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History of Gainsborough Old Hall
Gainsborough Old Hall is a medieval manor house in Lincolnshire, the surviving structures built by Sir Thomas Burgh II in the late 15th century. The hall was the seat of the Burghs from 1430 until 1596, and then sold to the merchant Hickman family, who resided there until around 1730. Its later history is a fascinating mix of residential use, workshops and businesses, a theatre space and civic institutions.
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Founded in the early years of the Norman Conquest, Totnes Castle stands at the highest point of historic Totnes town. A fine example of a motte-and-bailey castle, it has impressive Norman earthworks and a later stone keep.
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Eltham Palace Collection Highlights
Highlights from the collections at Eltham Palace, including furniture purpose-built for Stephen and Virginia Courtauld's house, and works of fine and decorative art.
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History of Eltham Palace and Gardens
The history of Eltham Palace, a unique marriage between a medieval and Tudor palace and a 1930s millionaire’s mansion.
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Find a Norman Castle to visit near you. The Normans built castles across England to administer and control local populations, and many still exist. While the original timber structures are no longer visible, their foundational earthworks remain, and later stone structures now mark the sites of powerful post-conquest Norman architecture.
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The era between the end of Roman rule in Britain in about AD 410 and the Norman Conquest in 1066 is one of the most momentous in English history, but also one of the most challenging to understand.
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England's precious meadows are under threat, but the expert garden staff at English Heritage are working hard to protect and regenerate these remarkable habitats.
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In the early 20th century women such as Vita Sackville-West, Gwen Lally and Radclyffe Hall adopted masculine styles of dress that were subversive, exploratory and playful. Historian Alison Oram explores how such clothing choices might have expressed increasingly fluid ideas about gender identity and sexuality, as well as sometimes simply being about fashion or practicality.
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Introduction to Victorian England
Queen Victoria ruled Britain for over 60 years. During this long reign, the country acquired unprecedented power and wealth. Many of the intellectual and cultural achievements of this period are still with us today.