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Roche Abbey, Yorkshire

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Anne of Cleves House, East Sussex

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Bluestones, like these in the Preseli hills, were used to build Stonehenge. (Photo by Paula Connelly via Getty Images)
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Britain’s buried secrets

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Clare Priory, Suffolk

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Portrait of physician Elizabeth Blackwell. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Timepix/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
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A portrait of Henry VII in 1505. His claim to the throne was tenuous and he had to see off a posse of pretenders, yet he proved a canny and competent ruler, modernising the justice system and filling the crown’s coffers. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
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Henry VII: the survivor and stabiliser

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Hylands House, Essex

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The Library Summer holidays and Edward VI . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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