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The story of the Norman Conquest – May 1066
Join us as we explore the people of 1066 in just 140 characters. Tostig's treachery came to a head in May 1066 and began to cause real problems for King Harold and Queen Edith.
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Border Reivers and Hadrian's Wall
How Housesteads Fort, built for troops manning the frontier of Roman Britain, became a locus of crime and unrest in 17th-century England, thanks to the ‘Busy Gap Rogues’.
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The Rise and Fall of Andrew Harclay
How the Earl of Carlisle’s career, in which Carlisle Castle featured prominently, reflects both the rewards and the risks of engagement with Anglo-Scottish border politics.
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Blue plaque commemorating poet Rudyard Kipling at 43 Villiers Street, Charing Cross, London WC2N 6NE, City of Westminster.
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A brief history and description of St Leonard’s Tower, a well-preserved early Norman tower keep
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The London blue plaques scheme celebrates many figures of outstanding achievement in the field of medicine. From immunologists to nurses and surgeons, we explore the work of just some of them.
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BUSS, Frances Mary (1827-1894)
Blue Plaque commemorating headmistress Frances Mary Buss at Camden School for Girls, Sandall Road, Kentish Town, London NW5 2DB, London Borough of Camden.
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Wartime stories from English country houses
Dr Andrew Hann and Eleanor Matthews explore the stories of the people who found themselves thrown into these sites by the turbulence of war and those who already lived there and found their lives transformed.