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  • Battle of Yeavering

    The Battle of Yeavering (or Battle of Geteryne) was fought in 1415 between English and Scottish forces near Yeavering in Northumberland. A small English force consisting of 440 men led by the Earl of Westmoreland defeated 4000 Scots. Fought in the s…

  • Battle of Stalling Down

    The Battle of Stalling Down is a battle reputed to have taken place in the late autumn or early winter of 1403, between the supporters of the Welsh leader Owain Glyndŵr and those of King Henry IV of England. It was part of the Glyndŵr Rising or Wels…

  • Battle of Olney Bridge

    The Battle of Olney Bridge was a skirmish in the First English Civil War just outside the English town of Olney, Buckinghamshire on November 4, 1643, in which Royalist forces attacked the Parliamentarian forces holding Olney Bridge.

  • Battle of Lochaber

    The Battle of Lochaber was a battle fought in 1429, in the Scottish Highlands, between the forces of Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross, 3rd Lord of the Isles and chief of Clan Donald against the Royalist army of King James I of Scotland.

  • Battle of Drumchatt

    The Battle of Drumchatt was a Scottish clan battle that took place in 1497. The Clan Mackenzie and possibly the Clan Munro defeated the Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh at Drumchatt (Druimchat) or "the Cat's Back", a ridge to the southeast of Strathpeffer.

  • Battle of Cefn Digoll

    The Battle of Cefn Digoll, also known as the Battle of the Long Mynd was a battle fought in 630 at Long Mountain near Welshpool in modern-day Wales. The battle was fought between the Northumbrian army of King Edwin of Northumbria an anti-Northumbria…

  • Battle of Barry

    The Battle of Barry is a legendary battle in which the Scots, purportedly led by Malcolm II, defeated a Danish invasion force in 1010 AD. Its supposed site in Carnoustie, Angus can be seen in early Ordnance Survey maps. The history of the event reli…

  • Battersea Park Road railway station

    Battersea Park Road railway station in Battersea, South London was opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway in 1867. It closed in 1916 along with other inner-London stations on Main Line. Battersea Park railway station, nearby on a different …

  • Bath Abbey Cemetery

    The Anglican Bath Abbey Cemetery, officially dedicated as the Cemetery of St Peter and St Paul (the patron saints that Bath Abbey is dedicated to), was laid out by noted cemetery designer and landscape architect John Claudius Loudon (1783–1843) in 1…

  • Bassett House School

    Bassett House School is a preparatory school for children aged 3 to 11 years old based in North Kensington. The children continue at Bassett House until the age of eleven, when they move to their senior schools. Bassett House has two sister schools,…

  • Barton in the Beans

    Barton in the Beans is a hamlet in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England and forms part of the Shackerstone civil parish. There are no shops or pubs here, only a Baptist Church and a post box. It was in the 18th century an im…

  • Barony of Westmorland

    The Barony of Westmorland, originally often written as Westmarieland or Westmaringaland, was one of two baronies making up the English county of Westmorland, the other being the Barony of Kendal. Geographically, the barony covered the northern part …

  • Barnstaple Town railway station

    Barnstaple Town railway station was an intermediate station on the L&SWR line to Ilfracombe, England. The station replaced Barnstaple Quay – opened in 1854, and renamed Barnstaple Town in 1886 – which had been located on the Junction side of the Com…

  • Barnsley Hall Hospital

    Barnsley Hall Hospital was a psychiatric facility located in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, on a 324-acre (131 ha) site purchased by the County Council in 1899. It opened in 1907, to relieve pressure on the county's only existing asylum, Powick Hospita…

  • Barnet Gate Mill

    Barnet Gate Mill or Arkley Windmill is a grade II* listed Tower mill at Barnet Gate in the London Borough of Barnet, originally in Hertfordshire, which was built in 1823. There is no public access.

  • Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall

    Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 8,524. The parish covers Barnby Dun and Kirk Sandall, both parts of the Doncaste…

  • Barlow Hall

    Barlow Hall is an ancient manor house and Grade II listed building in Chorlton-cum-Hardy in the suburbs of Manchester, England. A house has existed on the site since at least the 13th century, but the present building dates back no further than the …

  • Barham Court

    Barham Court is a fine old house in the village of Teston, Kent.It was once the home of Reginald Fitz Urse, one of the knights who murdered Thomas Beckett in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.

  • Bare, Morecambe

    Bare is a suburb of Morecambe, within the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. It was merged in 1898. Bare has a high street (Princes Crescent), and a railway station connecting it to Morecambe and Lancaster.

  • Bantock House Museum and Park

    Bantock House Museum and Park, is a museum of Edwardian life and local history, with 48 acres (190,000 m2) of surrounding parkland in Wolverhampton, England. It is named after Alderman Baldwin and Kitty Bantock who once lived there.

  • Bankhead, Edinburgh

    Bankhead is a non-residential area of west Edinburgh, Scotland. It borders the bypass (and Hermiston Gait) to the west, the Calders to the south, Sighthill to the east, and South Gyle/Edinburgh Park to the north. It is mostly occupied by a large ind…

  • Bank of England Building, Liverpool

    The Bank of England Building is a Grade I listed building located in Liverpool, England. It was designed by Charles Robert Cockerell and built in a Neoclassical style between 1845–1848. The building was constructed as one of three branch banks for t…

  • Bangor and Carnarvon Railway

    The Bangor and Carnarvon Railway was a railway connecting Caernarvon railway station (terminus of the Carnarvonshire Railway from Afon Wen) with Bangor in Caernarfonshire, Wales, on the Chester and Holyhead Railway (C&HR).