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SPARTALI STILLMAN, Marie (1844–1927)
Marie Spartali Stillman is commemorated with a blue plaque at The Shrubbery, 2 Lavender Gardens, Battersea. During her long association with the house (1864–1885), she established her reputation as a professional artist, while also modelling for painters including Sir Edward Burne-Jones, D G Rossetti and Ford Madox Brown.
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SINGH, Princess Sophia Duleep (1876–1948)
Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was a suffragette, Red Cross nurse, and critic of British rule in India. She uniquely straddled two worlds, using her royal connections to further the cause for women's suffrage. She is commemorated with a blue plaque at Faraday House, 37 Hampton Court Road, where her residence lasted over five decades.
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LOUDON, Jane, née Webb (1807-1858) & LOUDON, John (1783-1843)
Blue Plaque commemorating landscape gardeners John Claudius and Jane Loudon at 3 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London W2 3TH, City of Westminster.
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LOUDON, Jane, née Webb (1807-1858) & LOUDON, John (1783-1843)
Blue Plaque commemorating landscape gardeners John Claudius and Jane Loudon at 3 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London W2 3TH, City of Westminster.
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Education Partners at Stonehenge
The Stonehenge World Heritage Site provides inspiration for a whole range of learning activities from Bronze Age prehistory to heritage management and business studies.
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Blue Plaque commemorating social reformer Eleanor Rathbone at Tufton Court, Tufton Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3QH, City of Westminster
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Audrey Hepburn and Marc Bolan among those to receive blue plaques this year
Several cultural icons among those to receive English Heritage blue plaques in 2025, including Marc Bolan, whose ‘glam rock’ innovation redefined London’s music scene in the 1970s; Audrey Hepburn, whose global fame brought international attention and prestige; and Alicia Markova who was instrumental in positioning the city as a centre for world-class ballet.
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Pioneering Country House Technology at Audley End
How John Griffin Griffin ensured that Audley End House, in Essex, was ahead of its time, by installing domestic inventions and comforts that would come to define the Victorian country house.
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English Heritage celebrates innovation through the ages with ingenious!
English Heritage also reveals the top 10 inventions of all time, as voted by the British public
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New conservation work, technical analysis and research has identified the mysterious unsigned painting known as The Vegetable Seller as dating from just before the Dutch Golden Age, and uncovered possible associations with 16th-century Antwerp painter, Joachim Beuckelaer (c.1535–75)