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Discover the lesser-known historic sites linked to Henry VIII, including Whitehall Palace, Windsor Castle, Rievaulx Abbey, and Eltham Palace, London.
The Story Behind the World’s First Telephone
2022年7月29日 · Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell (1847 to 1922), developed the world’s first working telephone, receiving a patent from the United States Patent Office 7 March 1876.
Historic England – The Historic England Blog
2024年11月14日 · Discover the lesser-known historic sites linked to Henry VIII, including Whitehall Palace, Windsor Castle, Rievaulx Abbey, and Eltham Palace, London.
10 Places connected to King Henry VIII - heritagecalling.com
2024年12月19日 · Henry VIII died at Whitehall Palace on 28 January 1547, aged 55. 3. Buckden Towers, Cambridgeshire. Henry sent his first wife, Katherine of Aragon, to Buckden Palace, as it was formerly known, after their marriage was annulled in 1533.. Katherine was popular with the villagers, so Henry sought to move her elsewhere.
The History of Brick Building in England
2024年1月4日 · Tudor bricks are typically characterised by being dark red, narrow in height, and often irregular, requiring thick lime-rich pointing. They are sometimes coloured black or purply-grey through burning or vitrifying, allowing for diamond or chequered patterns to be laid decoratively, as seen at Hampton Court Palace.
A Guide to Traditional English Buildings - The Historic England Blog
2022年8月25日 · How to identify vernacular buildings. They are usually ordinary, everyday structures, such as houses; A very broad category, they are less defined by precise architectural features than by the materials used to build them, timber, stone, cob, earth, mud or brick, though these materials are sometimes concealed
The Life and Work of John Smeaton, the ‘Father of Civil …
2024年6月6日 · John Smeaton worked during the height of Britain’s Industrial Revolution (1760 to 1840). Over his career as a consulting civil engineer, Smeaton designed more than 100 bridges, water and wind mills, canals, harbours and land drainage …
2015 - The Historic England Blog
10 posts published by Historic England in the year 2015. Britain’s first WI was formed in Wales in September 1915, and the first in England followed soon afterwards, at Charlton, West Sussex.
Explore Heritage From Your Own Home – The Historic England Blog
2020年11月16日 · Or for a truly immersive experience, sign up for a 3D personal guided tour of the David Parr House in Cambridge. In the late 19th century, Parr worked as an employee of the Cambridge firm of craftsmen, F R Leach and Sons, decorating stately homes and churches with the Neo-Gothic designs of William Morris, George Frederick Bodley and more.
A Brief Introduction to Romani Gypsy Heritage in England
2024年7月16日 · I grew up in New Addington on the Surrey Hills in the 1940’s. My Mum, who, it has to be said, had terrible prejudices, always welcomed the local gypsies, who would call around the houses to sell clothes pegs made from wood and tin cans.