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Sources for Chesters Roman Fort

A list of the key material, visual and written sources for the study of Chesters Roman Fort.

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Sources for Osborne

A list of the main sources of information for current knowledge and understanding of Osborne and its history.

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Trinity Weapon Test

Seventy years ago the Trinity weapon test set into motion a series of events which made York Cold War Bunker necessary. In this post, Rachael Bowers explores the events of 1945 and how this prompted governments to invest in nuclear bunkers.

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Tim Etchells: Wait Here (Double Line)

For Berwick Barracks’ the temporary installation Wait Here (Double Line) comprises a new version of Etchells’ 2008 neon work, the full text for which reads ‘Wait Here I Have Gone to Get Help’. Visible above the gatehouse entrance of the town’s former military barracks, Etchells’ work makes a playful intervention into the site invoking an imaginary situation of peril and a fictitious mission to gather support. Long a home for troops on call for missions further North or abroad – the Barracks is recast by Etchells as the location for another kind of story about danger and the need for caution or defence.

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Sources for Warkworth Castle and Hermitage

Lists of the main sources for our knowledge and understanding of Warkworth Castle and Hermitage

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Sources for Harmondsworth Barn

A summary of the main written and visual sources for our understanding of Harmondsworth Barn.

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#adventurequest Photography Competition Terms and Conditions

#adventurequest Photography Competition Terms and Conditions

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The Wrest Park Nurses

Wrest Park, like many other country houses, was pressed into service as an auxiliary hospital during the First World War. Official records and diaries give us glimpses of the women who came to Wrest to work as nurses. Unfortunately, many remain unidentified and their important contribution is unrecognised. Can you help us tell their story?

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School Visits

This super Tudor Folly was built by the father of one of the Gunpowder plotters in the 1590’s as an expression of his Catholic faith. How many combinations of three, representing the holy trinity, can your students find as they look around?

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Sources for Wheeldale Roman Road

The key sources for studying and researching Wheeldale Roman Road in north-east Yorkshire