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~ About Nights In The Past ~ |
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Who’s behind the site? Nights In The Past is based in Cornwall, UK, and maintained by a small team whose interests and experience include history, broadcasting, journalism and web development. The “office” is also a home. |
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Eligibility for inclusion on Nights In The Past |
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The concept and long-term success of Nights In The Past is wholly dependent upon adhering to a simple principle such that the site’s “exclusivity” is maintained. As such, any hotel, inn or other form of accommodation must satisfy one of the following criteria: |
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1. This website is for your personal and non-commercial use. While we hope you will find our service useful and are free to print information contained herein for your own use, you agree not to modify, distribute, reproduce, publish, license or create derivative works. |
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We sincerely hope you enjoy the site. |
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So what do we mean by ‘Historic’? |
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Remember, remember the fifth of November. Guido Fawkes may only have been part of a conspiracy rather than its outright leader, but there’s no doubting his place in British history. So, if you’re visiting York, why not stay where the gunpowder plotter is reputed to have been born: the Guy Fawkes Hotel. Or spend a night at the inn in which he was said to have frequented in the run up to the failed assassination attempt: The Hadley Bowling Green Inn, Worcestershire. |
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Historical bookwormery? Then the number of hotels and inns connected to famous authors is almost too extensive to mention. On almost every page you’re sure to find somewhere special to stay with a link to some of the greatest names in English literature. Jane Austen, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, Charles Dickens, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Charlotte Bronte, John Keats, Oscar Wilde, Robert Southey, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Louis Stevenson, and William Shakespeare to name but a few. |

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Fascinated by The Tudors? You can follow in the footsteps of many of England’s most famous monarchs with Nights In The Past. We feature many places connected with Henry VIII (Littlecote House in Berkshire, for example) and Elizabeth I - for time travelling back the Elizabethan era you might like to spend a night at The Maid’s Head in Norwich or Boringdon Hall in Devon. And there are also a fair few associated with Mary Queen of Scots, too – Melville Castle and Borthwick Castle near Edinburgh are two fine examples. |
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Those interested in the English Civil War will find plenty of hotels and inns connected to the period throughout the site. How about the Saracen’s Head in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, where Charles I was finally taken prisoner in 1646? Or maybe where his son, the future Charles II, sought refuge from parliamentarian troops: the Old Hall in Staffordshire and Abbot’s House in Dorset, among them. And there are many places that Oliver Cromwell rested on his travels, too. |

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So what do we mean by ‘Period’? |
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Nights In The Past is a guide to historic and period hotels and accommodation throughout the UK, France, Italy, and Western Europe, including Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Portugal and Germany. We focus primarily upon those hotels and inns with connections to famous historic figures and events, from the medieval period to World War II. Our aim is to provide information to those seeking historic places to stay be it for weekend breaks, heritage tours, romantic getaways, honeymoons or even business travel. Thank you for visiting. |
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