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Conscientious Objectors’ Stories
The stories of some of the conscientious objectors held in the cell block at Richmond Castle in 1916 for refusing to take part in the war effort, including many of the ‘Richmond Sixteen’.
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Annexe - The Underground Hospital
Travel deep into the white cliffs to explore the atmospheric Underground Hospital. Converted into a hospital for injured troops in 1941, visitors today can experience the sounds, smells and atmosphere of the World War II hospital with its operating theatre.
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Ruins of the late 12th-century church of a small nunnery of ‘white ladies’ or Augustinian canonesses. Charles II hid nearby in 1651, before moving to Boscobel House.
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The remains of a large and luxurious villa built about AD 250, with a bathhouse complex, perhaps the shrine of a water spirit, and mosaics.
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The guest house and other remains of a Benedictine priory: much of the fine 12th to 14th century monastic church survives as the parish church.
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This splendid 17th century Baroque building housed a courtroom for assizes, raised on arches over a market space. It now houses the Abingdon Museum.
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A full list of the main written, visual and material sources of information for the history of Rochester Castle
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A mile-long stretch of enigmatic ancient road - probably Roman but possibly later or earlier - amid wild and beautiful moorland, still with its hard core and drainage ditches.
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Waltham Abbey Gatehouse and Bridge
A fine 14th century gatehouse, bridge and other remains of the abbey refounded by Harold, last Saxon King of England.
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Three fine late Neolithic or early Bronze Age stone circles arranged in a line, a grouping unique in England.