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Summer 2022 Holiday Cottages Offer
Offer for Summer 2022 stay at an English Heritage Holiday Cottage
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A brief history and description of Rufford Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded in 1146.
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History of Chester Roman Amphitheatre
A brief history and description of Chester Roman Amphitheatre, used until about AD 350 before being abandoned to centuries of neglect an decay.
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Romans to blame for no-body-hair trend, says English HEritage
From painful waxes to irritating shaves, we can trace the modern obsession with hair removal back to the Romans, English Heritage has said today (24 May), as the charity displays a collection of tweezers used to remove armpit hair from Roman men and women in a new museum at Wroxeter Roman City, Shropshire – a Roman town once as large as Pompeii. Amongst over 400 artefacts, most of which have never been on display, other objects related to Roman cleanliness and beauty practices include a strigil (skin scraper), perfume bottles, jet and bone jewellery, make-up applicators and amulets for warding off evil. The new museum at Wroxeter opens to the public tomorrow.
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Seminal Match Girls’ Strike of 1888 commemorated with English Heritage Blue Plaque in East London
One of the most important strikes in modern British history has been commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque today. The blue plaque was unveiled at the site of the former Bryant and May match factory in East London where in early July 1888 around 1,400 of the predominantly female workforce walked out in protest at the dismissal of a number of their co-workers.
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Find out how to book your next group day out to Pevensey Castle. We offer a discount to groups of 11 or more paying visitors.
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Victorian garden toilet restored to former glory at Brodsworth Hall
The privy was buried under a mound of ivy and experts say its discovery provides insights into 19th century social history.
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Look inside an archaeological dig to find out how layers (strata) can help us to build a story from the history hidden underground. Then take inspiration from archaeology and stratigraphy, and follow our recipe to bake a delicious layered chocolate, vanilla and caramel cake!
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Blue Plaque commemorating cricketer W. G. Grace at Fairmount, Mottingham Lane, Mottingham, London SE9 3NG, London Borough of Bromley.
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Blue Plaque commemorating rescuer of prisoner from Auschwitz, Charles Coward, at 133 Chichester Road, Edmonton, London N9 9DF, London Borough of Enfield.