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Silchester Roman City

Silchester Roman City

Originally a tribal centre of the Iron Age Atrebates, Silchester became the large and important Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum. Unlike most Roman towns, it was never re-occupied or built over after its abandonment in the 5th…

Northington Grange

Northington Grange

Northington Grange is a mansion near New Alresford, Hampshire, England. It is owned by English Heritage…

Titchfield Abbey

Titchfield Abbey

Titchfield Abbey is a medieval abbey and later country house, located in the village of Titchfield near Fareham in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1222 for Premonstratensian canons, an austere order of priests. The abbey was a minor house of its order, and became neither wealthy nor influential during its three centuries of monastic life; the…

Wolvesey Castle

Wolvesey Castle

Wolvesey Castle is a ruined castle in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was erected…

Berkhamsted Castle

Berkhamsted Castle

Berkhamsted…

Old Gorhambury House

Old Gorhambury House

Old Gorhambury House located near St Albans, Hertfordshire, England is an Elizabethan mansion, built in 1563-8…

Roman Wall of St Albans

Roman Wall of St Albans

A section of the two-mile long wall built between AD 265 and 270 to defend the Roman…

Arthur's Stone

Arthur's Stone

Arthur’s Stone, Herefordshire is a Neolithic chambered tomb dating from 3,700 BC - 2,700 BC and is situated on the ridge line of a…

Edvin Loach Old Church

Edvin Loach Old Church

Old Church was built in the mid 1000s or later and was dedicated to St Giles. Later it was re-dedicated to St Mary. A new St Mary’s Church was designed by Sir George…

Goodrich Castle

Goodrich Castle

Goodrich Castle was known at one time as Castellum Godrici after Godric of Mappestone, the builder of the first castle on the site. Over time the name changed to Goodrich and the castle changed hands many times through the centuries, passing from family to family. In 1646, near the end of the English civil war, the castle was besieged and captured, using a cannon cast in the Forest of Dean called Roaring Meg, from Sir Henry Lingen by Parliamentarians led by…