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Stonehenge illuminated in dedication to the unsung champions of heritage
Stonehenge has been temporarily illuminated with images of 'unsung heritage champions' from across the UK, including one of its own staff members.
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Building bridges: Installation of Tintagel Castle’s new bridge begins
The new footbridge at Tintagel Castle is beginning to take shape, English Heritage announced today (18 June), as sections of the dramatic steel crossing have started to be installed at the coastal site, ahead of the castle re-opening this summer.
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Sunday Music at Eltham Palace and Gardens
Spend a Sunday at Eltham Palace and Gardens listening to live music.
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Circle of Days Social Media Competition terms and conditions
Check out the terms and conditions of our competition on Instagram offering the chance to win a Stone Circle Experience.
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First Indian to win a popular election to the UK Parliament receives Blue Plaque
English Heritage has today (10 August 2022) unveiled a blue plaque dedicated to Dadabhai Naoroji, an Indian Nationalist and the first Indian to win a popular election to Parliament in the UK. Dubbed the ‘grand old man of India’ and described in his Times obituary as ‘the father of Indian Nationalism’, Naoroji made seven trips to England, and spent over three decades of his long life in London. His plaque marks the red-bricked semi-detached house in Penge, south London, that was his home around the turn of the twentieth century.
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The dissolution of Furness Abbey
English Heritage uncovers blueprint for dissolving the monasteries by trusted advisor to Henry VIII - Previously unseen document details the dissolution of Furness Abbey, the first large monastery to be destroyed during the English Reformation - Financial accounts show monks paid to leave quietly - Speculators travel from the south to ‘cash in’ on dispersal
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English Heritage uncovers blueprint for dissolving the monasteries by trusted advisor to Henry VIII
A previously unseen historic document giving vital insight into the Dissolution of the Monasteries has been uncovered by English Heritage. Overlooked for almost 500 years, the document details the process of suppressing Furness Abbey, the first of England’s “greater” monasteries* to be destroyed, and was unearthed by English Heritage Senior Properties Historian, Dr Michael Carter, at the National Archives.