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RUTHERFORD, Dame Margaret (1892-1972)
Blue Plaque commemorating actress Dame Margaret Rutherford at 4 Berkeley Place, Wimbledon, London SW19 4NN, London Borough of Merton.
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Deal Castle was built in 1539–40 on Henry VIII’s order as an artillery fortress, designed to allow all-round firepower from over 140 guns. For over 250 years it defended the important naval anchorage called the Downs.
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2024 March: World Heritage SitesQuiz
Test your knowledge of the World Heritage Sites in our care with this quiz.
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Second World War heroine honoured with blue plaque
English Heritage will today (28 August) unveil a blue plaque to the Second World War spy, Noor Inayat Khan. The new plaque will mark the house on Taviton Street in Bloomsbury that was her family home when she left for Nazi-occupied France in 1943 as an undercover radio operator. She was killed at Dachau concentration camp in 1944, having revealed nothing to her captors, not even her real name.
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300 mile journey pays tribute to 1066 warriors in 950TH anniversary year
Re-enactors will recreate historic journey from York to Battle over three weeks Saxon pop-up encampment in Hyde Park on 8 October
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Blue Plaque for 'NYE' Bevan and Jennie Lee
Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan and Jennie Lee, respectively founders of the NHS and the Open University – as well as husband and wife – were today honoured with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at the house in Chelsea where they lived when the National Health Service Act became law in November 1946.
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Kids make history by 'taking over' Stonehenge this summer
For the first time in its 4,500-year-old history, children are invited to step inside the stone circle at Stonehenge and discover it without any grown-ups, as part of English Heritage's new Kids Takeover summer season.
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Jean Muir, dressmaker and fashion designer, celebrated with English Heritage Blue Plaque
A blue plaque honouring Jean Muir, the celebrated dressmaker and fashion designer, has been unveiled by her house model, friend and loyal customer, Joanna Lumley.
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England’s Most Beautiful Autumn Garden Views
Beautiful autumn garden landscapes enjoyed by Queen Victoria, Charles Darwin and Capability Brown are amongst the best historic views in England, English Heritage has announced today (10 October 2022) as the charity unveiled glowing gold viewing frame installations at five historic sites around the country.
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Second World War heroine honoured with blue plaque
Noor Inayat Khan commemorated in the first blue plaque unveiling post lockdown