4 things in British homes Americans find weird, according to a Florida woman who moved there

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A woman poses in a kitchen with a red and white tile backsplash.
Brittany Hayes is renovating a 1970s house in Birmingham, England, with her fiancé.

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I'm a 23-year-old gay man training to be a priest. Though I'm living on only $740 a month, I don't regret it one bit.

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Peter Banks before (left) and after (right) his new job.
Peter Banks at the Congress of the European Liberal Youth in Oslo, Norway, in 2022 and at his job as a pastoral assistant in 2023.

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Photos show how a Medieval English village with a 14th-century church and historic lighthouse is crumbling into the sea

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The end of a tarmac road shows the devastation caused by coastal erosion of the cliff face in the village of Happisburgh on November 06, 2019 in Great Yarmouth, England.
The end of a tarmac road shows the devastation caused by coastal erosion of the cliff face in the village of Happisburgh on November 6, 2019.

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See inside a writer's historic houseboat that travels England's canals. The nights are cold, she's always covered in coal oil, and the lifestyle can be dangerous, but she wouldn't have it any other way.

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Elizabeth Earle standing on a narrow boat next to her dog, Leela.
Earle with her dog, Leela.

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A woman is selling her childhood home where she has lived for 102 years — her family bought it for about $250 at the time

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1 The Mead, Street in Somerset, England.
Nancy ‘Joan’ Gifford's home at 1 The Mead, Street in Somerset, England.

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This abandoned English cottage that has no electricity, no water, isn't even on Google Maps —and costs $300,000

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Rolling hills of brown and yellow grass with a tiny cottage in the distance
The Yorkshire Dales area is famous for its rugged beauty and unspoiled landscape.

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Roman 'shrine' discovered in cathedral graveyard could be a sacrifice site linked to fertility and mystery cults, say archaeologists

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The Roman altar stone found during archaeological excavations at Leicester Cathedral.
The Roman altar stone found during archaeological excavations at Leicester Cathedral.

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I'm a 34 year old who lives on a boat in the canals of England. It was the least expensive way to buy a home and allows me to lead an extraordinary life.

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A woman standing on a narrowboat in England
Elizabeth Earle bought her boat, Maggie, in 2022 and has been living on it for almost a year.

Elizabeth Earle

A woman celebrated her 35th birthday by taking local buses to travel from London to Edinburgh, Scotland

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A stagecoach local bus drives through floodwaters.
Emily Turner took three days to complete her trip on local bus services.

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A heart-shaped pendant linked to Henry VIII was dug up on an English farm, pointing to a more romantic side to the Tudor king

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Two gloved hands hold the pendant, showing the front of the heart-shaped locket.
This pendant is thought to be associated with Henry VIII. An amateur detectorist discovered the locket by chance in a field in England.

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