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Blue plaque to Caroline Norton, campaigner for women’s legal rights, at 3 Chesterfield Street in Mayfair, London, W1J 5JF, City of Westminster.
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Blue Plaque commemorating writer Nancy Mitford at 10 Curzon Street, Mayfair, London W1J 5HH, City of Westminster.
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1066: Edward the Confessor, Harold Gowinson, William the Conqueror and Harold Hardrada
After the death of Edward the Confessor, powerful factions began fighting for the throne of England. Some said that the old king had granted England to Harold Godwinson on his deathbed. Others believed he really wanted William of Normandy to rule the kingdom after him. England was also in danger from Harold Hardrada and the Vikings, too. Who do you think had the rightful claim to the throne?
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KITCHENER, Field Marshal Horatio Herbert, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850–1916)
Blue plaque commemorating army officer Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener at 2 Carlton Gardens, St James's, London SW1Y 5AA, City of Westminster.
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Blue plaque commemorating writer PG Wodehouse at 17 Dunraven Street, Mayfair, London W1K 7EG, 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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The history of Hadrian’s Wall at Heddon-on-the-Wall, where the Wall was built to the original broad gauge and is one of the best preserved stretch of Wall built to this plan.
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New Technology Unlocks Old Buildings
Previously unseen artefacts, rarely opened archaeological stores, and hard-to-see masterpieces are today revealed for the first time online thanks to a major new partnership between English Heritage and Google Arts & Culture.
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Whitby Abbey has re-opened to the public following a major £1.6 million re-interpretation project by English Heritage – including a new museum and new interpretation around the historic site.
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First World War Nurse Identified
A First World War nurse who cared for injured soldiers at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire, the first wartime country house hospital, has been identified for the first time.