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Whitby Abbey, the imposing ruin overlooking the North Yorkshire coast, has re-opened to the public following a major £1.6 million re-interpretation project by English Heritage – including a new museum and new interpretation around the historic site.
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Blue Plaque commemorating the artists, actors and novelists who lived at The Adelphi Terrace, Charing Cross, London WC2N 6BJ, City of Westminster.
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Description of Lilleshall Abbey
Lilleshall follows the typical layout of a monastery, with its buildings arranged round a central cloister.
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The beautiful and tranquil setting of Lanercost Priory hides its troubled history. The Augustinian priory sits in the Cumbrian countryside beside the River Irthing but was subjected to frequent attacks during the Anglo-Scottish wars, once by Robert Bruce in person. It was a resting place for King Edward I for five months before his final campaign. After the dissolution, the priory was converted into a private house for the Dacre family and the monastery remains well preserved today.
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Blue Plaque commemorating the artists, actors and novelists who lived at The Adelphi Terrace, Charing Cross, London WC2N 6BJ, City of Westminster.
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Blue Plaque commemorating the artists, actors and novelists who lived at The Adelphi Terrace, Charing Cross, London WC2N 6BJ, City of Westminster.
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Members' Week: Defending Dartmouth Castle and Cannon Conservation Tour
Join members of our Curatorial and Collections team at Dartmouth Castle, built in the 14th century to defend the town against French raiders during the Hundred Year Wars on Tuesday 26 May.
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The remodelled family home of Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest and most remarkable women of Elizabethan England, stands beside the New Hall she raised later in the 1590s.
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Launceston Castle dominates the surrounding landscape. Begun soon after the Norman Conquest, unusual in that during rebuilding one tower was constructed with the remains of the older.
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Marble Hill is the last complete survivor of the elegant villas and gardens which bordered the Thames between Richmond and Hampton Court in the 18th century.