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Scarborough Castle Collection highlights
Highlights from the collections relating to Scarborough Castle, which span all periods from prehistory to the 20th century.
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Places to visit between Christmas and New Year
Looking for days out in England between Christmas and New Year? Discover English Heritage castles, abbeys and historic sites open across the country for the perfect winter days out.
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Princess, abbess and miracle worker, St Milburga lived when the peoples of Anglo-Saxon England were being converted to Christianity. As the second abbess of Wenlock, she ruled over a community of both monks and nuns.
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Why do we eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday?
Discover the traditions that led to the creation of this tasty annual celebration and follow Mrs Crocombe’s instructions to make your own delicious pancakes!
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The fine 15th-century gatehouse of a vanished riverside manor house, with a beautiful oriel window. The monuments of the manor's Marmion family owners grace the adjacent church.
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A mile-long stretch of enigmatic ancient road - probably Roman but possibly later or earlier - amid wild and beautiful moorland, still with its hard core and drainage ditches.
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Autumn is here and we've enjoyed an action-packed summer here at English Heritage. But as we move into the new season, the fun and discovery continues.
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Discover all the inspiration you need for great days out and creative crafts this month.
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Meet the girl who visited every site in the Monopoly game
Meet 14 year Samantha, a young history lover who has just completed a challenge to visit every site on the English Heritage special edition Monopoly board.
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Test your knowledge of our sites by identifying them from photographs, with a little help from your 2020 Members' Handbook.