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All rights reserved. en-gb http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/images/rss/historyFilesTitle_rss.jpg http://www.historyfiles.co.uk A page of photos features the parish church of St Peter's in St Peter Port, Guernsey, as the first page for the Channel Islands, the ancient remains of the duchy of Normandy. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/ChurchesBritain/ChannelIslands/Guernsey_StPeterPort01.htm Ten pages covers the varied collection of churches between leafy Wanstead and the post-war estate that forms Hainault, in the northern reaches of the London Borough of Redbridge. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/ChurchesBritain/London/East_Redbridge01.htm The first twelve pages of an impressive new Warwickshire section covers the towns of Warwick, Leamington Spa and some of the villages around them. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/ChurchesBritain/WestMidlands/Warwickshire_West01.htm Were the Attacotti of fourth century Roman Britain a mysterious 'lost' tribe, or can they be firmly pinned to one well-known location in southern Scotland? http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/FeaturesBritain/RomanAttacotti01.htm Three pages covers a few more of the churches of Gelderland in the Netherlands, as well as straying further afield into North Brabant. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/ChurchesEurope/Netherlands/Gelderland_General01.htm An update to this page on the churches of Walthamstow revealing the sad fate of St Luke's Church. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/ChurchesBritain/London/East_WalthamForest13.htm A single page covers the few churches of this small Victorian 'new town' in the Tunbridge Wells district of Kent. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/ChurchesBritain/SouthEast/Kent_TunbridgeWells01.htm It has been strongly suggested that the Israelites themselves were Canaanites, and that the exodus never occurred. This theory seems to be backed up by archaeological finds. But, if the exodus was true then the Old Testament afforded us an almost unique look at the settlement of a people in the ancient Middle East. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsMiddEast/CanaanIsraelites.htm The Midianites were mentioned in the Old Testament as a minor group of 'city states' which lay on the southern borders of Edom, but in reality they were probably nomadic sheep stealers. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsMiddEast/CanaanCityStates.htm#Midianites Two pages of photos cover some of the churches of these two districts in North London as a taster of future releases. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/ChurchesBritain/London/North_Haringey01.htm Three pages covers the start of the Westminster section, including Westminster Abbey and the churches of the Strand and the area areound Trafalgar Square. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/ChurchesBritain/London/Central_Westminster01.htm Wilfrid Voynich is perhaps best remembered for his association with the strange - and still incomprehensible - document that now bears his name. However his life is far more curious than might be expected. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/FeaturesEurope/EasternPoland_Voynich01.htm The Aksumite empire was originally a Semitic Jewish kingdom based at Axum and founded, according to legend, by Menelik, son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsAfrica/AfricaEthiopia.htm Eight pages of photos, text, and audio recordings covers all of the very varied churches of the seaside towns of the easternmost part of East Kent. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/ChurchesBritain/SouthEast/Kent_Thanet03.htm Situated in western Africa, the kingdom of Dahomey (or Abomey in its earliest years) was formed by a mixture of various local ethnic groups on the Abomey plain. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsAfrica/AfricaDahomey.htm The Church of St Martin of Tours can be found at the north-western edge of Basildon town centre in Essex, set in St Martin's Square, and was consecrated in 1962 for the new town of Basildon. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/ChurchesBritain/East/Essex_Basildon01.htm Modern Angola emerged mainly out of the territory of the former Kongo kingdom which encompassed much of the Lower Congo and northern Angola. The region, and the native Bantu kingdom was a Portuguese colonial territory from the fifteenth century. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsAfrica/AfricaAngola.htm Completing our tour around the churches of Waltham Forest, three new pages cover all of Highams Park and Chingford, on the border with Essex. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/ChurchesBritain/London/East_WalthamForest16.htm The origins of the Pallavas have always been an issue of speculation. There have been claims that they were the former governors of the Satavahanas, while some claim they descend from the Cholas. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/IndiaPallavas.htm The modern country of Chad is directly south of Libya, taking in large swathes of the Sahara Desert in its northern territories. http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsAfrica/AfricaChad.htm