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This report was commissioned in November 2008 as part of a project to explore the slavery connections of four historic properties in the stewardship of English Heritage. Archival research was carried out on Bolsover Castle, Brodsworth Hall, Marble Hill House, and Northington Grange to examine the impact of slavery-generated wealth on the development of these properties.The research follows the 2007 survey by Miranda Kaufmann on the family history of 33 English Heritage properties and their slavery connections. Using databases on slave voyages and slave compensation, Kaufmann’s study focused on those who owned property in slave colonies, held government office in such colonies, invested in slaving or traded in the goods produced by enslaved people, were engaged in abolitionist debates or legal decisions on slavery, or who owned black servants.The aims of this report are to provide more detailed information on the economic, social, and cultural connections that linked Northington Grange to Atlantic slavery. The report examines the relative importance of slave-generated wealth in the fortunes of Northington Grange’s occupants and how these changed over time. It then details the extent to which wealth from slavery shaped the physical development of the estate and its aesthetic design.

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This guide describes Bristol, Bath and surrounding areas' local building stones in their geological context. It includes examples of buildings and structures where the stones have been used.

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Conservation Bulletins - Index

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Download back issues of Conservation Bulletin for free as PDFs. Some of these issues were published under our former name of English Heritage.

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To mark the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the British Atlantic Slave Trade in 2007, English Heritage commissioned a desk-top survey, designed to reveal links between the 33 properties identified as being occupied or built during the main period of English slave trading (c. 1640-1807) and slaving or abolition-related activities. It should be noted that the properties were not necessarily the principal residences of the owning families throughout the period.The project objective was to allow English Heritage to understand which of the historic properties in its care has significant or substantial connections with the history of British slave trading. This understanding will be available to guide any future work to enhance or disseminate the results.A secondary objective was the creation of basic family history outlines for the properties, which form the major part of the early modern/modern properties cared for by English Heritage.

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Download back issues of Conservation Bulletin for free as PDFs. Some of these issues were published under our former name of English Heritage.

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... settlement of some importance, visited by Edward I in 1305, and one of several nucleated medieval settlements within the larger manor of Wilmington. Sources indicate that the house was owned during the...

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... wall to the left in Founders Court is the rear elevation of a stair hall and lift projection and is clad in Portland stone. A tall ground-floor doorway has square-panelled doors and a wedge lintel above...

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Year End Report and Activity Programme, Apr 2012 - March 2013

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This volume holds a datelist of radiocarbon determinations carried out between 1970 and 1982 on behalf of the Ancient Monuments Laboratory, now part of English Heritage.

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The British country house has long been regarded as the jewel in the nation's heritage crown. But the country house is also an expression of wealth and power, and as scholars reconsider the nation's colonial past, new questions are being posed about these great houses and their links to Atlantic slavery.This book, authored by a range of academics and heritage professionals, grew out of a 2009 conference on 'Slavery and the British Country house: mapping the current research' organised by English Heritage in partnership with the University of the West of England, the National Trust and the Economic History Society. It asks what links might be established between the wealth derived from slavery and the British country house and what implications such links should have for the way such properties are represented to the public today.Based on the latest scholarship, this wide-ranging and innovative volume provides in-depth examinations of individual houses, regional studies and critical reconsiderations of existing heritage sites, including two studies specially commissioned by English Heritage and one sponsored by the National Trust.In order to improve access to this research, a complete copy of the text is free to download from the PDF link above.

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This volume holds a datelist of 1285 radiocarbon determinations carried out between 1981 and 1988 on behalf of the Ancient Monuments Laboratory of English Heritage.

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