Heritage Weekends

Heritage Weekends is Helen and Neil Matthews' second book for Bradt, following their guide to the Chilterns and Thames Valley (2019), published as part of Bradt's award-winning series of slow travel guides to UK regions. Their travel writing has appeared in Wanderlust, This England and other publications. Both hold PhDs in history and Helen is a member of the Royal Historical Society. Pen & Sword has published Helen's The Legitimacy of Bastards: The Place of Illegitimate Children in Later Medieval England (2019) and Neil's Victorians and Edwardians abroad: The Beginning of the Modern Holiday (2016). Neil's research has also featured in the journal of the Leisure Studies Association (2012) and in Educating Mind, Body and Spirit: History of the University of Westminster - the legacy of Quintin Hogg and the Polytechnic, 1864-1992 (Granta, 2013). Helen is Director of Academic Services for a Russell Group university, while Neil's 25 years' experience as a marketer include four years with an association of independently owned UK historic houses, castles and gardens.

• About the authorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionUsing this guideA note on time periodsPART 1: ENGLAND 1 London: Beyond the British Museum 2 Twickenham: Historic House Heaven 3 St Albans: Romans & Roses4 Windsor & Eton: Seat of Power5 Thanet: Shells & Shelters 6 Brighton & Hove: By George 7 Isle of Wight: Victoria's Home 8 Portsmouth: Naval Tales 9 Winchester: Kings & Soldiers10 Avebury: Pre-history Mystery 11 Bath: From Romans to the Regency 12 Dorchester: Martyrs & Madding Crowds13 Plymouth: Docks & Drakes 14 Tintagel: Arthur & Other Legends15 Penwith: Iron, Tin, Light 16 Stratford-Upon-Avon: The Stay's the Thing 17 Sulgrave Manor: Washington's Ancestral Home 18 Colchester: Oh, What a Circus! 19 Bury St Edmunds: Saints & Saxons 20 Norwich: All Shall Be Well .21 Stamford: Visions of Heaven & Hell 22 Leicester: Fit for a King 23 Derby: Making Modern Britain 24 Lincoln: Steep Salvation 25 Hull:Whales, Tales & Trails 26 York: City Traders27 Ripon: Miscreants & Monks 28 Barnard Castle: Northern Family Fortunes 29 Hadrian's Wall: Edge of Empire 30 Alnwick & Warkworth: Kings in the North 31 Mirehouse: Lake Legends 32 Liverpool: A Day in the Life & Death 33 Chester: Wall to Wall History 34 Ironbridge Gorge: The Revolution Started Here 35 Hereford: The World's Most Famous Map PART 2: WALES36 Tintern & the Wye Valley: Romantic Sublime 37 Cardiff : King Coal, Castles, Communities 38 St Davids: Search for a Saint 39 Aberystwyth: Biarritz of Books 40 Snowdonia: Garrisons, Gatehouses & Gardens 41 Anglesey: Mother of Wales PART 3: SCOTLAND 42 Abbotsford & the Borders: Great Scot(t)s .43 Gatehouse & Kirkcudbright: Castles & Creatives 44 Glasgow: City of Arts & Sciences 45 Fort William: Heroes & Betrayals 46 Inverness: Defeat & Remembrance 47 Skye: Clans, Castles, Legends & Ghosts 48 Perth: The Stone & the Slave 49 Aberdeen: Granite City 50 Orkney: The Marks of Millennia PART 4: DEPENDENCIES 51 Isle of Man: Three-Legged Kingdom52 Jersey: Island at War INDEX INDEX OF PERIODS OF HISTORY

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