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Past Lives: Seely and Paget at Eltham Palace
The partners behind the architectural practice that designed Stephen and Virginia Courtauld’s Art Deco mansion at Eltham Palace and Gardens
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A list of the main written, visual and material sources for our understanding of Old Sarum.
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"The English are noted among foreigners for their persistent drinking.” observed John of Salisbury, Bishop of Chartres from 1176-80. But whatever they thought of the English reputation for drunkenness, the Normans appear to have had no problem with joining in our frolics…
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The Viking Raid on Lindisfarne
The devastating Viking attack on the church of St Cuthbert in 793 sent a shockwave through Europe. But a Christian community at Lindisfarne survived, and recorded the event on the famous ‘Domesday stone’.
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Blue Plaque commemorating singer and entertainer Gracie Fields at 72A Upper Street, London N1 0NY, London Borough of Islington.
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Blue Plaque commemorating singer and entertainer Gracie Fields at 72A Upper Street, London N1 0NY, London Borough of Islington.
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Significance of Lindisfarne Priory
Lindisfarne Priory was one of the most important places in Anglo-Saxon England, renowned for its association with St Cuthbert and for the Lindisfarne Gospels which were made here.
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A brief history and description of Waverley Abbey, the first Cistercian abbey in England
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Blue Plaque commemorating singer and entertainer Gracie Fields at 72A Upper Street, London N1 0NY, London Borough of Islington.
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Norham Castle Collection Highlights
The Norham Castle collection consists mainly of cannon shot and projectiles, which reflect the castle’s key role controlling a major crossing point of the river Tweed on the English–Scottish border.