Kennet is the heart of Wiltshire, encompassing many of the counties historic monuments. West Kennet Longbarrow, built around 3,500 BC, is one of Britain's largest Stone Age burial tombs. Close to Marlborough is Silbury Hill a 132ft high man made hill, its purpose remains a mystery. The m...
In 1723, Messenger Monsey started practicing as a physician in Bury St. Edmunds. He advertised his services in both physic and surgery to try to attract new clients to a town considered to be a medical backwater in East Anglia. Even so, for a man born in Norfolk, setting up business in...