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Lost Love Letters Offer a Glimpse into Witley Court Romance
English Heritage has uncovered a remarkable collection of early 20th-century love letters exchanged between Dora Smith, daughter of Witley Court’s last private owner Sir Herbert Smith, and Noel Murray “Fred” Pearson.
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Humphry Repton at Kenwood: A new vision for the landscape
Repton went on to become the last great landscape designer, but early in his career he worked on new innovations in gardening at Kenwood House, north London, transforming the landscape. His changes can still be seen today - but he didn't get his own way on everything...
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JENNINGS, Humphrey (1907-1950)
HUMPHREY JENNINGS 1907-1950 Documentary Film Maker lived here 1944-1950
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History of King James’s Gate and Landport Gate
A brief history and description of King James's Gate and Landport Gate, originally built in the 14th century to guard the strategic city of Portsmouth.
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Blue Plaque commemorating Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, a Dutch painter of the Victorian era who made his home at 44 Grove End Road, St John's Wood, London.
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BOULT, Sir Adrian, CH (1889-1983)
Blue Plaque commemorating conductor and impressario Sir Thomas Beecham at 31 Grove End Road, St John's Wood, London NW8 9NG, City of Westminster.
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GASKELL, Mrs Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810-1865)
Blue Plaque commemorating novelist Elizabeth Gaskell at 93 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London SW10 0DQ, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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Sir Isaiah Berlin receives English Heritage blue plaque
English Heritage has marked the former home of Sir Isaiah Berlin with a blue plaque, the charity announced today (3 May 2022). A world-renowned philosopher and historian of ideas, Berlin was a man of formidable intellectual power whose celebration of diversity – 'the crooked timber of humanity', as he put it – has helped to give his life and work a very considerable lasting significance.
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Rare tree planted at Darwin's Down House
A rare tree has been planted at Down House this week to commemorate Robert FitzRoy - Captain of the HMS Beagle and a pioneering scientist in his own right.