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Stock Gaylard House - Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England

Clovelly Court Gardens - Bideford, Devon, England

Fursdon - Exeter, Devon, England

Ugbrooke Park - Chudleigh, Devon, England

Chettle House - Blandford Forum, Dorset, England

Edmondsham House and Gardens - Wimborne, Dorset, England

Coton Lodge - Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

Rockingham Castle - Market Harborough, Northamptonshire, England

Holdenby House Gardens - Holdenby, Northamptonshire, England

Cottesbrooke Hall and Gardens - Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire, England

Haddonstone Show Gardens - East Haddon, Northamptonshire, England

Boughton House - Kettering, Northamptonshire, England

Deene Park House - Corby, Northamptonshire, England

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English Culture
What makes England so ... English? From hedgerows to the history of tea, pastimes to traditional crafts.

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The story of English architecture and historic building styles, from prehistoric monuments to Victorian Gothic, with our suggestions for the best examples from each period to visit in England.

London History
From the Romans to the Blitz, our look at the colourful history of London.



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Keswick, Cumbria
local history

"Keswick has been associated with pencil making for almost 500 years. Back in the mid 16th century the first deposits of graphite were found in nearby Borrowdale, and the two centuries that followed a local cottage industry grew up, turning the graphite into pencils. In the Victorian period pencil factories were built in and around Keswick, and even today there is an active pencil industry in the area."


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All Hallows-by-the-Tower
All Hallows-by-the-Tower - London, Greater London, England
Samuel Pepys climbed the tower of All Hallows to look upon the destruction of the Great Fire. The church, which dates from the 12th-15th centuries, was badly damaged in the Blitz, though the font cover carved by Grinling Gibbons was untouched. In the crypt there is evidence of Roman paving, and stones from the 7th century Saxon church that stood here. ... more

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