To mark Easter, here is the Church of St Andrew in Ongar, Essex, thought to be the oldest standing wooden church in the world. ⛪
Tree-ring dating of the church's timbers suggests it was constructed around 1063.
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- A national blue plaque has been unveiled to the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, creator of 'Thomas the Tank Engine'. 🚂 The plaque at his former home, 30 Rodborough Avenue in Stroud, Gloucestershire, marks 80 years since 'The Three Railway Engines' was published.
00:00 - The Historic England Archive holds over 14 million photos, showing many aspects of life. If you zoom into this image from 1866, you will see a sign in the shop window reading 'hair bought', presumably one of the options for the people of Bristol in hard times.
- The bikini was created on this day in 1946, and today is #nationalbikiniday ! via @HE_Archive bit.ly/2smerBz
- The Historic England Archive holds over 14 million photos, showing many aspects of life. If you zoom into this image from 1866, you will see a sign in the shop window reading 'hair bought', presumably one of the options for the people of Bristol in hard times.
- Mud soldier in Trafalgar Square will slowly dissolve in the rain, marking #Passchendaele100 bit.ly/2tJnsJB
- Have you ever heard of a ‘crinkle-crankle’ wall? 🧱 This walled garden at the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, dates from the late 18th or early 19th century. This curved design uses fewer bricks and was often used as a response to the Brick Tax, which was introduced in 1784.
- Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese on Fleet Street had to be rebuilt after being damaged in the Great Fire of London in 1666. 🍺 A pub has existed on the site since the 1530s but was quickly rebuilt the year after the fire in 1667. Have you ever been to this iconic pub?
- To mark Easter, here is the Church of St Andrew in Ongar, Essex, thought to be the oldest standing wooden church in the world. ⛪ Tree-ring dating of the church's timbers suggests it was constructed around 1063.
- We've discovered a bathhouse at the Birdoswald Roman Fort at Hadrian's Wall. 🛁 After 4 seasons of excavation at Birdoswald, there have been significant discoveries. This video looks explores one dig site, where we have found incredible remains of the bathhouse furnace room.
00:00 - Unusually, St Bartholomew's gatehouse in London looks older today than it did in a photograph from the early 1900s. Its Tudor frontage (right) was hidden (left) until a bomb from a German Zeppelin raid in 1917 uncovered its original timber. It was then fully restored in 1932.
- Unusually, St Bartholomew's gatehouse in London looks older today than in the early 1900s. Its Tudor frontage was hidden until a bomb from a German Zeppelin raid in 1917 uncovered its original timber.
- The Horse and Jockey in Wednesbury is an ornate 19th-century pub with a splendid ceramic-fronted bar counter. ✨ The extravagant bar counter was most likely manufactured by Craven Dunnil of Jackfield and is one of only 12 known examples remaining in England.
- The memorial cross at Shoreham, Kent, was created as a permanent testament to the sacrifice of those from the parish who died during the First World War.
