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From a captive queen to the father of the NHS, and from a medieval hermit to a reggae superstar, discover the stories of the people who shaped our country's past.
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English Heritage Properties on Film
Many of our historic sites have doubled as fictional locations or even starred as themselves on screen. Keep an eye out and see if you can recognise them when watching these movies and TV series. We've also created an interactive map so you can see where they are.
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Help protect England's Heritage
Our new fundraising appeal will help support vital conservation work at historic sites across the country.
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Serving up soups made from things grown in our kitchen gardens, cakes baked to historical recipes and as much locally sourced produce as possible, we're proud of our cafés and tearooms. And we know they are an important part of your visit.
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Holiday Cottage Refurbishments
Discover our collection of refurbished English Heritage Holiday Cottages, perfect to immerse yourself in England's colourful past by staying in one of our unique and historical properties.
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Teaching and Learning Resource Library
Our learning resources are free educational tools packed with everything you need to give your learners a deep insight into the history of our places. Our team of qualified teachers, educational experts and historians have developed over 100 resources to choose from, each tied to curriculum learning.
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Discover how the inhabitants of English Heritage properties throughout the ages coped with winter.
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Lying in the entrancing valley of the river Derwent, Kirkham Priory was founded 900 years ago, during an era of monastic reform. For over 400 years it was home to a community of Augustinian canons.
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Britain has a rich history of board games. While a few examples are known in prehistory, they became more common after the Roman conquest, and continued to develop and be influenced through the migration of various cultures and peoples over the centuries.
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For more than a century after the Battle of Hastings, all substantial stone buildings in England were built in the Norman style, which was superseded from the later 12th century by a new style – the Gothic.