This episode sees historians Dr Suzannah Lipscomb, Dan Cruickshank and Emily Gee examine the final locations in the “Loss & Destruction” category, as chosen by Mary Beard from public nominations. Find out about the shipwrecked SS Mendi, the burst dam that devastated Sheffield and the fight for justice after the Hillsborough disaster. A History of England in 100 Places is a Historic England podcast, sponsored by specialist insurer Ecclesiastical ecclesiastical.com
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Nuclear Physics in Manchester and the Bristol Bus Boycott
The Battle of Britain and the Battle of Bosworth
Miners, Martyrs and the Palace of Westminster
Peterloo, Cable Street and Olaudah Equiano
Sutton Hoo, the Minack Theatre and Tate Modern
Chatsworth and Kelmscott
St Paul's Cathedral and Coventry Cathedral
The Angel of the North, Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Barbara Hepworth’s home
Morris Motors and the “Inside Out” building
Pottery and coal
Yorkshire's great piazza, a Cornish pub and the Rochdale Pioneers' shop
The “Birthplace of Industry”, a pioneering canal and the first factory
Fountains Abbey and a Jewish cemetery in Cornwall
Quakers in Yorkshire and a Mosque in the heart of East London
Canterbury, Greensted and Europe’s largest Guru Nanak Gurdwara
Stonehenge, Lindisfarne and a holy well
A Palace in Flames and London’s gateway to the North
Tudor treasures and a mighty monument
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