Milton's Cottage

Chalfont St Giles

Milton's Cottage is a timber-framed 16th-century building in the Buckinghamshire village of Chalfont St Giles. It was the former home of writer John Milton, and is open to the public as a writer's house museum.

Morecambe Town Hall

Lancaster (Lancashire)

Morecambe Town Hall is a municipal building in Marine Road, Morecambe, Lancashire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.

Museum of Dartmoor Life

Devon (England)

The Museum of Dartmoor Life is a local museum in Okehampton, Devon, southwest England. It covers life in the Dartmoor area. The museum opened in 1981. It is housed on three floors in an early 19th-century mill and there is a waterwheel at the museum. The collections concentrate on the social history of Dartmoor and Okehampton from prehistoric times to the present. The museum is run as an independent charitable trust with a board of trustees.

National Museums Liverpool

Liverpool

National Museums Liverpool ist ein Verbund von sieben Museen der Merseyside. Er wurde 1986 als National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside zur Zusammenarbeit von Institutionen am Mersey gegründet und 2003 umbenannt in die heutige Bezeichnung. Der Verbund umfasst die folgende Museen: Internationales Sklavereimuseum Lady Lever Art Gallery Merseyside Maritime Museum Museum of Liverpool Sudley House Walker Art Gallery World Museum

Dyrham Park

Dyrham

Dyrham Park is a baroque country house in an ancient deer park near the village of Dyrham in South Gloucestershire, England. The house, attached orangery, stable block and accompanying parish church are Grade I listed buildings, while the park is Grade II* listed on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The current house was built for William Blathwayt in stages during the 17th and early 18th centuries on the site of a previous manor house, with the final facade being designed by William Talman. It contains art works and furniture from around the world, particularly Holland, and includes a collection of Dutch Masters. The house is linked to the 13th-century church of St Peter, where many of the Blathwayt family are buried. The house is surrounded by 274 acres of formal gardens, and parkland which supports a herd of fallow deer. The grounds, which were originally laid out by George London and later developed by Charles Harcourt Masters, include water features and statuary. The house and estate are now owned by the National Trust and underwent extensive renovation in 2014 and 2015. They are open to the public on some days and host events and attractions, including open-air concerts. They have also been used as a location for film and television productions.

East Riddlesden Hall

Bradford

East Riddlesden Hall is a 17th-century manor house in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England, now owned by the National Trust. The hall was built in 1642 by a wealthy Halifax clothier, James Murgatroyd. The hall is a Grade I listed building. There is a medieval tithebarn in the grounds. East Riddlesden Hall perches on a small plateau overlooking a bend in the River Aire on its way downstream from the town of Keighley. Interesting features include well-restored living accommodation on two floors, two Yorkshire Rose windows, walled garden, the ruined Starkie wing and several ghosts . A hiding place for Catholic priests was installed during the 16th century.The property was extended and re-built by James Murgatroyd and his wife Hannah, using local Yorkshire stone, in 1648. He also built other stone manor houses throughout the West Riding of Yorkshire. In the great hall, a small fireplace can be seen above the main fireplace, where the floor for the first floor accommodation was not built. James Murgatroyd was a Royalist and this can be seen in royalist symbols and graffiti on and in the building. For example, the Bothy has the heads of Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France carved in the topmost stone work. According to a NODA National News feature in 2007, the Murgatroyd family are reputed to be the inspiration for the Murgatroyd Baronets in the comic opera Ruddigore by Gilbert and Sullivan, and the opera has been performed at the Hall. W. S. Gilbert is supposed to have often stayed at the Hall. The feature comments that the Murgatroyds became notorious "for their profanity and debauchery". A legend arose that the River Aire changed its course in shame, in order to flow further away from the hall and its occupants . The feature continues "Members of the family were fined, imprisoned and excommunicated". It asserts that the character of Sir Despard Murgatroyd in Ruddigore is based on James Murgatroyd.

Brownsea Island

Studland

Brownsea Island liegt in der Hafeneinfahrt von Poole Harbour. Es ist ein großer Naturhafen bei Poole, im Süden Großbritanniens. Die kleine Insel kann innerhalb von 2 Stunden umwandert werden. Sie steht unter Naturschutz, weil sie neben der Isle of Man der letzte Lebensraum des Eurasischen Eichhörnchens in England ist. Auf dieser Insel fand vom 25. Juli bis 9. August 1907 das erste Probelager der Pfadfinder mit 20 Jungen, durchgeführt von Robert Baden-Powell, statt. Baden-Powell reiste einige Tage vor den 20 Jungen an, um das Lager vorzubereiten. Die Jungen, die in vier Patrols eingeteilt wurden, trafen am 30. Juli 1907 ein. An diesem Abend fand das erste Lagerfeuer statt, der Morgen des 1. August 1907 gilt als der Beginn der Pfadfinderbewegung. Die Insel ist durch Tiden bedroht, die Land nach und nach abtragen. Sie ist außerdem ein beliebtes Touristenziel, weil auf ihr neben den bereits erwähnten Roten Eichhörnchen auch noch Pfaue, Fasane und Rotwild leben. Es ist nur den Mitgliedern der zwei Weltpfadfinderbünde World Organization of the Scout Movement und World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts gestattet, auf Brownsea Island zu übernachten, alle anderen Besucher müssen die Insel mit der letzten Fähre um 17:00 Uhr verlassen. Auf der Insel darf kein Feuer gemacht werden, da sie ein großes Torf­vorkommen besitzt. Auf Brownsea befindet sich ein altes Fort und wenige alte Wohnhäuser sowie die Reste einer Tonbrennerei.

Newarke Houses Museum

Leicester

The Newarke Houses Museum is a public museum in Leicester, England. It incorporates the museum of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, and has a range of exhibits illustrating post-medieval and contemporary Leicester. The museum is close to the 15th century Magazine Gateway and within the precincts of the medieval 'Newarke', the 'New Work' of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster. The museum stands in the middle of the De Montfort University campus.

Newcastle University

Newcastle upon Tyne

Die Newcastle University ist eine staatliche Universität in der Stadt Newcastle upon Tyne im Nordosten Englands. Sie ist eine der führenden britischen Forschungsuniversitäten und ist Mitglied in der Russell-Gruppe.