while a single-path ("unicursal") labyrinth has only a single, Eulerian path to the centre.
		A labyrinth has an unambiguous through-route to the centre and back and is not designed to be difficult to navigate.
		The myth of the labyrinth has in recent times transformed into a stage play by Ilinka Crvenkovska in which exploring notions of a man's ability to control his own fate, Theseus in an act of suicide information on labyrinthitis is killed by the Minotaur only to be killed himself by the horrified towns people.
	www.medicalgeo.com /Med-Diseases-L/Labyrinthitis.html (1330 words)

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