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Darwin family treasures return to scientist’s home
A keepsake box that once belonged to Charles Darwin’s daughters containing family mementos associated with the great scientist has been donated to English Heritage, the charity announced today (24 February) on the 150th anniversary of the publication of his book, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871).
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80th Anniversary of First Mission of Cichociemni - the Silent Unseen
Tonight marks the 80th anniversary of a remarkable wartime story of courage, ingenuity and determination, when in 1941, a group of Polish Home Army parachutists, all volunteers, were dropped behind enemy lines into occupied Poland to begin the fight back for their homeland. Now English Heritage is calling for those with family connections to or memories of the Cichociemni at Audley End to share their stories.
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Second World War heroine honoured with blue plaque
Noor Inayat Khan commemorated in the first blue plaque unveiling post lockdown
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Dover Castle School Visit Itineraries
Make planning your school visit to Dover Castle easy, with our free to download itineraries. Simply choose to focus on Medieval or Wartime Dover Castle, and contact our education booking team to book your visit.
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Chysauster Ancient Village is Romano-British settlement that was originally occupied almost 2,000 years ago and is one of the finest examples of such in the country. Today visitors can walk around the village settlement to gain a sense of what the houses would have looked like and how the settlement was laid out. There are also the remains of an enigmatic 'fogou' underground passage - the purpose for this could have been as a ritual building, a hiding place or a cold store - what do you think it was used for?
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Nobel Prize-winning physicist and military advisor Patrick Blackett is commemorated by a blue plaque at 48 Paultons Square, where he lived when he made a discovery that contributed to the general acceptance of continental drift theory.
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Aydon Castle is a fine example of an English fortified manor house. Built as a home over 700 years ago, it was almost immediately fortified due to the outbreak of Anglo-Scottish warfare. Its turbulent history began with a Scottish raid in 1315 where the house was pillaged and burnt, followed by seizure by English rebels two years later. Today it remains almost completely intact, set amongst the Northumberland woodland.
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Muchelney Abbey was once a wealthy Benedictine house and the second oldest religious foundation in Somerset, but as part of the dissolution the abbey’s principal buildings were demolished by Henry VIII in 1538. Pupils can still see the clearly laid out foundations of the abbey, parts of the richly decorated cloister walk and thatched monks’ lavatory - the only one of its kind in Britain. There is also a display of artefacts found at the Abbey, a brilliant resource to illustrate monastic life to your students.
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This ancient stone bridge - originally 'gallows bridge' - once carried packhorses bringing fleeces to Dunster market and is evidence of Dunster's once important role in the wool trade.
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Transplanted stump of a medieval stone cross that was once a meeting place for people to bring and sell their own butter. Nearby attractions include Cleeve Abbey.