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Grime's Graves prehistoric mineshaft to open for the first time
The new mineshaft can be accessed next month at Norfolk's Grime's Graves - the only flint mine open to the public in the British Isles
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Below stairs love story revealed: Rare Edwardian photographs and mementoes on display for first time
A remarkable treasure trove of items which tell the love story of two servants at Brodsworth Hall in South Yorkshire have been donated to English Heritage.
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Blue plaque for lesbian landmark, the Gateways Club
A new blue plaque at 239 King’s Road, Chelsea, marks the building that was once home to the Gateways Club. For over fifty years (c.1931–1985), this basement club was London’s best-known and longest-lived lesbian social venue, becoming a vital haven and discreet landmark for generations of LGBTQ+ women.
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The Women’s Freedom League was a suffragist and equal rights campaigning organisation that worked on the principles of passive resistance and non-violence. Formed after a split in the Women’s Social and Political Union, it had its former headquarters at 1 Robert Street, Strand, which is marked with an English Heritage blue plaque.
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Children’s earliest memories of castles are more than twice as likely to be of a fictional castle as of a real life one, English Heritage revealed today (5 July 2018) as the charity launched a special #LoveCastles season of activities.
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Significance of Hadrian’s Wall
The most important and substantial of Roman remains in Britain, Hadrian’s Wall is also one of the most dramatic features of the landscape of northern England.
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The art of making pancakes is not a modern invention. Here’s Mrs Crocombe’s Victorian recipe, straight from the kitchen at Audley End.
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Winshields Crags lies halfway along Hadrian’s Wall, where it climbs to its highest point, affording spectacular panoramic views. Two short stretches of the Wall have been conserved on the crags here.
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The People’s Strictly | Behind The Scenes at Wrest Park
English Heritage has produced an exclusive behind the scenes video showing the transformation of Wrest Park as The People’s Strictly crew arrived to film an episode of their new series.