Alfred Watkins
Alfred Watkins was an English author, selftaught amateur archaeologist, antiquarian and businessman who, while standing on a hillside in Herefordshire, England, in 1921 experienced a revelation and noticed on the British landscape the apparent arrangement of straight lines positioned along ancient features, and subsequently coined the term ley, now usually referred to as ley line, because the line passed through places whose names contained the syllable ley.
Watkins was born in Hereford to an affluent family which had moved to the town in 1820 to establish several businesses including a flourmill, a hotel and brewery. Watkins travelled across Herefordshire as an outrider representing the family businesses and so got to know the area intimately.
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