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30 English Heritage sites you can visit from home
English Heritage offers historic sites and collections online
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From stately halls to Roman walls, here are our top tips for group days out in the north of England.
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Organise a visit to one of our many sites in the north of England and let your pupils experience an unforgettable, curriculum-aligned trip.
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New Technology Unlocks Old Buildings
Previously unseen artefacts, rarely opened archaeological stores, and hard-to-see masterpieces are today revealed for the first time online thanks to a major new partnership between English Heritage and Google Arts & Culture.
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Overseas trade and an extensive commercial infrastructure made Britain in the 19th century the most powerful trading nation in the world. Its manufactures were sold on every continent through a vast network of free trade.
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An extraordinary number of innovations in the study, cultivation and display of plants were made during the Victorian period. At the same time there was an explosion of interest in gardening, which became a national obsession.
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Predominant at the start of the 19th century, by the end of the Victorian era the Church of England was increasingly only one part of a vibrant and often competitive religious culture. The period also saw the greatest burst of church building since the Middle Ages.
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Although the Victorian era was a period of extreme social inequality, industrialisation brought about rapid changes in everyday life that affected all classes. Family life, epitomised by the young Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their nine children, was enthusiastically idealised.
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The power and influence of the Catholic church reached its zenith in England in the Middle Ages. In the 14th century about one in 15 of all Englishmen were churchmen of some kind. Find out more about England’s monastic buildings and uncover the stories of those who lived and prayed in them.