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London’s blue plaques show that England’s capital has been a strong magnet for foreign-born composers, including Handel, Mozart and Chopin. Find out more about the lives of these legendary composers and how they came to London.
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London’s blue plaques show that England’s capital has been a strong magnet for foreign-born composers, including Handel, Mozart and Chopin. Find out more about the lives of these legendary composers and how they came to London.
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Learn more about Stonehenge as a site for a series of spectacular dahlia shows in the 1840s.
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Description of Richmond Castle
Much of the 11th-century curtain wall that surrounded the castle enclosure survives, together with many of the castle's main buildings that were ranged along it.
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GLADSTONE, William Ewart (1809–1898)
Blue plaque commemorating statesman William Ewart Gladstone at 11 Carlton House Terrace, St James's, London SW1Y 5AJ, City of Westminster.
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GLADSTONE, William Ewart (1809–1898)
Blue plaque commemorating statesman William Ewart Gladstone at 11 Carlton House Terrace, St James's, London SW1Y 5AJ, City of Westminster.
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Rising from a modest background to become a friend of Elizabeth I and one of the richest women of her time, Bess of Hardwick was also a tireless and ambitious builder, whose houses symbolised her rise to wealth and power.
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A history of the medieval Thornton Abbey, which later became a college for priests, a 17th-century private residence and the site of 19th-century temperance rallies
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Discover the story of Hailes Abbey, from its foundation in the 13th century through to its Dissolution under Henry VIII and its subsequent use as a country house.
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First built under Henry VIII’s programme of defensive building in the 1540s, St Mawes Castle is perhaps the best surviving example of a Henrician artillery fort. Discover key moments from its history.