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The ruins of a medieval palace (together with later additions) used by the Bishops and senior clergy of Winchester as they travelled through their diocese.
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The Ayahs’ Home, which housed women who served British families in Asia as children’s nannies, nursemaids and ladies’ maids, is commemorated with a blue plaque at 26 King Edward’s Road, Hackney, where it was based from 1900 to 1921.
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Blue Plaque commemorating entrepreneur and founder of Tesco stores Sir Jack Cohen at 91 Ashfield Street, Whitechapel, London E1 2HA, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Significance of Thornton Abbey
Thornton Abbey is significant as one of Britain’s wealthiest Augustinian houses with correspondingly rich architecture and an important designed landscape.
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Blue plaque commemorating jazz musician and raconteur Ronnie Scott at the site of his former jazz club at 39 Gerrard Street, London, City of Westminster.
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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 - - New monument marks the original burial place of St Cuthbert -
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SOLDIERS' GRAFFITI DISCOVERED ON DOVER CASTLE DOOR
A detailed carving of a sailing ship, the date of the French revolution (1789), nine macabre depictions of hangings, and countless initials are just some of the fascinating graffiti found on a newly discovered door dating to around the 1790s, English Heritage has revealed
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King’s Fish: Rare medieval whale bone goes on display
A puzzling and rare medieval whale bone – measuring more than half a metre across and over seven hundred years old – is being displayed at Launceston Castle, illustrating the power of the earls and dukes of Cornwall, English Heritage announced today (18 August 2022). Discovered during late 20th century excavations at the castle, the mysterious object is just one of many artefacts in a new exhibition exploring the castle’s changing roles, from royal residence and gateway to Cornwall to prison and place of execution.
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Tintagel Castle Footbridge shortlisted for RIBA Stirling Prize
The footbridge at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall has been shortlisted for the Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building. Commissioned by English Heritage, the bridge – designed by Ney & Partners engineers and architects William Matthews Associates – reunites for the first time in more than 500 years, the two halves of Tintagel Castle. The bridge consists of two cantilevers that reach out and – almost – touch in the middle. At the centre, a narrow gap represents the transition between the mainland and the island, the present and the past.
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Bob Marley named among new blue plaque recipients for 2019
A reggae singing sensation, a pioneering war correspondent and an award-winning novelist will receive English Heritage blue plaques in 2019.