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History of Royal Garrison Church, Portsmouth
From its origins as a hospital founded in about 1210–14 to provide shelter and relief for the poor and for travellers to stay, for over 800 years the Royal Garrison Church has had an evolving role within the Portsmouth community.
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Cornwall is not only a great place to visit for modern holiday makers, it was also an area of great interest for our ancestors.
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Queen Victoria and Prince Albert spent many enjoyable hours at Osborne’s private beach with their family. Enjoy this special place for yourself on a visit to Osborne.
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Garden designer, landscape architect and campaigner for child welfare, Marjory Allen, Lady Allen of Hurtwood, is recognised with a blue plaque. Allen brought adventure playgrounds to the UK. The house in Chelsea that bears her plaque was the home where she lived and advocated for local children to have accessible spaces to play.
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Garden designer, landscape architect and campaigner for child welfare, Marjory Allen, Lady Allen of Hurtwood, is recognised with a blue plaque. Allen brought adventure playgrounds to the UK. The house in Chelsea that bears her plaque was the home where she lived and advocated for local children to have accessible spaces to play.
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CONAN DOYLE, Sir Arthur (1859–1930)
Blue Plaque commemorating creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, at 12 Tennison Road, South Norwood, London SE25 5RT, London Borough of Croydon.
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This is the best-preserved remnant of the Roman wall which once formed part of the eastern defences of Roman Londinium.
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Laurence of Ludlow and Medieval Wool Wealth
Find out how the extraordinary growth of the wool trade not only paid for the building of Stokesay Castle, but also bought its owner influence in national politics.
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In this guide, we explore some of the places that shine a light on Wiltshire's ancient past, visit a couple of castles, and point out a few other points of interest along the way.
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Aydon Castle is a fine example of an English fortified manor house. Built as a home over 700 years ago, it was almost immediately fortified due to the outbreak of Anglo-Scottish warfare. Its turbulent history began with a Scottish raid in 1315 where the house was pillaged and burnt, followed by seizure by English rebels two years later. Today it remains almost completely intact, set amongst the Northumberland woodland.