The Rural Life Centre is an entirely private collection, assembled by Mr & Mrs Henry Jackson and run by a charitable trust. It is pleasantly distributed over ten acres of field, woodland and barns, and comprises a large number of implements and devices marking over 150 years of…
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14.7 miles
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The famous writer Charles Dickens was born in this modest house in Portsmouth, England in 1812. The house has miraculously survived and is now preserved as a museum furnished in the style of 1809 which is when John and Elizabeth Dickens set up the first home of…
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14.8 miles
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the largest Roman building on public display north of the Alps. It is very early in the Roman occupation of Britain and is often associated with Togidubnus the local king who was an ally of Rome. Fishbourne was discovered in the early 1960's and excavated in considerable…
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12.9 miles
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The attractive village of Selborne and its beautiful countryside is famous for its association with the 18th century naturalist Gilbert White. Through Gilbert White's writings, the garden is probably one of the best documented of its type and is gradually being restored. Already established are his…
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6.6 miles
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