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RICHMOND CASTLE AND THE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS
We reveal how Richmond Castle became a base for the northern companies of the Non Combatant Corps – a military unit for men who refused to serve during the First World War – and how you can find out more about their story at the castle’s new museum.
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Lord Hastings, Richard III and an Unfinished Castle
How William Lord Hastings’s ultra-fashionable castle at Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, was left incomplete following his summary and shocking execution by the future Richard III.
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20 Questions Quiz: Autumn and Winter Traditions
Test your knowledge of autumn and winter traditions with this quiz
Property
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.
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William the Conqueror imposed a total reorganisation of the English Church. He had secured the Pope’s blessing for his invasion by promising to reform the ‘irregularities’ of the Anglo-Saxon Church, which had developed its own distinctive customs. Throughout the medieval period the Church was a pervasive force in people’s lives.
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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after the Battle of Hastings, all substantial stone buildings in England were built in the Norman style, which was superseded from the later 12th century by a new style – the Gothic.
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Dracula: how a Victorian vampire is inspiring blood donations this Halloween
Katie Dabin, Keeper of Medicine at the Science Museum, investigates how Bram Stoker's Dracula took inspiration from the fascinating history of blood transfusion.