Scotland travel guide - Dumfries & Galloway
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HISTORY CORNER
Name the Historic attraction
British Heritage Awards
British History Quiz
The Houses of Parliament are more properly called ...
Clue
The original palace was used a a royal residence from the days of Edward the Confessor
Another clue
The current building was designed by Sir Charles Barry and AW Pugin
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