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Blue Plaque commemorating pioneer of modern nursing and Great War heroine Edith Cavell at London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London E1 1BB.
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From Folklore to Feasting: Apples in England
Apples have a long history of symbolic associations, often with very different meanings. In this article, we uncover some of the more surprising uses for apples over the centuries, as well as their historical connections to folklore and belief.
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A history of the Cistercian monastery at Roche, founded in 1147, which after its suppression became a Picturesque feature in the grounds of the Sandbeck Park estate
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BRUNEL, Sir Marc Isambard (1769-1849) & BRUNEL, Isambard Kingdom (1806-1859)
Blue Plaque commemorating civil engineers Marc and Isambard Brunel at 98 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London SW10 0DQ, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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Historical ways to protect against evil spirits
Historians Professor Owen Davies and Dr Ceri Houlbrook take us through ways in which people have attempted to protect themselves from witches and spirits over the last 500 years.
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These superb historic surroundings will lift your corporate event into a unique and unforgettable occasion.
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Tracing the languages that built England
Across English Heritage sites, not only can we still see examples of languages that left a lifelong influence on the way we speak today; we can also get a sense of how much influence English would go on to have as a superlanguage.
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Bauhaus visionaries honoured with English Heritage blue plaque
Walter Gropius (1883-1969), Marcel Breuer (1902-1981) and László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) – all designers and teachers at the Bauhaus, the vastly influential German art school – have been commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque.
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Astronomer Couple Receive English Heritage Blue Plaque
English Heritage commemorated the Astronomers, Walter and Annie Maunder, with a blue plaque today (Wednesday 16 March). As well as their important work on sunspots, solar photography and the debunking of the canals-on-Mars myth, it was their avowed aim to make astronomy more accessible to women as well as amateur astronomers. The plaque marks 69 Tyrwhitt Road in Lewisham, where the couple lived from 1907 to 1911, having previously lived at number 86. It was during their time on Tyrwhitt Road that they published the 1904 sunspot article, with its famous ‘butterfly diagram’. They were at this address, too, when they wrote The Heavens and its Story, making frequent references to the nearby park and favourite stargazing spot, Hilly Fields.
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Early professional female landscape gardener receives English Heritage blue plaque
Fanny Wilkinson, believed to be Britain’s first professional female landscape gardener, and a campaigner for the protection of open space in London, has been commemorated with a blue plaque, English Heritage announced today (7 June 2022). Marking the façade of the flat on Shaftesbury Avenue, where Wilkinson lived and worked between 1885 and 1896, the plaque will look out onto the small open space that she laid out over 130 years ago, just a few months before moving into the flat. In reference to the spot outside her future home, she recommended that, 'if some trees were planted, or seats placed on it, it would be a great boon to this crowded neighbourhood'.