Originally planted by the festively monikered Head Gardener of Wrest Park, Seward Snow in 1856, the Sequoia Gigantea was brought into the conservatory …
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Women in the Workhouse exhibition
A fascinating ‘Women in The Workhouse’ exhibition opens on International Women’s Day, Friday 8th March, at the National Trust property in …
Susanna ‘Suky’ Trevelyan and Charlotte Walpole, side by side
Two paintings, nearly 250 years old and almost identical in content, are set to be displayed together for the first time in an exhibition at the …
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Tall tales wanted for Park project
Legends, tall stories and old myths are in demand for a special project aimed at entertaining visitors to the Yorkshire Dales National …
The bells of Carlisle Cathedral
Carlisle Cathedral boasts a peal of 12 bells, but it hasn't always been this way. When the diocese of Carlisle was founded in 1133, the Augustinian …
More than 700,000 National Trust items go online
From great works of art by Gainsborough to the ordinary cotton underpants of a Midlands grocer, details of over 700,000 objects in the care of the …
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Space invader mosaic – Newcastle
Positioned high above the bustling crowds in Newcastle upon Tyne are colourful space invader mosaics which often go unnoticed by visitors or …
History of the Jack O’ Lantern
Jack-o'-lanterns are traditionally carved from Rutabaga (swede) or pumpkin and are often associated with Halloween. The tradition of lantern …
Pumpkin Carving
Carving a pumpkin lantern or Jack-o-lantern is a tradition at Halloween, designed to scare away spirits, ghosts and ghouls. We have created a …
Footnote.com-digitised US records
Footnote.com has a database of over 70 million digitised historical images. Footnote helps you find and share historic documents. Bringing you …