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English Heritage News, Issue 1, 1984
In the summer of 1984, the first ever issue of ‘English Heritage News’ was produced, announcing the launch of the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission – or English Heritage, as it was called. This was the first ever edition of our Members’ Magazine which, forty years later, is still going strong although title, layouts, page extents and design may have changed a bit.
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Places to visit between Christmas and New Year
Looking for days out in England between Christmas and New Year? Discover English Heritage castles, abbeys and historic sites open across the country for the perfect winter days out.
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You'll find English castles everywhere from Northumberland to Cornwall, and ranging in date from Norman to Tudor and from little Stokesay Castle to mighty fortresses like Kenilworth and Dover Castles. Here we trace how castles developed over nearly five centuries, and how they fit into the 3,000-year-long story of England's defences, from prehistoric hillforts to a Cold War nuclear bunker.
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Thomas Becket, Henry II and Dover Castle
On 29 December 1170 Archbishop Thomas Becket of Canterbury was murdered in his cathedral by four of Henry II’s knights. Ten years later, Henry II embarked on a massive rebuilding of Dover Castle. How were his actions, and Becket’s murder, connected?
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The Norman Conquest was achieved largely thanks to two instruments of war previously unknown in England: the mounted, armoured knight, and the castle. The former was a key factor in William the Conqueror’s triumph at Hastings, while the latter dramatically militarised the English landscape.