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Hurst Castle provides a remote escape by the sea with plenty of things to do and see! Built by Henry VIII; one of the most advanced artillery fortresses in England.
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One of a number of forts built in the 1850s and 1860s to protect Portsmouth and its harbour against a French invasion. Largely unaltered, the parade ground, gun ramps and moated keep can be viewed.
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The ruins of a medieval palace (together with later additions) used by the Bishops and senior clergy of Winchester as they travelled through their diocese.
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Countess Isabella de Fortibus (or Forz) was one of the greatest heiresses in 13th-century England. Her remarkable life illustrates the power and riches that could lie in the hands of women of noble birth in medieval England.
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Blue Plaque commemorating comedian Tommy Cooper at 51 Barrowgate Road, Chiswick, London W4 4QT, London Borough of Hounslow.
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Identities of Black Eighteneth-century pows revealed
New Exhibition at Portchester Castle “restores a forgotten chapter of black history” French prisoners’ Georgian theatre re-created
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Blue Plaque commemorating pugilist Tom Sayers at 257 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London NW1 7BU, London Borough of Camden.
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Blue Plaque commemorating comedian Tommy Cooper at 51 Barrowgate Road, Chiswick, London W4 4QT, London Borough of Hounslow.
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English Heritage warns of threat of coastal erosion; identifies its six most vulnerable castles; and launches fundraising appeal to help save them
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History of Wolvesey Castle (Old Bishop’s Palace)
A brief history of Wolvesey Castle, once a palace of the bishops of Winchester and one of the greatest medieval buildings in England