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The Suppression of Roche Abbey
How a vivid eyewitness account reveals the shocking speed and scale of destruction of Roche Abbey after the Suppression of the Monasteries – and the fragility of human goodness.
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History of Tattershall College
A brief history and description of Tattershall College, a grammar school built for church choristers in the mid-15th century
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Art Installation at Housesteads Roman Fort
In celebration of Hadrian’s Wall’s 1900th anniversary, English Heritage has installed a contemporary and colourful take on the original Roman gatehouse at Housesteads Roman Fort – one of the Wall’s best preserved and most important sites.
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Historic England and English Heritage have secured the future of two massive henge monuments and their surrounding landscape, part of a Neolithic complex in North Yorkshire described as “the Stonehenge of the North”
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King Charles III England Coast Path – The Isle of Wight and Osborne
For several years, English Heritage has been actively involved in discussions about the proposal that the King Charles III England Coast Path would go through Osborne, Queen Victoria’s seaside home, on the Isle of Wight. Unfortunately, the unique security and conservation challenges posed by the path to this historic site couldn’t be overcome and we are not able to facilitate access.
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Two paintings depicting the same subject, The Guitar Player – one signed by the great Johannes Vermeer (1632-75) and the other whose origins remain a mystery – are on display side-by-side at Kenwood in London for the first time in over 300 years.
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We Want More Blue Plaques for Women, says English Heritage
English Heritage is calling on the public to nominate more notable women from history for London blue plaques and to help the charity increase the number of women honoured with the iconic blue roundels.