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Family chapel of the Bodenham family. The originally simple medieval building has a fine Elizabethan timber roof, 18th century tower and striking Victorian interior decoration and furnishings.
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Chester Castle: Agricola Tower and Castle Walls
The original gateway to Chester Castle, this 12th-century tower houses a chapel with exceptionally fine wall-paintings of c. 1220, rediscovered in the 1980s.
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The Tudor and Stuart periods were times of great social and religious change in England: invasion threats, a new Church and civil war. Read advice from our educational experts and historians on how to chart the monumental changes to society and religion during these periods and find suggested activities to try with your students in the classroom or on a school trip.
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LYELL, Sir Charles (1797–1875) & GLADSTONE, William Ewart (1809–1898)
73 Harley Street, Marylebone, was home to geologist Sir Charles Lyell and later to statesman William Ewart Gladstone. Both are commemorated there with a blue plaque.
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DAVISON, Emily Wilding (1872–1913)
Emily Wilding Davison, teacher and suffragette, campaigned boldly and tirelessly for women’s rights, even paying the ultimate price for her dedication to the cause. English Heritage has commemorated her with a blue plaque at 43 Fairholme Road, West Kensington, which was her home in the 1880s.
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Description of Carlisle Castle
A description of Carlisle Castle, which was continually updated and rebuilt following its completion in the 12th century.
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Significance of Clifford’s Tower
Clifford’s Tower represents the most substantial survival of the medieval castle of York, and was the site of a massacre of the Jewish population of York in 1190.
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History of Sutton Scarsdale Hall
A brief history and description of Sutton Scarsdale Hall, built in the 1720s in the Baroque style incorporating an earlier building of about 1469
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A brief history and description of Penhallam Manor, the remains of a moated medieval manor house.
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NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910)
Blue plaque commemorating reformer of the nursing organisation, nurse Florence Nightingale at 10 South Street, Mayfair, London W1K 1DE, City of Westminster.