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School Visits

Muchelney Abbey was once a wealthy Benedictine house and the second oldest religious foundation in Somerset, but as part of the dissolution the abbey’s principal buildings were demolished by Henry VIII in 1538. Pupils can still see the clearly laid out foundations of the abbey, parts of the richly decorated cloister walk and thatched monks’ lavatory - the only one of its kind in Britain. There is also a display of artefacts found at the Abbey, a brilliant resource to illustrate monastic life to your students.

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Ronnie Scott awarded English Heritage blue plaque

Jazz musician Ronnie Scott has been honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque today (Thursday 24 October), in Chinatown, Soho. The plaque marks the site of the first Ronnie Scott’s club, ahead of the 60th anniversary of its opening.

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Blue Plaque for Churchill’s Favourite Spy

English Heritage has unveiled a blue plaque to Christine Granville, the Polish Second World War special agent who Winston Churchill once called his 'favourite spy'

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Freddie Mercury awarded English Heritage Blue Plaque

New plaque marks family home of Queen frontman Beloved musician remembered ahead of what would have been his 70th Birthday Freddie Mercury's sister unveiled the plaque alongside Queen guitarist Brian May

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First chief of the secret intelligence service (MI6) Honoured with Blue Plaque

Sir Mansfield Cumming, the first Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, has been commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque at his former London home and office. The current Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, Alex Younger, unveiled the blue plaque to his predecessor.

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Blue plaque for raymond chandler

Raymond Chandler, author of 'The Big Sleep' and 'The Long Goodbye', has been honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque on his childhood home in London.

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Blue Plaque for 'NYE' Bevan and Jennie Lee

Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan and Jennie Lee, respectively founders of the NHS and the Open University – as well as husband and wife – were today honoured with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at the house in Chelsea where they lived when the National Health Service Act became law in November 1946.

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Blue Plaque for Ernst Gombrich: Antony Gormley salutes inspirational art historian

E.H. (Ernst) Gombrich, the art historian and author of The Story of Art, one of the most popular and famous art books ever written, will be honoured with an English Heritage Blue Plaque this evening (Thursday 15 October 2015).

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Eight ghosts - Eight authors - eight historic sites

English Heritage announces a new collection of eight chilling ghost stories Mark Haddon, Jeanette Winterson and Sarah Perry are among those inspired by English Heritage properties across the country

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Meet English Heritage's latest jouster: Olympic Champion Victoria Pendleton

Victoria Pendleton launches English Heritage’s Medieval Knights Season