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Find out all about the Battle of Hastings, learn about the momentous events of 1066, and discover how the Norman Conquest transformed England.
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Norham Castle Collection Highlights
The Norham Castle collection consists mainly of cannon shot and projectiles, which reflect the castle’s key role controlling a major crossing point of the river Tweed on the English–Scottish border.
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Britain has a rich history of board games. While a few examples are known in prehistory, they became more common after the Roman conquest, and continued to develop and be influenced through the migration of various cultures and peoples over the centuries.
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The prehistoric and later remains that survive in abundance across Dartmoor form one of England’s greatest archaeological landscapes, and provide many insights into the character, lives and rituals of the people who once lived there. Discover the four sites English Heritage cares for on Dartmoor.
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Archbishop of York between 1114 and his death in 1140, Thurstan was one of the most significant churchmen of early 12th-century England. New research from English Heritage has revealed that he was also venerated as a saint.
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A rare bowl with explicit male same-sex imagery found at the Roman city of Wroxeter in Shropshire gives insight into life around AD 150.
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Predominant at the start of the 19th century, by the end of the Victorian era the Church of England was increasingly only one part of a vibrant and often competitive religious culture. The period also saw the greatest burst of church building since the Middle Ages.
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Speaking with Shadows: Series 1 Episode 1
Speaking with Shadows is the podcast which listens to the people that history forgot. In Episode 1, presenter Josie Long traces the story of the Battle Abbey Pageant of 1932, and explores the life of its extraordinary pageant master, Gwen Lally.
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Founded in the early 12th century by a local Norman lord, Boxgrove Priory was a small monastery of Benedictine monks. Today the lodging house and part of the church and chapter house remain, while the eastern parts of the monastic church survive as the impressive parish church.