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How some of the world’s greatest works of art ended up in Muncaster
Cumbria played an important role in the Second World War as a place of sanctuary for people – and paintings. New research by historian Dr Rob David reveals the extent of the mission to protect masterpieces at Muncaster During the first week of
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Historic stained glass windows across Norfolk with a story to tell
Did you know a Norfolk church has the only window showing a bishop being led away by a skeleton after a board game? Did you know Norfolk has more places with medieval and early modern stained glass than anywhere else in the country? Or that its
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The man who's visited 3000 East Anglian churches
I’m in awe of this man Simon Knott who has visited over 3,000 churches across East Anglia and beyond. In Suffolk alone, he’s visited all 500 medieval churches at least three times, often more. That’s not unusual, he will say modestly, but he stands
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North Yorkshire landmark among UK’s best things to do
A North Yorkshire landmark home to an event “the biggest of its kind in the world” has officially been declared one of the best things to do in the UK. Whitby Abbey known for its iconic goth weekends was featured in one of Time Out’s latest travel
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One of the UK’s most important collections of Regency art is in Cheshire
The Leycester family, who lived at Tabley for more than 700 years, were landowners of much of the surrounding countryside, and built their first home on an island in Tabley Mere in around 1380. With its crenelated upper storey, great hall and a large
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Inside a Grade I-listed home in Devon, owned by the King’s second cousin
After a tour around Bridwell House, it’s time for tea and cake with the King’s second cousin, Lord Ivar Mountbatten, and his husband James Coyle. The couple chat to Chrissy Harris about the daily ups and downs of managing their Grade I-listed home.
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The medieval manor that is now a top hotel and spa
Not to be confused with Hatfield Peverel, Hatfield Broad Oak (or Hatfield Regis as it was later known as) is the parish where the historical house Down Hall sits. Originally a mediaeval manor, a lot has changed today at Down Hall. As with many
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The Carnegie legacy created in Long Eaton’s public library
Long Eaton’s public library is over 100 years old. Its brainchild, philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, believed ‘a library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people’ The construction, in 1906, of Long Eaton’s public library