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English Heritage honours golfing legend Henry Cotton with Blue Plaque
Henry Cotton, three-time British Open winner, becomes first golfer to be honoured by the scheme.
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Sir John Gielgud receives English Heritage Blue Plaque
Dame Judi Dench has unveiled a new plaque commemorating her friend and fellow actor Sir John Gielgud
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Blue Plaque for Daniel O'Connell
The 19th-century Irish political leader, Daniel O'Connell, has been honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque at his former home in London.
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Novelist Georgette Heyer receives Blue Plaque
Georgette Heyer, historical novelist par excellence and one of the 20th century's most popular British writers, has been honoured with an English Heritage Blue Plaque.
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Blue Plaque for Osbert Lancaster
Osbert Lancaster, the great comic artist who lampooned architectural styles and coined such phrases as 'Stockbrokers' Tudor' and 'Banker's Georgian', has been honoured with an English Heritage Blue Plaque on the Notting Hill house in which he was born.
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Explore over 900 years of history; from a 12th century fortified palace to Sir Walter Raleigh’s Elizabethan modifications to a highly defendable Royalist stronghold during the civil war. Venture down the steps at the North Gate to what was once a busy landing port at the edge of the lake. Take a walk around the dry moat to get a unique view of the castle and curtain wall
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Built after the Norman conquest as part of a series of castle along the River Tyne, Prudhoe Castle has survived two sieges and is the only Northumberland castle to resist the Scots. Continuously occupied for 900 years, the majority of the surviving buildings date from the 12th century.
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If you are attending solstice or equinox, please read this carefully to help you plan your visit.
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A stately palace with one of the country's most complete Jacobean interiors.
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Founded soon after 1066 by William Peveril and overlooking Hope Valley and Cave Dale, Peveril Castle is a fantastic and historically important site for school children to explore.