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Blue Plaque commemorating architect John Nash at 66 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3BN, London Borough of Camden.
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Use this timeline to trace the evolution of gardens in England, from the Romans to the 20th century and explore some of the distinctive features that help define each period of garden design.
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Magic, Medicine and the Middleham Jewel
How a 15th-century amulet discovered at Middleham Castle in North Yorkshire reveals the complex relationship between superstition and theology, spell-casting and prayer, in late medieval England.
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Medieval Privateers and Dartmouth’s First Castle
How Dartmouth’s first castle, John Hawley’s ‘fortalice’, was built as much from a desire to protect the town’s notorious privateers from retaliation as to increase national security.
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Henry V and His ‘Pleasance in the Marsh’
How Henry V escaped the burdens of kingship with the help of a secluded lodge across the mere at Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire.
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Overseas trade and an extensive commercial infrastructure made Britain in the 19th century the most powerful trading nation in the world. Its manufactures were sold on every continent through a vast network of free trade.
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An extraordinary number of innovations in the study, cultivation and display of plants were made during the Victorian period. At the same time there was an explosion of interest in gardening, which became a national obsession.
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Kenwood is a neo-classical Georgian villa on the edge of Hampstead Heath in London. Today, Kenwood houses the Iveagh Bequest, an internationally important collection of paintings given to the nation by Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh. Use these objects at home or in the classroom to inspire cross-curricular learning and further your research.
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Blue Plaque commemorating promoter of musical knowledge Sir George Grove at 14 Westwood Hill, Sydenham, London SE26 6QR, London Borough of Lewisham.
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Learn about the educationalist and campaigner for Indian independence Sister Nivedita and discover her blue plaque at 21A High Street, Wimbledon, London, SW19 5DX.