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In part two, we continue to explore how licensing files can assist research into how pubs, theatres and other entertainment venues in Worcestershire may have undergone changes through time. This time we turn our attention to other entertainment venues in Worcester including King Charles House, which has a fascinating history associated with the Battle of...

Discover how later generations of the Sandys carried their story into the 21st century Born in 1764, Mary Marchioness of Downshire and Baroness Sandys (1764-1836) was the middle child of Colonel The Honourable Martin Sandys (1729-1768) and Mary Trumbell (1741-1769). Playmate to the Prince of Wales, she knew little of her parents as they died...