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Features

  • A historical visit to Oxford
  • The history of penmaking around Britain
  • How to get the best from The National Archives
  • A historical trip to Swansea
  • Researching the Swing Rioters
  • The miners of Mostyn
  • Trace your Isles of Scilly ancestors
  • Exploring the heritage of Stirlingshire
  • Dark tourism, darker history: exploring museums of crime
  • Tracing your Isle of Man ancestors

News and data

  • Petition calls for more funding for Welsh heritage
  • Clan chief’s buckle found at Culloden?
  • Antonine Wall exhibition visits Bo’ness
  • Scottish Crannog Centre reopens after being destroyed by fire
  • Pembrokeshire scientist challenges Stonehenge bluestones theory
  • Bones found on Cornish coast analysed
  • Heritage Fund awards £15m to industrial projects
  • Museum marks black community’s contribution to WW2
  • People’s Palace, Glasgow to close for major revamp
  • Sculpture to remember Jersey witch trial victims

Places to visit and research resources

  • How to get the best from The National Archives
  • History and heritage in Oxford
  • History and heritage in Swansea
  • History and heritage in Leeds
  • History and heritage in Derby
  • History and heritage in Hull
  • Museums, archives and heritage in Worcestershire
  • Libraries and archives in Worcestershire
  • Historic places to visit in Worcestershire
  • History and heritage societies and organisations in Worcestershire

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