Irreplaceable: A History of England in 100 Places

By Historic England

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Join us as we travel across England visiting well-known wonders and some lesser-known places on your doorstep – all of which have helped make the country what it is today. From a hut in Bletchley Park where modern computing evolved, to the iron railings in London to which suffragettes chained themselves in the fight for women’s right to vote, we’ll step back in time to the very roots of our national identity to bring you the people and the stories that have helped shape England. Irreplaceable: A History of England in 100 Places is sponsored by specialist insurer, Ecclesiastical

Episode Date
NEW SERIES - High Street Tales
Mar 17, 2021
Nuclear Physics in Manchester and the Bristol Bus Boycott
Sep 18, 2018
The Battle of Britain and the Battle of Bosworth
Sep 03, 2018
Miners, Martyrs and the Palace of Westminster
Aug 20, 2018
Peterloo, Cable Street and Olaudah Equiano
Aug 07, 2018
Sutton Hoo, the Minack Theatre and Tate Modern
Jul 24, 2018
Chatsworth and Kelmscott
Jul 10, 2018
St Paul's Cathedral and Coventry Cathedral
Jun 26, 2018
The Angel of the North, Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Barbara Hepworth’s home
Jun 12, 2018
Morris Motors and the “Inside Out” building
Jun 05, 2018
Pottery and coal
May 29, 2018
Yorkshire's great piazza, a Cornish pub and the Rochdale Pioneers' shop
May 14, 2018
The “Birthplace of Industry”, a pioneering canal and the first factory
May 03, 2018
Fountains Abbey and a Jewish cemetery in Cornwall
Apr 21, 2018
Quakers in Yorkshire and a Mosque in the heart of East London
Apr 14, 2018
Canterbury, Greensted and Europe’s largest Guru Nanak Gurdwara
Apr 10, 2018
Stonehenge, Lindisfarne and a holy well
Apr 01, 2018
Tragedy and the fight for justice
Mar 28, 2018
A Palace in Flames and London’s gateway to the North
Mar 22, 2018
Tudor treasures and a mighty monument
Mar 15, 2018
A Bronze Age time capsule and haunting seaside abbeys
Mar 15, 2018
George Orwell and The Hacienda
Feb 26, 2018
The Brontës, Dickens and the 100 Club
Feb 20, 2018
Austen, Handel and Hendrix
Feb 13, 2018
Stratford, stereo sound and Socialism
Feb 06, 2018
Royal Processions and Olympic Feats
Jan 23, 2018
The birthplace of the Paralympics and post-war theatre
Jan 16, 2018
Cathedrals of tennis and rugby, and a much-loved lido
Jan 09, 2018
Cricket, a steeplechase and a beautiful ballroom
Jan 09, 2018
Sport and Leisure double bill on the 9th of January 2018
Dec 26, 2017
Post-war prefabs & social housing
Dec 19, 2017
Victoria & Abdul, industrial villages & experimental horticulture
Dec 12, 2017
Public parks, allotments & a very grand design
Dec 05, 2017
Castle life & the birth of charity
Nov 30, 2017
I do like to be beside the seaside
Nov 21, 2017
The great outdoors
Nov 14, 2017
Pubs, trains & New England
Nov 07, 2017
What did the Romans do for travel & tourism?
Oct 27, 2017
Radio telescopes & interferometry
Oct 24, 2017
DNA, Rosalind Franklin & Photo 51
Oct 17, 2017
Cholera, smallpox & immunology
Oct 10, 2017
Astronomy, codebreaking & stainless steel
Oct 03, 2017