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DOOR TO THE PAST: SOLDIERS’ GRAFFITI DISCOVERED ON CASTLE DOOR
Georgian door at Dover Castle contains around 50 individual etchings, including name initials and chilling depictions of hangings
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An Aladdin's cave in store at Wrest Park
Visitors to Wrest Park in Bedfordshire are soon to get the opportunity to go beyond the grounds and discover an Aladdin's cave of wonder, as a warehouse containing over 153,000 historical artefacts, spanning over 2,000 years of England's history is opening its doors to the public from next month with special tours.
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Tintagel Castle: Where history meets legend
A new exhibition at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall takes a fresh look at how fact and fiction have contributed to the history of this iconic landmark. The English Heritage exhibition explores the origins of Tintagel’s links to the Arthurian legend, and how this inspired Richard, Earl of Cornwall, to build a castle on the rugged coastal spot in the 13th century.
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Dido Elizabeth Belle was raised as part of an aristocratic family in Georgian Britain. She was born in the Caribbean in 1761, the illegitimate daughter of a black woman named Maria Bell and Royal Naval officer Sir John Lindsay. Dido spent much of her life at Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath in North London.
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Discover unique events at the Western Heights in Dover. Explore one of Dover’s most imposing historic landscapes and uncover its stories in new and memorable ways.
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William's ships carried 7,000 or more men, and very importantly up to 2,000 horses for the knights. Horses don't like boats, and it must have been difficult to get them on and off--the Bayeux Tapestry shows them being made to jump over the sides of the ships.
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Philip Thicknesse, Landguard's Loosest Cannon
How Philip Thicknesse finally got his comeuppance after a madcap life of self-inflicted scandal in 18th-century England.
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BURNETT, Frances Hodgson (1849-1924)
Blue Plaque commemorating writer Frances Hodgson Burnett at 63 Portland Place, Marylebone, London W1B 1QP, City of Westminster.