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A brief history and description of Egglestone Abbey, a house of Premonstratensian canons which struggled repeatedly with poverty and the threat of Scottish invasion.
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England’s painted past is at risk, English Heritage warned today (24 September), as the charity revealed the catalogue of threats causing the country’s precious wall paintings to deteriorate and decay. From the damp English climate, to failed early 20th-century restoration attempts to the very buildings they are housed in, these irreplaceable artworks – some even older than those in the Sistine Chapel – risk disappearing from view altogether. English Heritage has today launched an appeal to support the conservation of these irreplaceable treasures.
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Blue Plaque commemorating Olympic rowing champion Jack Beresford at 19 Grove Park Gardens, Chiswick, London W4 3RY, London Borough of Hounslow.
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Blue Plaque commemorating composer Charles Gounod at 17 Morden Road, Blackheath, London SE3 0AA, London Borough of Greenwich.
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History of Binham Market Cross
A brief history and description of Binham Market Cross, where a weekly market and annual fair were held from the early 12th century.
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A brief history and description of Sandbach Crosses, two massive Saxon crosses thought to date to the early 9th century
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Blue Plaque commemorating composer Charles Gounod at 17 Morden Road, Blackheath, London SE3 0AA, London Borough of Greenwich.
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Description of Lindisfarne Priory
A description of Lindisfarne Priory, where the extensive ruins visible today are those of the 12th-century priory church and associated monastic buildings.
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The Jewry Wall, Leicester, is one of the largest remaining Roman masonry structures in Britain.
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Significance of the Jewel Tower
The Jewel Tower is important principally as a rare survival of the medieval Palace of Westminster and is remarkable for its 14th-century architecture.