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West Dean West Sussex and New Mexico…what do they have in common?
Edward James a lasting legacy , a great endowment and a mad folly in Mexico? In the heart of the Sussex Downs dont’ miss a treat and enjoy the grandeur of a country house fit for kings with a wonderful opportunity to develop your creative skills…
Read MoreWhen Science and Religion Clashed at Oxford University
What effect did the debate between science and religion have on the lives of C19th people?
Read MoreCadgwith and Fishing a dangerous occupation
Fishing a dangerous occupation providing the life and soul of this Cornish Village, a community evolving and linked by the life and hard times and price paid for living that life…subject of BBC Series in March 2012…glimpse life in a fishing village…
Read MoreWomen and Suffrage
Women’s suffrage affected generation after generation of women. It took thirty years from the formation of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Society to the Representation of the People Act in 1928 for all women to have an equal right to vote in the UK
Read MoreThe Remarkable Influence of Sir Joseph Banks
The remarkable influence of Joseph Banks, explorer, botanist and ‘enlightened’ man, stretched itself over a multitude of disciplines and ages. The connections he made heralded a new wave of thinking about science which still impact today…
Read MoreVictorian Women and the Professions. The Female Doctor
The first female doctors of the C19th. Why were women excluded from the professions in the first half of the C19th and when did it change?
Read MoreCemetry Records
Cemetery records provide fascinating information for both the family and social historian. Explore many resources to help you track down lost relatives
Read MoreEnlightenment Encyclopedie
Did this book have a greater impact than any other during the C18th? The Encyclopedie, the work of the Enlightenment ‘Thinkers’, was an incredibly influential tool in spreading the message and the values of the Enlightenment movement
Read MoreThe Winton Doomsday
The city of Winchester was not included in the original Doomsday Book but was surveyed nearly a century later, the survey was called the Winton Doomsday
Read MoreNew Boer War Footage
New Boer War footage makes for a fascinating two minutes.All ‘War Horse’ film fans should take note
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