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FAWCETT, Dame Millicent Garrett (1847-1929)
Blue Plaque commemorating author Millicent Garret Fawcett at 2 Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 6DP, London Borough of Camden.
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At English Heritage we care for many commemorative trees, from trees planted by royalty at Osborne to those planted to mark cooperation between nations, such as at Eltham Palace. From autumn 2021 we will be planting over 70 trees to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee as part of The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) initiative.
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Past Lives:Pioneering dentist Lilian Lindsay in London
The accomplishments of Britain’s first female dentist are commemorated by a blue plaque, which also had to overcome adversity of a different kind.
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Pendennis Castle was an important artillery fort from 1539 until 1956, defending the naval and mercantile anchorage of Carrick Roads and the port of Falmouth.
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Tudor parks and gardens provided an opportunity for dramatic displays of newly found wealth, success and power. Particularly during Elizabeth I’s reign, elaborate formal gardens and extensive pleasure grounds became essential accessories of fashionable mansions.
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Sir Peter Carew and Dartmouth Castle
How a centuries-old stand-off over a castle provoked Tudor soldier and adventurer Sir Peter Carew into trying to outwit the borough of Dartmouth.
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Six New Blue Plaques for Women
English Heritage plans to unveil six plaques honouring women this year, the charity announced today (4 March). Second World War spies, suffrage organisation headquarters and one of Britain’s most important twentieth-century artists will be among the six new plaques, with the first addition to the scheme dedicated to botanist and leader of women in the armed forces, Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, today.
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Significance of Clifford’s Tower
Clifford’s Tower represents the most substantial survival of the medieval castle of York, and was the site of a massacre of the Jewish population of York in 1190.
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NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910)
Blue plaque commemorating reformer of the nursing organisation, nurse Florence Nightingale at 10 South Street, Mayfair, London W1K 1DE, City of Westminster.
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CONAN DOYLE, Sir Arthur (1859–1930)
Blue Plaque commemorating creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, at 12 Tennison Road, South Norwood, London SE25 5RT, London Borough of Croydon.