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Melrose Abbey in Scotland with lots of Gothic charm
Melrose Abbey in Scotland is in the town of the same name in the Scottish Borders. Virtually all historic buildings found in the Borders (the…
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Langley Wood, an ancient oak forest near Southampton
Langley Wood is located north of Southampton and in the north of the New Forest to which it now officially belongs and is an ancient…
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Richmond Palace in London; a Tudor dream home
If you read or watch stories of the Tudors you will know that they spent some of their time at Richmond Palace. Surely you have…
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FACT: The Tower of London was not a place of executions
One of the things not true about London includes the fact that the Tower of London or Tower of London was a place where so…
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Billingsgate fish market in London, a peculiar story
The Billingsgate market initially sold a bit of everything and only from 1500 began selling mainly fish. In 1699 a parliamentary act passed that decided…
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Is the Globe Theatre a faithful reconstruction of Shakespeare's theatre?
The Globe Theatre was a theatre built in London in 1599 by Shakespeare’s theatre company. It was short-lived, burned by fire in 1613, was rebuilt…
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Penshurst Place & Gardens in Kent
Not far from Tunbridge Wells in Kent, you can find this house which dates back to 1340. It was the home of the Viscount de…
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A very brief history of witch hunting in Scotland
If you have read about witch hunts in England, such as the true cases of the Pendle Witches, do not think for a second that…
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The garden of Christ Church Greyfriars Rose Garden in London
A garden in the City of London created from the ruins of a medieval church and a little oasis of peace at any time of…
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2 Willow Road, the strange home of architect Goldfinger
Ernö Goldfinger was a Hungarian modernist and brutalist architect based in the United Kingdom. This was his London home which is located in Hampstead Green.…
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