History

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Usk Castle. The Friends of Usk provide a plan and illustrated history and propose urgent works and improvements to this Norman castle in Wales.

Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum, Portsmouth, Hants.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Muncaster Castle. The official site offers some photographs and visitor information on the building in the Lake District, now more country house than castle, that has been the home of the Penningtons since 1208.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - The Manteno Project. The Manteno Project, information and photographs about the history of the Manteno State Hospital (aka the Manteno Mental Health Center), in Manteno, Illinois.

The site looks at the history of the Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret, in Southwark, near London Bridge, one of the most important sites for medical, surgical and victorian history. It deals with medical history, history of surgery, history of mediine and the history of herbal medicine

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Simon's Suffolk Churches. County-wide overview and historical background.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - St Martin in the Fields Church. Official website for this famous church in Trafalgar Square, London, designed by James Gibbs, and consecrated in 1726.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Devon Historic Churches Trust. A registered charity that assists Devon churches and chapels, of all denominations, with grants and loans for repairs, maintenance and restoration work.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - The Shrine Church of Saint Melangell. This simple Romanesque church at Pennant Melangell, Wales, houses the relics of an Irish saint.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - The Village at Grand Traverse Commons. Site concerning renovations and development of historic Traverse City State Hospital property by the Minervini Group.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Saint Marys Church, Houghton-on-the-Hill, Swaffham. Details the discovery and restoration of this Anglo-Saxon church, which has revealed unique Holy Trinity wall paintings.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Danvers State Insane Asylum. Extensive site with images, and history of this famous disused former mental health complex in eastern Massachusetts.