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Servants or skilled professionals? Women in domestic service
Historically, many careers for women were in the home – but some women in domestic service broke the mould. As part of our Women in History series, Dr Andrew Hann investigates how.
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Explore the ways in which Stonehenge has been experienced by its many visitors, through historical souvenirs, guidebooks, postcards and photographs.
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Modern Bayeux Tapestry Unveiled
New illustration depicts the top 10 moments in English history, chosen by children across England. Take part in the competition to design the final panel of the illustration.
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Blue Plaque commemorating performers Michael Flanders and Donald Swann at 1 Scarsdale Villas, Kensington, London W8 6PT, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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Blue Plaque commemorating performers Michael Flanders and Donald Swann at 1 Scarsdale Villas, Kensington, London W8 6PT, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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Blue plaque commemorating children's writer Enid Blyton at 207 Hook Road, Chessington KT9 1EA, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London.
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2000-YEAR-OLD MOSAIC FOUND AT BURIED ROMAN CITY
Rare mosaic discovered at Wroxeter Roman City depicts sea creatures
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Our senior historian, Paul Pattison, has worked with the genealogists at Findmypast to uncover more of John Glasson Thomas' story.
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Conscription and Conscience in WWI
How conscription came about, what happened to the men who applied for exemption, and the legacy of the WWI conscientious objectors.
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History of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Thetford
This ruined church was part of a medieval monastery known as the Priory of the Holy Sepulchre, one of only six English houses of this small monastic order.