Episode 1
A House Through Time · Season 2 · Episode 1
David Olusoga returns to chart more British history as lived through by the successive inhabitants of a house, this time a Georgian property on Ravensworth Terrace in Newcastle upon Tyne. Tracing the house's early years, David discovers the original deeds reveal that the house was built by local developer William Mather and completed around 1824. Its first long-term resident was local lawyer and family man William Stoker, who worked his way up the ranks of society and was elected to the post of town coroner.
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Season
2
Episode
1
Air Date
08/Apr/2019
Air Time
21:00
Runtime
60 min
Overview
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David Olusoga returns to chart more British history as lived through by the successive inhabitants of a house, this time a Georgian property on Ravensworth Terrace in Newcastle upon Tyne. Tracing the house's early years, David discovers the original deeds reveal that the house was built by local developer William Mather and completed around 1824. Its first long-term resident was local lawyer and family man William Stoker, who worked his way up the ranks of society and was elected to the post of town coroner.
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