Captain Salvin and his Flying Pig | Series 5 Episode 10: Surrey

The Three Ravens Podcast · Dec 23, 2024 · 1h 21m

This week we're off to Surrey, one of the Home Counties - and a place that is being gobbled up by London year by year!

We start by discussing, much to Martin's chagrin, that the 23rd December is actually a Saints Day for about 30 obscure martyrs, recounting just a fraction of who they were and why they mattered. And after that, we dig into the history and folklore of Surrey.

We discuss all sorts, including the tiny house where John Donne and his wife lived and had many, many babies, an extremely tall tower built by an Enlightenment-era loon, the heritage and importance of Surrey's heaths and…