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Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire

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Queen Matilda . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Magna Carta

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Roche Abbey, Yorkshire

Knights Templar: not guilty

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Anne of Cleves House, East Sussex

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Caerphilly Castle, Glamorgan

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Clare Priory, Suffolk

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1492: The Year Our World Began

Wars of the Roses

Pieces from the Lewis Chessmen, some of the earliest chessmen to survive.

In pictures: what are the Lewis Chessmen?

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Conwy Castle, Conwy

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A Saracen attack on Crusaders, from the French manuscript 'Chroniques de Saint Denis', c1200. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Traders and crusaders

In 1830 a keeper at the Tower of London menagerie accidentally removed the barrier between a lion and two tigers. The animals were eventually prised apart, by which point the lion had been fatally wounded. (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Life with the lions: the Tower of London menagerie