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PLAN A GRAND DAY OUT AT AUDLEY END
Join Maddie Moate for a tour around Audley End House and Gardens in Essex.
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Marble Hill: History and Stories
Find out all about Marble Hill’s history, and how English Heritage is bringing the house and Henrietta Howard’s lost garden back to life.
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Victorian Apple Harvest at Audley End
Do you know your Knobby Russet from your Peasgood Nonsuch? Gardeners at Audley End share their top picks of the Victorian apple harvest.
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Willowford Wall, Turrets and Bridge - Hadrian's Wall
A fine 914 metre (2,999 feet) stretch of Wall, including two turrets and impressive bridge remains beside the River Irthing. Linked by a bridge to Birdoswald Roman Fort.
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Prisoners of War at Portchester Castle
Prisoners have always been taken in war, and during the wars between Britain and France in the late 18th and early 19th centuries castles like Portchester were used to hold them in growing numbers. Find out what life was like for the prisoners held there.
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Carrawburgh Roman Fort Collection Highlights
Highlights of the English Heritage collection for Carrawburgh include objects discovered at the shrine to Coventina, comprising more than 20 altars, about 16,000 coins and many other offerings to the goddess.
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If you're travelling by main roads or motorways, here are just some of the historic sites that make for an excellent alternative to stopping off at a service station.
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Bring history to life with a guided site tour of St Augustine’s Abbey. Your knowledgeable guide will lead you around the site, helping you imagine what the abbey looked like at its height centuries ago.
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Faithful Subject or Rebel? A 14th-century Knight and a Protest Poem
In 1342 Sir Laurence Ludlow of Stokesay Castle was arrested by the king for failing to collect taxes. Was he connected with a protest poem composed at the time?