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A brief history of Hardwick Old Hall, one of the most innovative houses of the Tudor period, built by Bess of Hardwick.
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The Women’s Freedom League was a suffragist and equal rights campaigning organisation that worked on the principles of passive resistance and non-violence. Formed after a split in the Women’s Social and Political Union, it had its former headquarters at 1 Robert Street, Strand, which is marked with an English Heritage blue plaque.
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CETSHWAYO, kaMpande, King of the Zulus
Blue plaque commemorating King of the Zulus, Cetshwayo, at 18 Melbury Road, Holland Park, London W14 8LT, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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CRAFT, Ellen (c.1826-c.1891) & CRAFT, William (c.1824-1900)
Ellen and William Craft were African American freedom fighters who made a daring escape from enslavement in Georgia, and in 1851 fled to Britain, where they supported anti-slavery efforts.
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SPENCER, Lady Diana (1961–1997)
Blue plaque commemorating Lady Diana Spencer, later Princess of Wales, at Flat 60 Coleherne Court in Kensington, London, SW5 0EF.
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HUNTER, Sir Robert (1844–1913)
Blue Plaque commemorating solicitor, civil servant and co-founder of the National Trust, Sir Robert Hunter, at his former home at 5 Louvaine Road, Battersea, London SW11 2AQ. London Borough of Wandsworth.
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Blue plaque commemorating first woman to sit in Parliament, Nancy Astor, at 4 St James's Square, St James's, London SW1Y 6JU, City of Westminster.
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CUNNINGHAM, Laurie (1956-1989)
Blue plaque commemorating England international footballer Laurie Cunningham at 73 Lancaster Road, Stroud Green, London N4 4PL, London Borough of Haringey.
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Ada Salter was a social reformer, environmental improver and local politician who in 1922 became Mayor of Bermondsey. She is commemorated with a blue plaque at 149 Lower Road, Rotherhithe, where she lived in the late 1890s.
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New portrait of Queen Victoria’s African goddaughter goes on display at Osborne
A new painting of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, the daughter of an African ruler who became Queen Victoria’s goddaughter, has been unveiled at Osborne, the Queen’s seaside home on the Isle of Wight. English Heritage announced today (7 October 2020) that it will also be commissioning portraits of other historical black figures associated with the charity’s sites and whose stories like Bonetta’s, have been previously overlooked. The painting of Bonetta by artist Hannah Uzor is on display at Osborne throughout October – Black History Month – and will then return on display next spring as part of English Heritage’s wider series of portraits across several sites.