Places where you are very close to history, P2
Greenwich, where the Prime Median of the world was established and Greenwich mean time begins, and where the chronometers of John
Harrison can be seen.
Imperial War Museum and American Air Museum, Duxford. Now a museum devoted to the history of
air, ground and sea warfare since WWI, formerly an airbase in both WWI and II, under British and then under American command.
Hadrian's
Wall, built by Romans in 122 AD across the width of England from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Solway Firth.
Hampton Court Palace,
Cardinal Wolsey's "gift" to Henry VIII, building and rebuilding project and home and court to most British monarchs subsequent.
Ironbridge,
the place, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, where three generations of Abraham Darbys developed the use of coke instead
of charcoal to smelt iron, and the blast furnace, and the method of casting iron into thin-walled objects, like cylinders. These
three inventions made the industial revolution possible.
Liverpool, a port city that was crucial to the defense of Britain during
WWII. It was the object of 80 German air raids, but the port never closed. It is also the home time of the Beatles
and the site of The Cavern Club, where they got their start.
London, the Capital of Great Britain and the site of many of the
historic events that have shaped the nation. Within London, follow links to the British Museum, the Museum of London, the
Natural History Museum, the Imperial War Museum, The Churchill Museum and the Cabinet War Rooms, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Hall,
St. Paul's and Southwark Cathedrals, Mary-le-Bow Church, the Tower of London, Parliament, Buckingham Palace and Special Streets.
Nottingham
and Sherwood Forest (Okay, so this is only created history, not real history.) Adventure grounds of Robin Hood, Friar Tuck,
Little John, the Sheriff of Nottingham, King John and King Richard, and other fictional worthies.
Oxford, location
of England's oldest university, St.Mary Magdalen church were Methodism began, and several Museums containing historical artifacts,
including, but not limited to, the earliest dinosaur fossil finds.
