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Queen Victoria's Hindustani Diary on display for the first time at Osborne
A Hindustani diary written by Queen Victoria under the guidance of her servant Abdul Karim has gone on display for the first time.
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Explore the complex and ambitious build project that architects Seely and Paget took on when they were commissioned by Stephen and Virginia Courtauld to restore the medieval and Tudor remains of Eltham Estate and build a new Art Deco mansion alongside it.
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Lost Love Letters Offer a Glimpse into Witley Court Romance
English Heritage has uncovered a remarkable collection of early 20th-century love letters exchanged between Dora Smith, daughter of Witley Court’s last private owner Sir Herbert Smith, and Noel Murray “Fred” Pearson.
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One of the most complete surviving Saxon churches in England, this chapel was built in 1056 by Earl Odda, and rediscovered in 1865 subsumed into a farmhouse. Nearby is the famous Saxon parish church.
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A list of sources of further information for the study of Clifford’s Tower.
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Charles Darwin's bedroom recreated at Down House
Dress up in period costume, sit on Victorian furniture and discover Darwin's personal life with new hands-on interpretation at Down House in Kent.
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Part of a monastic building, perhaps the abbot’s lodging, of Benedictine Abbotsbury Abbey, Henry VIII ordered its destruction during the Dissolution in 1538. St Catherine's Chapel is nearby.
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Leahill Turret and Piper Sike Turret - Hadrian's Wall
Turrets west of Birdoswald: Piper Sike has a cooking-hearth.
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2022 celebrates the 1900th anniversary of the beginning of the construction of Hadrian’s Wall. English Heritage along with with the wider Hadrian’s Wall partnership are commemorating 1900 years of history of the UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) in a year long festival