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Touring Hardy Country
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Note: This map is based on the leaflet
"Discover Thomas Hardy Country", published by the West Country Tourist
Board.
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HISTORY CORNER
Name the Historic attraction
British Heritage Awards
British History Quiz
Canute and his Danes defeated British forces under Edmund Ironside on 18 October, 1016
Clue
Canute's victory forced Edmund to grant the Danes control of northern England Another clue
Edmund died a month later and Canute took control of all England
This Day in British History
12 February, 1554
Lady Jane Grey executed Grey became famous as the 'Nine Days Queen', a pawn in the ambitions of the Earl of Northumberland
Monarch Mayhem
One of this king's numerous mistresses was Nell Gwynn, a flower seller at Covent Garden
Clue
He was married to Catherine of Braganza
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