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Fishbourne Roman Palace (2)

The original first century mosaics found in the Palace were of a black-and-white geometric pattern. The largest of these is … More

Fishbourne Palace, Roman history

Fishbourne Roman Palace (1)

The Roman Palace at Fishbourne in West Sussex dates from the first century A.D. approximately 30 years after the conquest. … More

Fishbourne Palace, Roman history

Trees of Burnham Beeches (1)

Burnham beeches NNR is a wonderful ancient Woodland and contains some wonderful old trees. All photos By Sue

Burhnam beeches NNR, Trees

Marlow

Marlow is an attractive Buckinghamshire town on the banks of the River Thames. It is situated half way between London … More

Marlow, Places to visit

Heritage Railway: Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway

The Chinnor and Princes Risborough railway is a standard gauge railway operating both steam and diesel hauled train services from … More

chinnor and princes risborough railway, great western railway, Heritage Railway, Steam Trains

Podcast: The History of England

The history of England is a weekly podcast by David Crowther. It plans to cover English history from the year … More

England, History, Podcast

The Hovercraft

When I was in Southsea a couple weeks ago I was delighted to find that there was still a commercial … More

aviation, History, Hovercraft, isle of wight, Pegwell Bay, Southsea, transportation

Swindon Great Western Railway works

The site of the Great Western railways Swindon works was a massive site adjoining the north side of the London … More

Steam Trains, Swindon

Swindon Railway Village

The GWR built a small railway village to house some of its workers. The facilities provided in the village included … More

Steam Trains, Swindon

Roman London

Pictures of the model of Roman London [Displayed in the Museum of London]

London, Roman history

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