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Women's voluntary services founder honoured with blue plaque
A blue plaque for the founder of the Women's Voluntary Services (WVS), Stella Reading, has been installed at her former Westminster headquarters.
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Book a free self-led visit to Furness Abbey and organise your day to suit your curriculum objectives. Explore the extensive abbey remains, including the ornately decorated chapter house and the octagonal kitchen and spot the features that explore monastic life. The museum houses an extensive collection of stone carvings and effigies along with the beautiful medieval ‘Furness Crozier’, a silver-gilt staff found in one of the abbey graves.
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Built in the 14th Century as a defence against Scottish raiders, Etal Castle is a fine example of a small castle close to the border between England and Scotland. Raiding and warfare was common in the borders during the Middle Ages and the castle was captured by the Scots in 1513, just before their defeat at the nearby Battle of Flodden.
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Discover how the future king hid at Boscobel House and escaped Parliamentarian forces during the Civil War in 1651 – giving English history one of its greatest adventure stories, and several hundred pubs a name, in the process.
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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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Blue plaque commemorating poster artist and designer Abram Games at his former home at 41 The Vale, Golders Green, Barnet, NW11 8SE, London Borough of Barnet.