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A brief history of Mount Grace Priory, the penultimate Carthusian foundation in England and the last monastery to be founded in medieval Yorkshire.
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Bridget Atkinson (1732–1814) was an avid collector of shells and amassed an enormous and remarkable collection over her lifetime.
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Take a look at some of the inspiring figures in London’s history who fought to open up new opportunities for women.
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Although the Victorian era was a period of extreme social inequality, industrialisation brought about rapid changes in everyday life that affected all classes. Family life, epitomised by the young Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their nine children, was enthusiastically idealised.
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The paintings displayed on the ground floor at Kenwood were collected in the late 19th century by the Irish brewing magnate and philanthropist Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh.
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May is an action-packed month at our historic places, and it can be hard to keep on top of it all. That’s why we’ve put together this handy guide to the top 5 things you won’t want to miss this month, from real live medieval jousting to beautiful historic gardens in bloom.
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Founded over 800 years ago, Cleeve Abbey housed a community of Cistercian monks for almost 350 years. Today it has some of the best-preserved monastic buildings in England.
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Henrietta Howard overcame personal adversity to become an important figure in Georgian court society and a member of a dynamic circle of writers, poets and politicians
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Barnard Castle has sat on a dramatic site above the river Tees since the late 11th century. From 1471 to 1485 it belonged to the Duke of Gloucester, later Richard III. After a fierce siege in 1569, the castle went into steep decline and it was effectively abandoned by the early 17th century.