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17th century church with stunning stained glass on sale for �150k as family home

The Mirror 09 Aug 2025
The 1752-constructed church, situated in a cemetery, has been listed for sale at �150,000 with planning permission to convert it into a family home ... .
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Six-bedroom 17th century manor with walled gardens on sale for just £150,000 - but there's ...

The Daily Mail 09 Aug 2025
A sprawling six-bedroom 17th century manor has hit the market for a remarkably low £150,000 because it needs 'unprecedented' levels of repair work ... Once part of a Romantic Gothic style 18th-century ...
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What's behind the name of this 17th century 'Folly' in Brunswick County?

StarNews Online 08 Aug 2025
How did an area dating back to the 17th century, located in Brunswick County, get its name? ... STAY CONNECTED ... The name "Lockwood Folly" appears on maps dating back to the 17th century, suggesting it's one of the oldest named rivers in North Carolina.
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This 17th-century portrait of a couple bears a heartbreaking secret of a family tragedy

Hindustan Times 08 Aug 2025
One such family painting from the 17th century tells the story of a similar sorrow, where a child was intentionally removed from a finished portrait, indicating the great depth of pain that was too much to face.
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Restored 17th century St Thomas Tower reopened as a state-of-the-art piracy museum

Independent Online 08 Aug 2025
The Malta Tourism Authority has completed a €3.39 million EU co-funded restoration of Marsascala’s St Thomas Tower, as this 17th century coastal fortification reopened its doors as a ...
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Port of Dover due to host replica 17th Century Spanish galleon

BBC News 06 Aug 2025
The Galéon Andalucía is visiting the port from 6-11 August as part of a wider European tour. .
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AHRC project sheds light on the life of 17th century memoirist (UK Research and Innovation)

Public Technologies 06 Aug 2025
17th century scandals ... One of the audience members for a play based on this text summed up Alice Thornton's life as '17th century Eastenders' which shows that the themes explored in these manuscripts are still relevant, important and engrossing.
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17th-century mapmakers had vivid ideas about Australia. They were wrong

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 05 Aug 2025
Cartographers in the 1600s had bold ideas of Australia, and some incredible methods of depicting those ideas in maps and globes ... .
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Woman’s memoirs give fascinating insight into life in 17th-century northern England

The Guardian 04 Aug 2025
She was a 17th-century Yorkshirewoman whose memoirs combined commentaries on major political events with local and personal details of her life ... ....
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Sudha Murty Shines Light on Leh Palace: Why This 17th-Century Wonder in Ladakh Deserves a Spot on Your Travel List

The Times of India 29 Jul 2025
Calling it “very peaceful” and “beautiful,” she wrote on X, “Leh Palace, an impressive 17th-century royal residence, stands proudly in Ladakh ... The palace was built in the 17th century by Sengge Namgyal ...
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