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Friday 1 December is the day when most Britons put up their Christmas Lights
Today (Friday 1 December) is the day when most Britons turn on their Christmas lights a survey by English Heritage has revealed, indicating that over the centuries we are celebrating the season earlier and earlier.
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Modern Bayeux Tapestry Unveiled
New illustration depicts the top 10 moments in English history, chosen by children across England. Take part in the competition to design the final panel of the illustration.
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Modern bayeux tapestry unveiled
New illustration depicts the top 10 moments in English history, chosen by children across England. Take part in the competition to design the final panel of the illustration.
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Once reserved for wealthy land-owners to enjoy on their estates, the Victorians revolutionised the phenomenon of outdoor dining, bringing the picnic to the masses and paving the way for every family to enjoy taking their meals outside.
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Early Medieval: Power and Politics
This period saw the evolution of what was essentially a nation of warlords, whether Romano-British or Anglo-Saxon, into a country organised into distinct kingdoms. Eventually the individual kingdoms were unified under the Kings of Wessex into the kingdom of England.
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Test your knowledge of the mythical British Leader with our heritage mini quiz
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Sir Peter Carew and Dartmouth Castle
How a centuries-old stand-off over a castle provoked Tudor soldier and adventurer Sir Peter Carew into trying to outwit the borough of Dartmouth.
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The architecture of early Tudor England displayed continuity rather than change. Churches great and small were built in the Perpendicular Gothic style of the later Middle Ages. Later in the 16th century, however, the great country house came into its own.
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The majority of Anglo-Saxon buildings were constructed mainly using wood, so few are left standing. But the timber-building tradition left its mark on later stone-built churches.
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Between the end of Roman rule and the arrival of the Normans, the international networks into which England fitted fluctuated many times. From the 9th century links with Scandinavia were particularly strong.