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History of Steeton Hall Gateway
A brief history and description of Steeton Hall Gateway, a surviving element of a medieval manorial complex.
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We can only make informed guesses about what prehistoric people believed, using evidence from the monuments and artefacts that have survived. There was no single or continuously developed belief system in prehistoric Britain. For long periods, however, there were religious practices concerning the dead, their afterlife, and their influence on the living.
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1930s Fashion at Eltham Palace
Social Historian Ruth Goodman visited the stunning Art Deco mansion Eltham Palace with her daughter Eve for dress-up, daydreaming and more.
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A Journey into Witchcraft Beliefs
The history of witchcraft is complex, and often raises more questions than it answers. Where did witches come from? And did they always arrive on broomsticks? We asked Professor Diane Purkiss to take us inside the minds of ordinary people and intellectuals in medieval and early modern England to reveal how the figure of the witch was born.
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20 Questions Quiz: Women's History Month
Test your knowledge with our quiz for Women's History Month
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20 Questions Quiz: Women's History Month
Test your knowledge with our quiz for Women's History Month
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Royal Garrison Church, Portsmouth
Royal Garrison Church was built in about 1212 as part of a hospital complex. Although the nave was badly damaged in a 1941 firebomb raid on Portsmouth, the chancel remains roofed and furnished.
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Grime's Graves prehistoric mineshaft to open for the first time
The new mineshaft can be accessed next month at Norfolk's Grime's Graves - the only flint mine open to the public in the British Isles