History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online » British Heritage http://www.historynet.com From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sun, 26 May 2013 03:28:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Whatever Happened to the Beers of Burton? http://www.historynet.com/whatever-happened-to-the-beers-of-burton.htm http://www.historynet.com/whatever-happened-to-the-beers-of-burton.htm#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:38:02 +0000 kjohnson http://www.historynet.com/?p=13687688
The great Bass plant of Burton now brews Coors, and other long-familiar names

Burton's distinctive water still produces some of England's best beer.

For more than two centuries, "Burton" meant "beer" in the United Kingdom just like "Hollywood" meant "movies" …

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Wallingford is a quiet riverside town on the Thames, with its violent history remembered as part of the distant past.

It's a picturesque backdrop for good old-fashioned murder

Sitting on the south side of the River Thames a dozen miles …

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Still darling after all these years.

"Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May And summer's lease hath all too short a date." -William Shakespeare

It is a classic motif of English literature dating back to before Shakespeare: the …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/follow-the-trail-of-the-buds-of-may.htm/feed 0 Downton Abbey: Why we love it— and where it went http://www.historynet.com/downton-abbey-why-we-love-it-and-where-it-went.htm http://www.historynet.com/downton-abbey-why-we-love-it-and-where-it-went.htm#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:59:46 +0000 kjohnson http://www.historynet.com/?p=13686409 http://www.historynet.com/downton-abbey-why-we-love-it-and-where-it-went.htm/feed 2 The Olympics of Much Wenlock: How the modern games were inspired in the Shropshire Hills http://www.historynet.com/the-olympics-of-much-wenlock-how-the-modern-games-were-inspired-in-the-shropshire-hills.htm http://www.historynet.com/the-olympics-of-much-wenlock-how-the-modern-games-were-inspired-in-the-shropshire-hills.htm#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:38:52 +0000 kjohnson http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685395 http://www.historynet.com/the-olympics-of-much-wenlock-how-the-modern-games-were-inspired-in-the-shropshire-hills.htm/feed 0 Westminster Confession: The Working Life of an MP http://www.historynet.com/westminster-confession-the-working-life-of-an-mp.htm http://www.historynet.com/westminster-confession-the-working-life-of-an-mp.htm#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:07:42 +0000 kjohnson http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685015 http://www.historynet.com/westminster-confession-the-working-life-of-an-mp.htm/feed 0 Newark at the Crossroad http://www.historynet.com/newark-at-the-crossroad.htm http://www.historynet.com/newark-at-the-crossroad.htm#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:42:34 +0000 kjohnson http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685014 http://www.historynet.com/newark-at-the-crossroad.htm/feed 0 Weaving Life at Quarry Bank Mill http://www.historynet.com/weaving-life-at-quarry-bank-mill.htm http://www.historynet.com/weaving-life-at-quarry-bank-mill.htm#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:51:28 +0000 kjohnson http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684620 http://www.historynet.com/weaving-life-at-quarry-bank-mill.htm/feed 0 At Home with the Wesleys http://www.historynet.com/at-home-with-the-wesleys.htm http://www.historynet.com/at-home-with-the-wesleys.htm#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:30:23 +0000 kjohnson http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684616 http://www.historynet.com/at-home-with-the-wesleys.htm/feed 0 The King James Bible: Still The Word After 400 Years http://www.historynet.com/the-king-james-bible-still-the-word-after-400-years.htm http://www.historynet.com/the-king-james-bible-still-the-word-after-400-years.htm#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:21:19 +0000 kjohnson http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683774 http://www.historynet.com/the-king-james-bible-still-the-word-after-400-years.htm/feed 0