The Museum is located in a former Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue on Cheetham Hill Road. It is the oldest surviving synagogue building in Manchester, completed in 1874. It is, indeed, a beautiful example of Victorian architecture, executed in Moorish style. Particularly noteworthy are the splendid stained glass windows and the distinctive cast-iron fitments. Since the […]
Lullingstone Roman Villa
Among the most outstanding Roman villa survivals in Britain, Lullingstone has been vividly re-displayed, providing a unique – and all-weather – opportunity to trace Roman domestic life over three centuries. Set in the attractive surroundings of the Darent Valley, the villa was begun in about AD 100, and developed to suit the tastes and beliefs […]
London Metropolitan Archives
Archives, family history, and a huge range of other data. London Metropolitan Archives is committed to education for everyone. . Offer services for school groups, professional development training for teachers, university students, young people, adult learners and families. Winner of Sandford Award 2009
London Canal Museum
At the London Canal Museum you can see inside a narrowboat cabin, learn about the history of London’s canals, about the cargoes carried, the people who lived and worked on the waterways, and the horses that pulled their boats. Peer down into the unique heritage of a huge Victorian ice well used to store ice […]
Llancaiach Fawr Manor
Built in 1530 for Dafydd ap Richard, the Manor was designed to be easily defended during the turbulent reigns of Tudor kings and queens and is one of the finest examples of a semi-fortified manor in Wales today. By the beginning of the Stuart dynasty the Prichard family had prospered and the house was extended […]