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Sweets in Reigate: The Castle Cave Behind a Mag...

Local legend ties the man-made Barons' Cave beneath Reigate Castle to barons meeting before Magna Carta was sealed in 1215 — a popular story, though not verified fact.

Sweets in Brackley: Where Rebel Barons Gathered...

In May 1215, rebel barons assembled at Brackley to deliver their ultimatum to King John — a meeting that helped set the country on the path to Magna Carta a...

Sweets in Devizes: The Market Place Where Ruth ...

In 1753, Ruth Pierce is said to have dropped dead in Devizes Market Place moments after swearing a false oath over an unpaid debt — a cautionary legend still marked...

Sweets in Redhill: A Town Built by the Railway

Redhill grew almost entirely out of a Victorian railway junction built in the 1840s on what had previously been open common land.

Sweets in Bishop's Waltham: The Ruined Palace T...

Bishop's Waltham grew up around a bishop's palace begun in 1135 that later hosted Henry V before Agincourt, before it was burned down in the Civil War in 1644 —...

Sweets in Towcester: One of Britain's Oldest To...

Towcester is widely regarded as Northamptonshire's oldest town, with Iron Age origins and a Roman town called Lactodorum built directly on Watling Street.