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Historic Places with Literary Links
If you're a book-lover, artist, or poet - or you wish you were - our guide to sites with links to English literature should give you plenty of inspiration.
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English Heritage Collections Highlights
English Heritage cares for more than a million objects spanning more than 5,000 years of history. We do not operate a central museum. Instead, we try to make sure that we display objects that were used, found or were originally displayed at the sites where you see them.
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The White Kitchen Company and English Heritage kitchen collection celebrates the beauty and craftsmanship of England’s architectural and cultural past.
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History through your lens Top picks from Instagram in July
Every photo tells a story, and you’ve been sharing some of your best snaps from our historic sites on Instagram this month using the #englishheritage hashtag. We’ve picked out a few of our favourites from all across the country to share in this monthly round-up.
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The architectural profession is largely a Victorian creation. In the 18th century it was common for architects to act as developers and surveyors too, but by the 1820s such roles were being devolved, leaving architects free to experiment with a profusion of styles.
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Self-taught Victorian physicist celebrated with English Heritage blue plaque
The physicist, mathematician and electrical engineer, Oliver Heaviside, has been commemorated with a blue plaque, English Heritage announced today (22 April 2022). Heaviside’s biographer, Paul Nahin, once noted that his work on how to make a decent telephone cable plays a vastly greater role in our everyday lives than does the work of Einstein. The plaque marks the terrace house on Camden Street that Heaviside once described as “heaven in comparison” to his family’s previous house. It was here that the budding Victorian scientist continued with his self-education after leaving school at 16 and where he later worked on his ground-breaking interpretation of James Clerk Maxwell’s Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, bridging the gulf between the theory of telecommunciations and its practice.
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A small but complete portion of a stone manor house built about 1290. The first floor 'solar' private chamber, with attendant chapel and garderobe, stands over a vaulted undercroft.
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From the world-famous Stonehenge, to the epic World Heritage site of Hadrian's Wall, from the most famous battlefield in history at 1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey and Battlefield to Down House, once the home of Charles Darwin and today a site of outstanding international significance. Our world famous sites can inspire and amaze, enabling learners to make connections with the past and create memories that stay with them forever.
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Eggsclusive Eggs Hidden at Historic Sites for 2018
Six “eggsclusive” eggs designed by top children’s illustrators will be up for grabs at English Heritage properties across the country this Easter.
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Take a look back in time at seven innovations which changed Victorian England.