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The master of dressage

Erddig, Wrexham

General prehistory

Isle of Tiree, Hebrides

A woodcut depicting a witch hanging in England, c17th Century. (Bettmann via Getty Images)

Witches in the dock: 10 of Britain’s most infamous witch trials

Royal Gunpowder Mills, Essex

Dawyck Botanic Garden, Scottish Borders

Strangers’ Hall, Norwich

Ye olde travel guide: Madrid 1621

Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire

Visit historic Warwick

Grosvenor Museum, Chester

Bridgnorth Castle, Shropshire

Traquair House, Peeblesshire

Chepstow Castle', C1770S.

The LibraryWales in the Civil War: the last refuge of monarchy

Cowdray, West Sussex

Visit historic Carlisle

Argyll’s Lodging, Stirling

Scenes of frivolity in the 16th century. (Culture Club/Getty Images)

Bad sports? Puritan attempts to ban games in 17th-century England

Woodcutting depicting the beheading of Charles I. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Britain’s civil wars: the 15 key moments

General prehistory

St Fagans, Cardiff

Arundel Castle, West Sussex

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Meknes 1681

Stamford, Lincolnshire

Painting depicting medieval nuns. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

17th-century nuns on the run

A painting depicting the Duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo. "Wellington’s victories at Roliça and Vimeiro in 1808 were the first significant defeats inflicted upon the French emperor’s armies in Europe," says Saul David. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

The triumph of the redcoats

An 18th century village in Germany. Strict laws regulated the goods that each social class could buy. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)

Beware what you buy: the goods German citizens were forbidden to consume

The Golden Coast

A c15th-century vellum shows the Squire from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. For Adam Nicolson, the essence of the gentry was “government-through-networking”. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Stories of the gentry

A postboy drives a mail coach in a contemporary illustration. Soon after their introduction in 1784, coaches were traversing the country at speeds of up to 10mph. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Red Letter Days: 10 milestones in the history of the Post Office

The Tower of London. More than 30 inmates successfully broke out of the royal fortress between the 12th and 18th centuries. (Photo by Tetra Images/Getty Images)

How to escape from the Tower of London