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Blue plaque commemorating florist Constance Spry at 64 South Audley Street, Mayfair, London W1K 3JP, City of Westminster.
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Blue plaque commemorating florist Constance Spry at 64 South Audley Street, Mayfair, London W1K 3JP, City of Westminster.
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Blue plaque commemorating botanists Sir Joseph Banks, Robert Brown and David Don who lived at 32 Soho Square, Soho, London W1D 3AP, City of Westminster.
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Surgeon Joseph Lister made important contributions to antiseptic surgical practice and the science of bacteriology. He is now commemorated with a new plaque at 52 Maple Street, where he lived as a student.
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Robert Clive, later Baron Clive of Plassey, played an early part in the establishment of British imperial control of India. He became the effective ruler of Bengal, and was a controversial figure in his own time. As a founder of the Empire in India he came to be lionised by many in Britain as a hero, a view of him that has been called into question in more recent years.
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BELL, Vanessa (1879–1961), and GRANT, Duncan (1885–1978)
Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant were prominent figures in 20th-century British art. Long-term creative companions and partners, they are commemorated by a blue plaque at 46 Gordon Square, the house where the Bloomsbury Group was born.
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Lanercost Priory: A Family Mausoleum
Like most monasteries, Lanercost served as a mausoleum for its founders, their successors and their families. Find out more about their tombs and explore some of them in 3D.
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Built at the end of the 14th century by Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, Penrith Castle symbolised his power in the area. A century later it was granted to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later Richard III, who transformed it into a luxurious residence.
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A journey through 400 years of Shakespearean theatre in London led by the playwrights and performers commemorated with a blue plaque.