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We all like to play a prank or two every now and again, and our ancestors were no different. Here are some of the top tricks played at English Heritage sites over the centuries.
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Rising from a modest background to become a friend of Elizabeth I and one of the richest women of her time, Bess of Hardwick was also a tireless and ambitious builder, whose houses symbolised her rise to wealth and power.
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You can enjoy a two-hour walk alongside the ramparts of these defensive walls and earthworks, dating from the 16th to 18th centuries.
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Weddings at Eltham Palace, London
Hire Eltham Palace for your wedding ceremony and reception. The marriage of art deco mansion and Medieval Palace is the perfect venue for your wedding to go down in history.
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History of White Ladies Priory
White Ladies Priory was a convent of Augustinian canonesses and later became famous when Charles II took refuge there during the English Civil Wars in 1651.
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A supply of fresh water was essential for a well defended stronghold like Carisbrooke. For hundreds of years the castle's resident donkeys have drawn up water in the well house. Visit the castle and delight in the demonstrations of the donkeys working the 16th century tread wheel.
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Blue plaque commemorating SOE agent Noor Inayat Khan at 4 Taviton Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1H 0BT, London Borough of Camden.
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Blue Plaque commemorating musician Lionel Tertis at 42 Marryat Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 5BD, London Borough of Merton.
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Blue plaque for viola virtuoso lionel tertis
Lionel Tertis, the greatest viola player of the 20th century, has been honoured with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at his former flat in Wimbledon.
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Blue plaque commemorating SOE agent Noor Inayat Khan at 4 Taviton Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1H 0BT, London Borough of Camden.