Search Results
4452 results for London
Page
Blue Plaque commemorating critic Charles Morgan at 16 Campden Hill Square, Holland Park, London W8 7JY, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Page
Blue Plaque commemorating critic Charles Morgan at 16 Campden Hill Square, Holland Park, London W8 7JY, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Page
New Blue Plaque unveiled for Mansfield Cumming
The latest English Heritage blue plaque has just gone up in London for Mansfield Cumming – first Chief of the Secret Service Bureau.
Page
Blue Plaque commemorating surgeon Sir John Simon at 40 Kensington Square, Kensington, London W8 5HP, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Page
A summary of the key written, visual and material sources for our current knowledge and understanding of Easby Abbey.
Page
JINNAH, Mohammed Ali (1876-1948) a.k.a. Quaid i Azam
Blue Plaque commemorating statesman Mohammed Ali Jinnah at 35 Russell Road, Holland Park, London W14 8HU, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
News
English Heritage announces new blue plaques for 2017
Six new English Heritage blue plaques have been announced for 2017 Charlie Chaplin, Francis Bacon and Mary Macarthur included in those named
News
Sir Kenneth Clark, the art historian and broadcaster best known for the landmark 1969 BBC TV series Civilisation, has today been commemorated with an English Heritage London blue plaque. The plaque marks 30 Portland Place in Marylebone, Clark’s home during the 1930s when he became Director of the National Gallery and was knighted. The Grade II-listed property became a hub for artists and fashionable society during this time, with Sir Kenneth and his wife Jane hosting glittering parties attended by guests including Winston Churchill and Vanessa Bell.
News
English Heritage unveils Blue Plaque to Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales has today (Wednesday 29 September 2021) been honoured with an English Heritage London blue plaque. Unveiled by Diana’s former flatmate Virginia Clarke, the plaque marks Coleherne Court on the Old Brompton Road, where Diana lived at Flat 60 at the time of her engagement to the then Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, in 1981. Diana described her time at Coleherne Court as one of the happiest of her life and it was from this flat that she took her first steps onto the world stage. The princess, who would have turned 60 this year, used her huge, international profile to speak out on humanitarian issues and raise awareness of charitable causes.
News
• Tradition of turkey popularised at Christmas by Henry VIII • English Heritage partners with cult London eatery Max’s Sandwich Shop to create a Tudor Feast Christmas Sandwich inspired by historic 5-bird recipe