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Discovery of Roman road gives Oxfordshire pupils real life history lesson
This is Oxfordshire· 6 days agoThe Brightwell-cum-Sotwell History Group teamed up with the Wallingford Historic and Archaeological Society for a dig at Brightwell Primary ...
Inside a village full of Sussex heritage and history
The Argus via Yahoo News UK· 7 days agoSt Mary the Virgin parish church (Image: Philip Carter) Glynde...Elizabethan Grade I listed manor house, was built in the village in ...
Bisping, Edwards and Aspinall: Inside the making of English MMA's golden generation
ESPN.co.uk· 3 days ago"I was completely...oblivious to it," Bisping told ESPN of UFC 38. "I was living a working...because...
Self-sacrifice, swindles and starvation: the dangerous lives of Medieval women
Daily Telegraph· 15 hours agoCatherine was obsessed with the eucharist, managing to take communion very frequently, claiming that...
New book explores Dorset's Bonfire Night history
The Dorset Echo· 2 days ago... a new book by historian and former reporter John Withington,History of Fireworks from Their Origins to the Present Day, recounts events of which Dorchester helped lead the...In the early seventeenth century, Dorchester was dubbed 'the most puritan town in England' where plays were banned and you...
Review: The Knights of Camelot search for a new king in Lev Grossman’s ‘The Bright Sword’
The Post and Courier· 1 day agoThere’s an uneasy sense that the country’s glory days have passed, and that a monumental turn in history is coming — for good or for ill. Such is
The lost Cambridge University college that no longer exists thanks to Henry VIII
Cambridge Evening News· 4 days agoMichaelhouse was named after the parish church on Cambridge's Trinity Street – a church which now...
Southampton went wild for 350th anniversary of Mayflower's voyage
Daily Echo· 17 hours agoWhile Plymouth is synonymous with the Pilgrims' arrival in the New World, their epic voyage actually began in Southampton. Southampton holds a significant ...
Top 5 things to do in Wales this summer to connect with nature and heritage
Powys County Times· 1 day agoSpanning a total length of 177 miles, there are plenty of short, circular routes to choose from, suitable for children, or for those who are looking for ...
14 private towns and the people who bought them
LovePROPERTY via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoBelieve it or not, plenty of real people have bought their own towns scooping up everything from shops and bars to churches. Let's meet the< ...
