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Anglo-Saxon History

The Anglo Saxon period is the oldest known period of time that had a complex culture with stable government, art, and a fairly large amount of literature. Many people believe that the culture then...

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Beowulf's boat probably looked much like this.72

Beowulf, Epic Hero?

  Beowulf is perhaps the most important work from Anglo-Saxon literature. It was probably composed in the seventh or eighth century but was not written down until around the eleventh century. Like most...

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How Days of The Week Got Their Names

How the days of the week got their names

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Boudicca,the Celtic Queen led the great revolt79

Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings in Britain

Celtic People lived in Britain before Roman times; the Celts started coming to Britain from Europe around 700 BC. In the year AD 43, the Romans invaded Britain. The Romans mainly settled in the south of...

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The Ley-Lines and Lost-Past of North Kent part 5 Canterbury

Back To Part 1 Nail, spindle, pin For reasons which are becoming clearer as we go on, Augustine- following the express wishes of the pope- made a bee-line for the Abbey site when he landed in...

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Henry VIII, with the only untaxed beard in England at the time.92

Ten Weird Taxes You Probably Aren't Paying

A lot of people around the world aren't happy about the taxes they are paying. This article looks on the bright side! Here are ten very odd, weird taxes you almost certainly aren't paying....

64 comments    history tax taxes
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Ancient Britons

Geoffrey of Monmouth a cleric and ancient Briton, ( 1100 to 1155AD), wrote that Brutus, a Trojan landed on the shores of Britain, a thousand years before Christ and his followers started the population of the...

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Six Academy Awards Nominated BEAUTY 's sexy pics n latest wallpapers

  NAME: Kate Elizabeth Winslet Pet name: Kate Date of birth:10/5/1975 Zodiac sign: Libra height: 5'6" Profession: actress Home town: reading, UK. Assets: she has the one...

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The Ley-Lines and Lost-Past of North Kent part 17 North West

Google Earth The alignment, cusp-line, ley-line or whatever you fancy, which I believe to be the middle or centre rather than begining or end of a sign or house, just kisses the northern-most tip of the...

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The Road To Nowhere- the 'Tan' in Tankerton.87

The Ley-Lines and Lost-Past of North Kent part 1 Whitstable

WHITSTABLE'S POWER Read anything about Whitstable and I can guarantee that somewhere in that first paragraph will be the words 'unique,' 'atmospheric,' 'quiet' and 'small,' or variations on those themes. To...

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