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Smithills Hall, Bolton

In 1926, a time of social and political strife, the country unified in celebrating the birth of Princess Elizabeth. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

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Erddig, Wrexham

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Isle of Tiree, Hebrides

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Royal Gunpowder Mills, Essex

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A portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft.

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Dawyck Botanic Garden, Scottish Borders

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Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). I think it's safe to say that not everyone in the establishment was devastated by his death at Trafalgar, says Johnny Vaughan. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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Grosvenor Museum, Chester

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