by Krish | Jun 28, 2017 | Period Property Locations
Henley-on-Thames is a 12th century market town located in South Oxfordshire. The town is steeped in history and is still home to many period properties, with a number of Georgian frontages covering older buildings in Main Street. The first recorded history of the town...
by Krish | Jun 20, 2017 | Period Property Locations
With Royal Ascot taking place this week, The Sash Window Workshop takes a look at the history and architecture of Ascot. Ascot is located in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in-between the neighbouring villages of North Ascot and South Ascot. Ascot has a...
by Krish | Mar 14, 2017 | Period Property Locations
St Albans is first recorded as Verlamion, a Celtic British Iron Age settlement. After the Roman conquest in AD 43, they developed Verulamium and it became one of the largest towns in Roman Britain. However, it was later destroyed during the revolt of Boudicca in AD 60...
by Krish | Mar 7, 2017 | Period Property Locations
Godalming in Surrey lies in the valley of the River Wey and has a long history, potentially dating back to the 7th and 8th centuries. The town was an important market town in the Middle Ages and received the first known grant to have a market and annual fair in 1300....
by Krish | Feb 28, 2017 | Period Property Locations
Palace House in Newmarket, Suffolk is home to the oldest surviving counter balance sash window in England, estimated to have been originally installed in 1671. The vertical sliding sash window was bricked up and only rediscovered in 1996 after a grant from the...
by Krish | Feb 7, 2017 | Period Property Locations
The history of Chelmsford can be traced back to the Caesaromagus Roman settlement. However, when the Romans left, the town disappeared with them. In the Middle Ages a new town was created in Chelmsford after a bridge was built across the River Can, resulting in...
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