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Blue Plaque commemorating writer Grahame Greene at 14 Clapham Common North Side, Clapham, London SW4 0RF, London Borough of Lambeth.
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Kit's Coty House and Little Kit's Coty House
The remains of two megalithic 'dolmen' burial chambers. Impressive Kit's Coty has three uprights and a massive capstone: Little Kit's Coty, alias the Countless Stones, is now a jumble of sarsens.
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Joan Robinson was among the most influential economic thinkers of the 20th century, and one of the first women to establish herself in the discipline. She is commemorated with a blue plaque at 44 Kensington Park Gardens, where she undertook voluntary work that led her to study economics.
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The era between the end of Roman rule in Britain in about AD 410 and the Norman Conquest in 1066 is one of the most momentous in English history, but also one of the most challenging to understand.
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How did eggs become such an important part of Easter celebrations? Find out with our mini history of the Easter egg.
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Walltown Crags - Hadrian's Wall
One of the best places of all to see the Wall, dramatically snaking and diving along the crags of the Whin Sill.
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London’s famous blue plaques link the people of the past with the buildings of the present. Now run by English Heritage, the London blue plaques scheme was started in 1866 and is thought to be the oldest of its kind in the world. Search our database of over 1,000 plaques and discover the stories behind the plaques.
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The ruins of an Augustinian priory founded by the Bruce family, afterwards Kings of Scotland. They are dominated by the dramatic skeleton of the 14th-century church's east end.