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Most people in Roman Britain made their livings from a mixture of subsistence farming and exchange of specialist goods (like salt or milling stones) with neighbours or more distant communities.
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Research on Battle Abbey and Battlefield
A summary of the present state of research on Battle Abbey and Battlefield, together with records of excavations and gaps in current knowledge.
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Description of Wharram Percy Deserted Medieval Village
A description of Wharram Percy, including its ruined church, the foundations of two manor houses and many peasant houses and outbuildings.
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Sources for Darwin and Down House
A guide to the documents, books and collections of artefacts for the study of Darwin and Down House.
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Sources for Portchester Castle
A list of the main sources of information for our knowledge and understanding of Portchester Castle
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Blue Plaque commemorating pioneer of mass catering Joseph Lyons at 11a Palace Mansions, Hammersmith Road, West Kensington, London W14 8QN.
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New conservation work, technical analysis and research has identified the mysterious unsigned painting known as The Vegetable Seller as dating from just before the Dutch Golden Age, and uncovered possible associations with 16th-century Antwerp painter, Joachim Beuckelaer (c.1535–75)
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Today, Friday July 16th, visitors to Audley End House in Essex will be able to see an important 16th century Dutch painting, known as The Vegetable Seller, reinstated to the historic house’s art collection for the first time in 60 years. It is also the first time in centuries that the painting will be seen as it was originally conceived, having been restored to its former glory by conservators at English Heritage over the past two years.
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The Women’s Freedom League was a suffragist and equal rights campaigning organisation that worked on the principles of passive resistance and non-violence. Formed after a split in the Women’s Social and Political Union, it had its former headquarters at 1 Robert Street, Strand, which is marked with an English Heritage blue plaque.
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SPARTALI STILLMAN, Marie (1844–1927)
Marie Spartali Stillman is commemorated with a blue plaque at The Shrubbery, 2 Lavender Gardens, Battersea. During her long association with the house (1864–1885), she established her reputation as a professional artist, while also modelling for painters including Sir Edward Burne-Jones, D G Rossetti and Ford Madox Brown.