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The Holy Island: Rare Christian and Anglo-Saxon Artefacts and New Monument to Saint at Lindisfarne
New English Heritage museum display at Lindisfarne Priory showcases internationally significant objects, including earliest British prayer beads, for the first time
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Collection back on display at Chesters Roman Fort and Museum in Northumberland for the first time in 100 years
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Blue Plaque commemorating actor and director Sir John Gielgud at 16 Cowley Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3LZ.
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Judi Dench Backs English Heritage’s 'Plaques for Women' Campaign
Dame Judi Dench has urged the public to "nominate the women you admire" for blue plaques, English Heritage announced today (21 November) as the charity unveiled a blue plaque to Margaret Lockwood (1916-1990), star of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes. The plaque celebrating the popular film actress of the 1930s and 1940s was installed at 14 Highland Road in Upper Norwood, her first home after moving to London as a child in the early 1920s.
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Children's memories of castles come from TV and film, not real life
English Heritage has conducted a new survey into generational memories of castles ahead of its #LoveCastles campaign
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Kenilworth Castle rebuilt in Minecraft after standing in ruins for over 300 years
Kenilworth Castle – one of England’s greatest fortresses – has been rebuilt for the first time in Minecraft, the popular online block-building game, English Heritage has revealed today (14 August). The charity is running Minecraft workshops at a number of its castles this summer so that visitors can build some of England’s most famous castles in the shadow of the real thing.
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The wonderfully complete 14th century brick-vaulted refectory undercroft - later a cottage occupied until 1902 - of a small Augustinian priory.
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Looming high above the seaside town, Whitby Abbey has provided over a thousand years of inspiration from the earliest Anglo Saxon poet to the world’s most famous Gothic novel.
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Millionaire’s Rare 1930s Cartier Jewellery Acquired by English Heritage
Two diamond-encrusted Cartier brooches, depicting a falcon and a white Tudor rose, once owned by millionaire Virginia Courtauld have been acquired by English Heritage.