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Blue Plaque commemorating actor Richard Burton at 6 Lyndhurst Road, Hampstead, London NW3 5PX, London Borough of Camden.
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The History of Father Christmas
The jolly old man who sneaks into our houses every 24 December is beloved across the world and known by many names. But should you call him Father Christmas, St Nicholas or Santa Claus? What's the difference? Where did he come from? Is he a Christian saint or a corporate stooge?
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Description of Castle Acre Castle and Bailey Gate
A description of Castle Acre Castle, begun in the 11th century, and the Bailey Gate, one of the gatehouses from the defences that surrounded the nearby medieval town.
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Blue plaque commemorating Mass-Observation, the pioneering social research organisation, at the former headquarters at 6 Grotes Buildings, Blackheath.
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Life as a Roman soldier in Britain
Take a look at what was important to Roman soldiers living in Britain and what objects in English Heritage's collections reveal about their daily life.
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DE QUINCEY, Thomas (1785-1859)
Blue Plaque commemorating writer Thomas De Quincey at 36 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7PB, City of Westminster
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Blue Plaque commemorating egyptologist Amelia Edwards at 19 Wharton Street, Clerkenwell, London WC1X 9PT, London Borough of Islington.
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William the Conqueror and the Oath of Sarum
How William I used an ancient centre of power, Old Sarum in Wiltshire, to establish a radical new framework of loyalty, which may also have been linked to the great Domesday survey.
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History of Wetheral Priory Gatehouse
A brief history and description of the well-preserved 15th-century gatehouse to Wetheral Priory, which is all that remains of an early 12th century Benedictine monastery