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The History Files
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An extensive collection of information covering all historical states, with comprehensive features, detailed maps, and lists of rulers for each state. Contributors welcomed with nerdish enthusiasm.

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Churches of #Kent: St Mary's Church in #Sandwich is perhaps the oldest church site in town, with a long-gone convent being founded here in the 600s.

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The History Files: Churches of Kent
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Duchy of Mazovia (Restored): after gaining #Belz in 1442, #Mazovia was reunified in 1454-1459, with a final piece being #Gostynin, added after the death of Margareth of Raciborz.

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The History Files: Duchy of Mazovia (Restored)
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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#Churches of #Westminster: #StJames' Church #Piccadilly gained land in this new district in 1662, designed & built by #SirChristopherWren, consecrated 1684.

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#history #historyfiles #chapels #london #churchesoflondon #churchesofthebritishisles #ChristopherWren
The History Files: Churches of Westminster
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Duchy of Mazovia (Belz): this was a short-lived division of #Mazovia which was independent only for the lifetime of its sole ruler between 1446 and 1442.

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#history #historyfiles #poland #poles #westernpolans #medievaleurope #duchies #Belz
The History Files: Duchy of Mazovia (Belz)
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Duchy of Rawa: Mazovian sub-division happened in 1264 when the duchy of #Czersk was set up, and yet another happened after the reign of Boleslaw II in the form of #Rawa.

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The History Files: Duchy of Rawa
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Duchy of Mazovia (Czersk): Konrad I in 1234 subdivided an area of #Czersk for his son, Boleslaw I, who succeeded him as duke of #Mazovia even though a precedent was established.

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The History Files: Duchy of Mazovia (Czersk)
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Duchy of #Mazovia ( #Plock ): subdivisions occurred here across 200 years which created several tiny statelets, and Konrad I in 1234 created one around Plock for his son.

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The History Files: Duchy of Mazovia (Plock)
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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The History Files: What You've Missed
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Churches of #Devon: #StJohn the Evangelist in #WithycombeRaleigh was erected between 1862-1864 by #EdwardAshworth, opened in 1865 for the village's growing population.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Duchy of Mazovia (Poland): on 28 October 1138, and not for the first time, #Poland was divided into principalities: Great Poland, #Mazovia + Kujavia, Silesia, and Sandomierz.

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The History Files: Duchy of Mazovia
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Churches of #Westminster: the Welsh #Presbyterian Church on #CharingCrossRoad was built in 1886-1887 to a #JamesCubitt design.

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#history #historyfiles #churches #chapels #london #churchesofwestminster #churchesofthebritishisles #CharingCrossRoad #JamesCubitt
The History Files: Churches of Westminster
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Mazovians (Slavs): the #Masovian dialect of #WestSlavic is distinctive from majority #WestPolans in modern #Poland, bearing similarities with the #Kashubian group of West Slavics.

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The History Files: Mazovians (Slavs)
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Mazovia: an eastern borderland territory which also included western-central parts of Prussia, probably formed in the ninth/tenth century as one of many small states here.

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The History Files: Mazovia (Poland)
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Duchy of Poland: by the mid-tenth century the Piast dynasty controlled a central Polish duchy which, on occasions, could also refer to itself as a kingdom.

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The History Files: Duchy of Poland
November 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Western Polans: by the AD 700s the Western Polans were occupying the Warta river basin in modern Poland's western-central Greater Poland region.

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#history #historyfiles #polans #poland #poles #WesternPolans #CentralEurope #medievaleurope #Warta #GreaterPoland
The History Files: Western Polans
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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The History Files: What You've Missed
November 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Churches of #Kent: #CooperStreet #PrimitiveMethodists opened in 1870, with possible closure in 1934, after which it was used as a barn, and a private dwelling.

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The History Files: Churches of Kent
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Poland: modern #Poland was formed out of various post-First World War conflicts, but the country goes back over 1500 years.

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#history #historyfiles #polans #WesternPolans #medievaleurope #earlyeurope #ancienteurope #archaeology #slavs
The History Files: Poland
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Churches of #Westminster: Orange St Congregational near #LeicesterSquare in central #London was founded in 1693 by #Huguenot refugees fleeing #France.

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The History Files: Churches of Westminster
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Donghu: this group emerged in north-east #EastAsia, seemingly during the later 2000s BC or early 1000s, as they were certainly around during the later first half of the 1000s.

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The History Files: Donghu
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Western Gokturks: the western half essentially created a vast region in #CentralAsia known as #Turkestan, which later divided into various states and remains divided today.

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The History Files: Western Gokturks
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Eastern #Gokturks: co-founder of the empire, Bumin declared himself great #khagan of the eastern half, but died within a year to be succeeded by his son.

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The History Files: Eastern Gokturk Khagans
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Gokturks ( #BlueTurks ): the first fully-formed #Turkic ethnic group was the #Gokturks, semi-nomads in #Mongolia who emerged in the early 500s AD from obscure tribal origins.

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The History Files: Gokturks
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The History Files: What You've Missed
November 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Churches of Devon: #HolyTrinity Church, #Exmouth, is the third such building for people here, with the first having been demolished in 1779 and the second in 1823.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
November 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM