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Walter Hungerford and the Buggery Act
In 1533 Henry VIII’s government introduced the ‘Acte for the punishment of the vice of Buggerie’. It remained a capital offence until 1861. Less than ten years after the inception of the so-called ‘Buggery Act’, Walter Hungerford, the owner of Farleigh Hungerford Castle in Somerset, became the first man to be executed under its terms.
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The Shelling of Scarborough in 1914
On Wednesday 16 December 1914, the inhabitants of Scarborough awoke to find a heavy mist hanging over their seaside town – and three German warships sailing rapidly towards them. The devastating attack that followed was the first time civilians had been targeted on English soil during the First World War.
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Discover which past Olympian feats have been celebrated with London’s blue plaques.
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A history of Brough Castle, a 12th-century castle built on the site of a former Roman fort.
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A rare orchid, closely related to those that informed Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, has been restored to the scientist’s former garden at Down House in Kent by English Heritage. Following two years of careful conservation and management by the charity’s gardeners and volunteers, Down House’s violet helleborine orchid population has doubled in number and is currently enjoying its best flowering season in living memory.
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Two New Trustees appointed to English Heritage
English Heritage has announced the appointment of two new Trustees, both with a history of championing diversity and ethnic minorities.
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As Whitby Abbey is illuminated for Whitby Goth Weekend, we take a look at how far back gothic subculture can be traced through the centuries.
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A brief history of Mount Grace Priory, the penultimate Carthusian foundation in England and the last monastery to be founded in medieval Yorkshire.
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THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863) (Young Street)
Blue Plaque commemorating Novelist William Makepeace Thackeray at 16 Young Street, Kensington, London W8 5EH, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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Richard of Cornwall, King Arthur and Tintagel Castle
The story of how one of the richest men in Europe swapped three manors for a rock.