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Kenilworth Castle rebuilt in Minecraft
Kenilworth Castle has been rebuilt for the first time in Minecraft, the popular online block-building game.
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Archaeologists Unearth the Secrets of Tintagel This Summer
Excavations are taking place until Tuesday 2 August as part of a five year research project into the enigmatic Cornish castle.
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Re-Discovering Walmer's Lost Pleasure Grounds
Find out more about the exciting project currently underway at Walmer Castle, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and seeking to reinstate 19th century pleasure grounds designed by William Pitt the Younger and his niece Lady Hester Stanhope.
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Best-value summer family days out in history
We've rounded up below the best-value historical summer days out for all the family wherever you are in England.
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Fighting fit: Studying the science of a jousting knight
It was England’s first national sport, a medieval spectacle that has showcased the skill of brave knights since the 11th century. But what does it take to be a jousting knight?
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Wrest Park country house was transformed into a hospital during the First World War. Find out how it was run and what life was like for the soldiers recovering from their injuries.
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Study reveals jousters are as fit as today's top athletes
Jousters need fitness to rival professional footballers, top tennis players and Formula 1 drivers, English Heritage research reveals.
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RUSSELL, Fred (1862-1957) a.k.a. Thomas Frederick Parnell
Blue Plaque commemorating ventriloquist Fred Russell A.K.A Thomas Frederick Parnell at 71 Kenilworth Court, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, London SW15 1EN, London Borough of Wandsworth.
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RUSSELL, Fred (1862-1957) a.k.a. Thomas Frederick Parnell
Blue Plaque commemorating ventriloquist Fred Russell A.K.A Thomas Frederick Parnell at 71 Kenilworth Court, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, London SW15 1EN, London Borough of Wandsworth.
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A Soldier’s Letters: Pendennis to the Western Front
How John Glasson Thomas's letters to Gertie Brooks offer a very special record of one man's Great War.