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Battle Abbey
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Not many people, no matter how bad history was at school, can say they don’t know about the famous battle of Hastings in 1066. The battle where King Harold supposedly took an arrow in the eye which took his life.
In 1066 the nearest town was Hastings, ...more |
Berry Pomeroy Castle
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It is said that the ruins of this very old castle are among the most haunted in England.
It was built in the late 15th century by the Pomeroy family who first came to England during the times of the Norman invasion of England in 1066 and settled in Dev...more |
Beverley Friary
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Situated in the town of Beverley in East Yorkshire is this 600-year-old Dominican friary with medieval and Tudor wall paintings. The Friary has a long and varied history which includes being mentioned in the Canterbury Tales.
The Friary is situated nex...more |
Bodelwyddan Castle
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The history of the house and estate extends to before 1460 though the association with the Williams family dates from around 1690. The Castle as seen today is a creation of Sir John Hay Williams dating from between 1830 and 1852. Architects Hansom and Wel...more |
Bovington Tank Museum
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In the Dorset countryside lives one of the largest and most impressive collections of military hardware in the world . The tank museum boasts five cram packed halls of 150 types tanks and armoured vehicles of from over 25 countries ranging from WW1 to th...more |
Chanctonbury Ring
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A hotspot for UFO activity and a favourite haunt for a number of ghosts.
The outer ring of the fort itself is roughly oval, measures roughly 550ft by 400ft and has two entrances, in the southwest and east. Pottery found and carbon dating on an animal b...more |
Coalhouse Fort
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Coalhouse Fort is a Victorian coastal defence fort set in parkland next to the river Thames at East Tilbury, Essex in the United Kingdom. The fort was completed in 1874, on the site of previous gun batteries, to defend the approaches to London from the pe...more |
Common Leys Farm
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This grade II listed picturesque Tudor farmhouse holds many spectral residents and visitors.
Set in 38 acres of beautiful Oxfordshire countryside, this picturesque grade II listed Tudor farmhouse has lots of tales surrounding its past. Stories of flam...more |
Cowdray House
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The first mention of 'la Cowdreye' near Midhurst, occurs in 1320 and refers to the land north of St. Ann's Hill. There are several suggestions as to the derivation of the name. It has been said that the site was previously a 'Cow-dairy', or that it was na...more |
Craig-y-Nos
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Craig-y-Nos, an early Victorian country house, set alongside the river Tawe, in South Wales. The house was built in 1840 by Captain Rice Davies Powell. Adelina Patti purchased it in 1878 seeing the potential to develop it into her own private retreat wher...more |
Dover Castle
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There has been a castle at Dover since the defences of an Anglo-Saxon fortress were strengthened by William of Normandy, who built the first earthwork castle in 1066 before moving on to London. Under Henry II, the castle was rebuilt, including the monumen...more |
Farnham Castle
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Farnham Castle was built by Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester, during the first half of the 12th century. Little is known about this early castle other than it had a tower, possibly made of stone, on top of a large motte. This was demolished on the ord...more |
Fort Brockhurst
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In 1858 after a lengthy and heated debate work began on the Palmerston fortifications, a project that turned Portsmouth into one of the most strongly defended places in the world. Two of the great bulwarks then built are open to the public, one from the l...more |
Hadleigh Castle
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The ruins of two towers, one almost standing to its original height, and some of its curtain wall are all that remain of Hadleigh Castle, overlooking the Thames estuary and Essex marshes. The construction of the castle began in 1230. It was built for Hu...more |
Hell Fire Caves
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These mysterious caves were originally excavated in the 1750's on the site of an ancient quarry by Sir Francis Dashwood (who later became Lord le Despencer) in order to provide work for unemployed farm workers following a succession of harvest failures. ...more |
Holy Ghost Chapel
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On an eminence at the northern extremity of Basingstoke are the remains of the Holy Ghost Chapel, described by Camden as having been erected in the reign of Henry VIII, by Sir William (afterwards Lord) Sandys for the use of a fraternity of the same name. ...more |
Ilam Hall
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A Tudor mansion once stood on the site of the hall, the home of the Port family. It was sold to David Watts Pike in 1809 and remodelled by Jesse Watts Russel in 1821, the architect being one John Shaw. In 1875 Jesse Watts Russell died, and the house passe...more |
Kimberley Hall
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Since the early Middle Ages, Kimberley has been in occupation as a manorial site and deer park. Despite the county's topographically challenged nature, the ‘hill' at Downham upon which the present house stands, overlooking the river Tiffey, was originally...more |
King John's Castle
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Odiham Castle, today a crumbling ruin, has been home to many kings over the years and also to Elizabeth 1. But it is not with the ghosts of kings, queens and other royal personages that the castle is haunted, but by that of a lowly minstrel. On clear moon...more |
Kingston Lacy
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Three remarkable members of the Bankes family created Kingtson Lacy. Sir John bought the estate in 1632-6. Sir Ralph built the house in the 1660 and William John transformed it in the 1830's.
Sir John was King Charle's Chief Justice a brilliant lawyer ...more |
Lion & Lamb Yard
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A pleasant cobbled courtyard. The courtyard used to house the brewers Thomas Mathews and Co, who won two medals at the 1890 Brewer's Exhibition in London. Also on this site was one of Farnham's many coaching inns.
The ghost of an old lady at the team ...more |
Mottisfont Abbey
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The original building was a priory, founded by William Briwere in 1201. He was a trusted adviser to Richard the Lionheart, King John and Henry III, and he was one of the barons who signed the Magna Carta. At the dissolution of the Monasteries the priory w...more |
Netley Abbey
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The Abbey, from which the village got its name, originated when a colony of monks of the Cistercian Order crossed Southampton Water from Beaulieu to establish a new religious house at Netley in 1239. Founded by Peter des Roche, Bishop of Winchester, and o...more |
Normandie Inn
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The Normandie Inn exudes the warmth and friendliness which has made it a popular meeting place for over 200 years. Nestled into the historic castle walls this former coaching inn offers a wide and varied history.
With so much reported activity fromn th...more |
Portchester Castle
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The Norman castle, at Portchester, stands in one corner of a large Roman fort. The walls of the fort, built in the last quarter of the third century, are said to be the most complete in Northern Europe.
In 1086, Portchester was given to the Norman, Wi...more |
St Michaels Abbey
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St Michael 's Abbey is a small community of Benedictine monks who arrived in Britain from France in the 1890s. The Crypt houses the exciled Naploean and his family....more |
Stone Henge
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The megalithic ruin known as Stonehenge stands on the open downland of Salisbury Plain two miles (three kilometres) west of the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, in Southern England. It is not a single structure but consists of a series of earth, timber, and s...more |
Sydenham Road
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This is the second car park in Sydenham Road that resides on the plot of land that was Lorna's house in 1673. Lorna died after running away from home and falling down the Quarry Pit. Her ghost was seen many times in the house in the 17th and 18th century....more |
Tangmere Airfield
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The museum is located on the edge of the famous Battle of Britain fighter airfield. The indoor displays portray the history of Tangmere airfield, the RAF in general and the Battle of Britain. Two of the aircraft exhibits are world speed record breakers, b...more |
The Live & Let Live
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Situated in Guidlford town center is this characteristic old pub. Very popular with the locals it would seem that even after they have pasased over to the other side they still like to pop back and soak up the friendly atmosphere here....more |
The Maltings
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This 600 year old building originaly a Maltings in Safron Walden is now a Youth Hostel run by the YHA.
There has been many reportings of activity at this site and with such a long and vaired history there is no real surprise there. One story tells how...more |
The Red Lion
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The Inn is situated almost directly in the middle of the Henge on the sharp bent in the road, which leads to Swindon and Beckhampton. It's a thatched building with exposed timber on the outside, but the rear of the building is of a more modern constructio...more |
Tregarden Manor
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Situated in St Mabys Cornwall this delightfull family home dates back as for as records began meaning the site has been lived on in one form or another for over 1000 years.
The house it self has changed shape over the years and one half is clearly newe...more |
Waverley Abbey
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Waverley Abbey was the first Cistercian abbey to be founded in Britain.
It is located near a beautiful riverside meadow and in a peaceful valley by the river Wey, two miles south of Farnham, Surrey.
In 1128 William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester, fir...more |
Wymering Manor
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King Edward the Confessor owned the land on which the house now stands in 1042 before it passed over to King Harald Godwinson. King Harald died at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 against William I - Duke of Normandy, also known as William the Conqueror. ...more |
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